Butterflies (1978)
Ria Parkinson is a bored housewife and mother. She spends her time daydreaming, and meets regularly with wealthy businessman Leonard to relieve the monotony. Husband Ben, a dentist and avid butterfly collector is oblivious to it all, and her unemployed grown up sons, who both live at home also have other things on their minds, especially girlfriends.
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Cast
Wendy Craig
as Ria Parkinson
Wendy Craig CBE (born 20 June 1934) is a BAFTA Award winning English actress who is best known for her appearances in the sitcoms Butterflies, ...And Mother Makes Three and ...And Mother Makes Five. S...
Geoffrey Palmer
as Ben Parkinson
Geoffrey Dyson Palmer, OBE (4 June 1927 - 5 November 2020) was an English actor known for his roles in British television sitcoms playing Jimmy Anderson in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–7...
Nicholas Lyndhurst
as Adam Parkinson
Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst is an English actor. He is known for playing Rodney Trotter in Only Fools and Horses, Gary Sparrow in Goodnight Sweetheart, Dan Griffin in the BBC drama New Tricks and Adam Pa...
Andrew Hall
as Russell Parkinson
Andrew Hall was a British actor and theatre director, best known for playing Russell in the 1970s BBC sitcom Butterflies..
Bruce Montague
as Leonard Dunn
Bruce Montague was a British actor, best known for his role as Leonard Dunn in the sitcom "Butterflies". He had a career spanning over 300 TV productions..
Michael Ripper
as Thomas
Michael George Ripper (27 January 1913 - 28 June 2000) was an English character actor, fondly remembered for his many roles in the Hammer horror films..
Director
Carla Lane
