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Summer's Lease

Summer's Lease

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Summer's Lease

"A family's holiday in Tuscany leads in intrigue and mystery in this BBC classic"

1989- 1989

1 Seasons

4 Episodes

7.2(8 votes)

Ended

Mystery

Drama

Overview

Fortysomething wife and mother Molly Pargeter leads a stable but dull life in 1980s West London. She feels overweight and there is no passion in her relationship with her husband Hugh, who is secretly seeing another woman. For most of her life, Molly has found escape in detective novels and art books, especially on 15th-century Italian fresco painter Piero Della Francesca. Suddenly, in the small ads, she spots the details of a Tuscany villa to let, and after a viewing, she takes it for holiday.

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GBH

Television New Zealand

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

9 featured cast members

Starring

Susan Fleetwood

Susan Fleetwood

Molly Pargeter

John Gielgud

John Gielgud

Haverford Downs

Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington

Hugh Pargeter

Rosemary Leach

Rosemary Leach

Nancy Leadbetter

Caroline Waldron

Henry Pargeter

Veronica Lazăr

Veronica Lazăr

Baronessa Dulcibene

Suzanne Hay

Sam Pargeter

Samantha Glenn

Samantha Glenn

Jack Pargeter

Siria Betti

Siria Betti

Giovanna

Creative team

Created by: John Mortimer
Written by: John Mortimer
Produced by: Colin Rogers

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