About Face
Creator Tony Wolfe · Channel ITV1 · Starring Maureen Lipman, Stephanie Cole, Sarah Lancashire
About Face is a series of twelve unconnected half-hour sitcoms all starring Maureen Lipman in the lead role. Each episode featured a guest cast of well known actors and actresses.
The episodes were written by Richard Harris, Geoffrey Perkins, Chips Hardy & John Henderson, Astrid Ronning, John Wells, Paul Smith & Terry Kyan, Jack Rosenthal, Carol Bunyan and Ian Hislop & Nick Newman. It was made for the ITV network by Central Independent Television.
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Episodes
- Episode 1: 1. Searching for Señor DuendeNovember 6, 1989 · 30 minCarol, a South London telephonist, becomes obsessed by flamenco dancing, which brings to an end her relationship with boyfriend Trevor.
- Episode 2: 2. Stand by Your ManNovember 13, 1989 · 30 minHelen exacts revenge on her philandering husband Michael, a Member of Parliament, when the press interview her.
- Episode 3: 3. GracieNovember 20, 1989 · 30 minGracie, a Cypriot immigrant, is a cloakroom attendant in a London club. But the celebrations to mark her quarter of a century there are altered by the arrival of Jessica, an American film star.
- Episode 4: 4. Mrs Worthington's DaughterNovember 27, 1989 · 30 minPatience, an American theatre stage manager, attends a first-night party that improves her morale.
- Episode 5: 5. Send Her VictoriousDecember 4, 1989 · 30 minPM Margaret Thatcher and her husband Denis fall victim to a kidnapping plot while on holiday.
- Episode 6: 6. The Bag LadyDecember 11, 1989 · 30 minWendy the Bag Lady wanders the streets of London in search of furniture she believes she lost to the Prime Minister thirty years ago.
Credits
- Maureen LipmanPatience · 12 episodes
- Stephanie ColeSheila · 1 episode
- Sarah LancashireRebecca · 1 episode
- Michael GambonTrevor · 1 episode
- Trader FaulknerManolette · 1 episode
- Amanda DickinsonFiona · 1 episode
- Tony WolfeCreator
- John HendersonDirector · 12 episodes
Film and series details
- EPISODE LENGTH
- 30 minutes
- FIRST AIRED
- November 6, 1989
- LAST AIRED
- February 11, 1991
- PRODUCTION COMPANY
- Central Independent Television
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