"Deliciously mannered satire"
Mapp & Lucia
TV ShowNR1985•1sa•star6.3(8)•trending_up2
Comedy
Creator:Gerald Savory
Mapp & Lucia is a British television comedy, based on E. F. Benson's novels, beginning with the eponymous 1931 entry for series 1, with Lucia's Progress and Trouble for Lucia for series 2. Mrs Emmeline Lucas (nicknamed Lucia) has just moved to the small English town of Tilling where she comes into conflict with the social ambitions of Miss Elizabeth Mapp. Until now, Miss Mapp has led (and controlled) the social life of Tilling, but that was before they met Lucia.
Details
StatusEnded
First AiredApril 14, 1985
Last AiredMay 31, 1986
Episode Runtime1sa
Seasons2
Episodes10
TypeScripted
Origin CountryUnited Kingdom
Original LanguageEnglish
Spoken LanguagesEnglish
Production Companies
Networks
Last Episode
S2 E5 • 5/31/1986
Au Reservoir
Lucia and Georgie travel to London and they meet Poppy who is interested in Georgie. Quaint Irene's portrait of Lucia as mayor is rejected while Irene's painting of Mapp has been declared the picture of the year. Lucia plots to regain her superiority as the social queen of Tilling.
Cast
Featured Cast
Geraldine McEwan
Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas
Prunella Scales
Miss Elizabeth Mapp
Nigel Hawthorne
Georgie Pillson
Denis Lill
Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint
Mary MacLeod
Godiva 'Diva' Plaistow
James Greene
Reverend Kenneth Bartlett
Cecily Hobbs
'Quaint' Irene Coles
Geoffrey Chater
Mr Algernon Wyse
Marion Mathie
Mrs Susan Wyse MBE
Geraldine Newman
Grosvenor
Ken Kitson
Cadman
Lucinda Gane
Foljambe
