Agony Again

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Agony Again
Genre	Sitcom
Running time	30 minutes
Creator(s)	Len Richmond Anna Raeburn
Starring	Maureen Lipman Maria Charles David Harewood Doon Mackichan
Country of origin	UK
Original channel	ITV
Original run	31 August 1995–12 October 1995
No. of episodes	7
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Agony Again was a short-lived British sitcom that starred Maureen Lipman that lasted for only one series. It was a sequel to the 1979 to 1981 sitcom Agony. It was written by Carl Gorham, Michael Hatt and Amanda Swift. It is not currently available on DVD.

1 Cast
2 Background
3 Plot
4 Episodes
5 References

[edit] Cast

Maureen Lipman - Jane Lucas
Maria Charles - Bea Fisher
David Harewood - Daniel
Doon Mackichan - Debra
Sacha Grunpeter - Michael
Niall Buggy - Richard
Valerie Edmond - Catherine
Robert Whitson - Will Brewer
Simon Williams - Laurence Lucas

[edit] Background

Fourteen years after Agony ended, the BBC revived it as Agony Again. The BBC had also revived other sitcoms, including The Liver Birds and Reginald Perrin. Some of the original cast were used, although Simon Williams was not a main part like before.

[edit] Plot

Jane Lucas now has her own television show, Lucas Live, but as before she neglects her own problems, including her son (who comes out as gay during the series), and focuses on other people's, especially homeless former businessman Richard. She had the beginnings of a romance with Daniel, a social worker. Jane's producer was Debra and her mother Bea, who was determined for her to re-marry, was still a main character.