British Comedy Guide

Tears Before Bedtime (1983)

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC One
  • 1983
  • 7 episodes (1 series)

With their three children in their late teens, Anne and Geoffrey Dickens suddenly hit upon a solution to make domestic harmony possible. Stars Geraldine McEwan, Francis Matthews, Anthony Calf, Nigel Greaves and Amanda Bairstow

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Key details

Genre
Sitcom
Broadcast
1983
Channel
BBC 1
Episodes
7 (1 series)
Stars
Geraldine McEwan, Francis Matthews, Anthony Calf, Nigel Greaves and Amanda Bairstow
Writer
Richard Waring
Director
Harold Snoad
Producer
Harold Snoad
Company

If the kids won't leave home, then maybe the parents had better flee the nest themselves. Anne and Geoffrey Dickens have had just about enough of the rowdy world of youth.

Their three kids - aged 18, 19 and 20 - have driven them to distraction with their loud music, strange fashions and independent behaviour, so they decide to move out.

They end up 70 miles from home, living in a run-down basement flat. However, their attempts to settle down and start a new life prove far from easy.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour
Soundtrack
Signature theme and incidental music by Nick Ingman.

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Tuesday 29th March 1983 at 8:30pm on BBC One

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