Butterflies
6.9
Season 4
30 min
S4 · E1 · Sep 7, 1983
Back from New York Episode 1
30 min
S4 · E2 · Sep 14, 1983
Amanda Episode 2
30 min
S4 · E3 · Sep 21, 1983
Pot Episode 3
30 min
S4 · E4 · Sep 28, 1983
Cleaning Windows Episode 4
30 min
S4 · E5 · Oct 5, 1983
Calling Episode 5
30 min
S4 · E6 · Oct 12, 1983
Breaking Up Episode 6
30 min
S4 · E7 · Oct 19, 1983
Loose Ends Episode 7
7 episodes in Season 4
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Ria Parkinson is a bored housewife and mother. She spends her time daydreaming, and meets regularly with wealthy businessman Leonard to relieve the monotony. Husband Ben, a dentist and avid butterfly collector is oblivious to it all, and her unemployed grown up sons, who both live at home also have other things on their minds, especially girlfriends.
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Cast
14 people
Wendy Craig
Ria Parkinson
Known for
The Worst Witch
The Servant
Geoffrey Palmer
Ben Parkinson
Known for
Tomorrow Never Dies
Peter Pan
Nicholas Lyndhurst
Adam Parkinson
Known for
Only Fools and Horses
Gulliver's Travels
Andrew Hall
Russell Parkinson
Known for
Blood Drive
Bruce Montague
Leonard Dunn
Also in
Whoops Apocalypse
A Christmas Carol
Michael Ripper
Thomas
Known for
Jeeves and Wooster
The Mummy
Joyce Windsor
Ruby
Also in
Five Children and It
Jubilee
Brian Murphy
Known for
The Devils
Patrick McAlinney
Also in
The Omen
Bless Me Father
Cindy Oswin
Also in
Caravaggio
Fever
Milton Johns
Known for
Hammer House of Horror
Myfanwy Talog
Known for
The BFG
Carla Lane Creator · Mandie Fletcher Director Sydney Lotterby Director
Total runtime 14h 0m · Episode length 30 min · Country United Kingdom
Show info
Premiered
November 10, 1978
Final episode
October 19, 1983
Status
Ended
Network
BBC Two
Country
United Kingdom
Type
Scripted
Episode length
30 min
Total runtime
14h 0m
Original language
English
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Spoken on screen
English
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