

A family's holiday in Tuscany leads in intrigue and mystery in this BBC classic
November 1, 1989
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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.

Susan Fleetwood
Molly Pargeter

John Gielgud
Haverford Downs

Michael Pennington
Hugh Pargeter


John Mortimer
Colin Rogers
Rosemary Leach
Nancy Leadbetter

Caroline Waldron
Henry Pargeter

Veronica Lazăr
Baronessa Dulcibene

Suzanne Hay
Sam Pargeter

Samantha Glenn
Jack Pargeter

Siria Betti
Giovanna

Miniseries
4 episodes
November 1, 1989

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