Summer's Lease
7.4
Season 1
S1 · E1 · Nov 1, 1989
Villa to Let Episode 1
S1 · E2 · Nov 8, 1989
Where the Water Goes Episode 2
S1 · E3 · Nov 15, 1989
A Battlefield Episode 3
S1 · E4 · Nov 22, 1989
The Urbino Trail Episode 4
4 episodes in Season 1
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“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.
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Cast
21 people
Susan Fleetwood
Molly Pargeter
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John Gielgud
Haverford Downs
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Michael Pennington
Hugh Pargeter
Known for
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The Iron Lady
Rosemary Leach
Nancy Leadbetter
Known for
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The Plague Dogs
Caroline Waldron
Henry Pargeter
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Veronica Lazăr
Baronessa Dulcibene
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Suzanne Hay
Sam Pargeter
Samantha Glenn
Jack Pargeter
Known for
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Siria Betti
Giovanna
Known for
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Gabrielle Anwar
Chrissie Kettering
Known for
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Denis Lill
Ken Corduroy
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Massimo Sarchielli
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John Mortimer Creator · Martyn Friend Director Nigel Hess Composer
Total runtime 3h 40m · Episode length 55 min · Type Miniseries
Show info
Premiered
November 1, 1989
Final episode
November 22, 1989
Status
Ended
Networks
PBS · BBC Two
Country
United Kingdom
Type
Miniseries
Episode length
55 min
Total runtime
3h 40m
Original language
English
Production
BBC
Production
GBH
Production
Television New Zealand
Production
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Production
United Kingdom · United States · Australia · New Zealand
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Languages
Spoken on screen
English
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Some details come from TheTVDB.