Release Date

08 Oct, 1986

Runtime

00:58: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

4/1

Synopsis

Ruth Patchett has it all: a large, warty body, a standard suburban home, a couple of unruly children, a dog, a cat and a guinea pig. She also has Bobbo, her unfaithful accountant husband who resents her very existence. Bobbo wants, and is wanted by, romance novelist Mary Fisher, who lives in a lighthouse by the sea. When Bobo leaves Ruth for Mary, Ruth decides that Mary doesn't know the first thing about love, and she's gonna teach her.

Original Title

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

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Miniseries

08 Oct, 1986

Ruth Patchett has it all: a large, warty body, a standard suburban home, a couple of unruly children, a dog, a cat and a guinea pig. She also has Bobbo, her unfaithful accountant husband who resents her very existence. Bobbo wants, and is wanted by, romance novelist Mary Fisher, who lives in a lighthouse by the sea. When Bobo leaves Ruth for Mary, Ruth decides that Mary doesn't know the first thing about love, and she's gonna teach her.

Created By

Ted Whitehead

Actors

Julie T. Wallace

Patricia Hodge

Dennis Waterman

Paul Herzberg

Caroline Butler

Christopher Mossford

Crew

Fay Weldon

Sally Head

Peter Filleul

Malcolm Banthorpe

Joyce Mortlock

Humphrey Jaeger

Elizabeth Rowell

Gwenda Bagshaw