Series · Drama, Mystery
Summer's Lease (1989)
★ 7.2 · 8 votes1 season · 4 episodesDrama, Mystery1989
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.
- Creator
- John Mortimer
- Writers
- John Mortimer
- Network
- PBS, BBC Two
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- First aired
- November 1, 1989
- Status
- Ended
Cast
Susan FleetwoodMolly Pargeter
John GielgudHaverford Downs
Michael PenningtonHugh Pargeter
Rosemary LeachNancy Leadbetter- Caroline WaldronHenry Pargeter
Veronica LazărBaronessa Dulcibene- Suzanne HaySam Pargeter
Samantha GlennJack Pargeter
Siria BettiGiovanna
Gabrielle AnwarChrissie Kettering
Denis LillKen Corduroy
Massimo SarchielliDon Marco
Annette CrosbieConnie Tapscott
Mel MartinRosie Fortinbras
Frederick TrevesNicholas Tapscott
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.Prince Tosti-Castelnuovo
Pupo De LucaThe Messenger
Jeremy KempBuck Kettering
Siri NealChrissie's Friend
Elizabeth BennettMrs Marcia Tobias
Episodes
0/4 watched- Episode 1: Villa to Let55 min · Nov 1, 1989
- Episode 2: Where the Water Goes55 min · Nov 8, 1989
- Episode 3: A Battlefield55 min · Nov 15, 1989
- Episode 4: The Urbino Trail55 min · Nov 22, 1989
