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Series · 1989–1989Ended

Summer's Lease

7.2·1 season·4 episodes·55 min avg.·United Kingdom

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.

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Villa to Let
Villa to LetUp next
Nov 1, 1989

Housewife Molly Pargeter arranges for her family to travel to a Tuscany summer rental, where she meets a variety of eccentric locals but is most fascinated by Chrissie and Buck Kettering, who own the villa.

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Where the Water Goes
Where the Water Goes
Nov 8, 1989

La Felicita is hit by a water shortage, forcing the Pargeters to shack up with the Ketterings.

03
A Battlefield
A Battlefield
Nov 15, 1989

Molly pieces together the clues connecting Buck, Nancy and the local waterboard but her snooping draws threats from the displeased ex-pats. Meanwhile, Haverford tests his chances with his forgetful ex-flame.

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The Urbino Trail
The Urbino Trail
Nov 22, 1989

As holiday's end draws nearer, Molly realises that the answer to her mystery is at the end of the Piero Della Francesca Trail. As she sets off on her trip of discovery, Haverford's night of passion ends in farce.

Cast

9 credited
Susan Fleetwood
Molly Pargeter
John Gielgud
Haverford Downs
Michael Pennington
Hugh Pargeter
Rosemary Leach
Nancy Leadbetter
CW
Caroline Waldron
Henry Pargeter
Veronica Lazăr
Baronessa Dulcibene
SH
Suzanne Hay
Sam Pargeter
Samantha Glenn
Jack Pargeter
Siria Betti
Giovanna

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