Summer's Lease
“A family's holiday in Tuscany leads in intrigue and mystery in this BBC classic”
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.
Created by John Mortimer
Cast
Susan Fleetwood
Molly Pargeter
4 episodes
John Gielgud
Haverford Downs
4 episodes
Michael Pennington
Hugh Pargeter
4 episodes
Rosemary Leach
Nancy Leadbetter
4 episodes
Caroline Waldron
Henry Pargeter
4 episodes
Veronica Lazăr
Baronessa Dulcibene
4 episodes
Suzanne Hay
Sam Pargeter
4 episodes
Samantha Glenn
Jack Pargeter
4 episodes
Siria Betti
Giovanna
4 episodes
Gabrielle Anwar
Chrissie Kettering
3 episodes
Denis Lill
Ken Corduroy
3 episodes
Massimo Sarchielli
Don Marco
3 episodes
Annette Crosbie
Connie Tapscott
2 episodes
Mel Martin
Rosie Fortinbras
2 episodes
Frederick Treves
Nicholas Tapscott
2 episodes
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Prince Tosti-Castelnuovo
2 episodes
Pupo De Luca
The Messenger
2 episodes
Jeremy Kemp
Buck Kettering
1 episode
Siri Neal
Chrissie's Friend
1 episode
Elizabeth Bennett
Mrs Marcia Tobias
1 episode
Bernice Stegers
Louise Corduroy
1 episode
Crew
- Music
- Nigel Hess
Seasons
Miniseries
1989 · 4 eps
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