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Agony is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1979 to 1981. It starred Maureen Lipman as a successful agony aunt but whose own personal life and marriage is a disaster. It was written by Len Richmond, Anna Raeburn, Stan Hey and Andrew Nickolds. It was made for the ITV network by LWT. Although a comedy, Agony sometimes dealt with issues that were seen as taboo at the time such as drug use, racism, abortion, interracial relationships, and swinging, and was the first British sitcom to portray a gay couple as non-camp, witty, intelligent and happy people. It also openly mocked the government, the ruling classes, and religion, and occasionally contained dark and dramatic storylines.
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Episode 1 - Back to Reality
Release Date: 1980-04-13Jane returns from vacation and decides to start dating again, but sees Laurence on a tape at a video-dating service talking about how much he loves his wife.
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Episode 2 - Working Girls
Release Date: 1980-04-20Val threatens to moonlight in one of Vincent Fish's erotic films when Diana refuses to give her a raise.
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Episode 3 - Coming Out... and Going In Again?
Release Date: 1980-04-27Michael appears anonymously on Jane's radio show to answer questions about the homosexual lifestyle, but Junior's blunder exposes his identity with devastating consequences.
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Episode 4 - Television Can Damage Your Health
Release Date: 1980-05-04Jane tries another medium when she makes a television pilot that goes completely off course.
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Episode 5 - Problem Parents
Release Date: 1980-05-11Jane helps Rob explain his homosexuality to his parents and advises her mother about a smitten Junior Truscombe.
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Episode 6 - Second Time Around
Release Date: 1980-05-18A religiously reformed Andy Evol returns and both he and Jane return to Happening Radio when Junior falls ill.
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Episode 7 - A Woman Alone
Release Date: 1980-05-25Jane is taken hostage during her radio show by a reader unhappy with her advice.