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Mapp and Lucia is a British television series, set in the fictional Sussex coastal town of Tilling and based on three 1930s novels by E. F. Benson, beginning with Mapp and Lucia. It was produced by London Weekend Television, filmed in Rye and neighbouring Winchelsea in the 1980s, and starred Prunella Scales as Mapp, Geraldine McEwan as Lucia, Nigel Hawthorne as Georgie, and Denis Lill as Major Benjy. The script was by Gerald Savory. There were ten episodes, broadcast on Channel 4 in 1985 and 1986. These have been repeated over the years, and a new BBC adaptation, Mapp and Lucia, aired in 2014.
Original Release
04/14/1985 on ITV
Cast
Name | Character |
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Geraldine McEwan | Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas / Queen Elizabeth I |
Prunella Scales | Miss Elizabeth Mapp |
Nigel Hawthorne | Georgie Pillson |
Denis Lill | Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint / Major Benjamin Flint / Major Benjy Flint |
Mary MacLeod | Godiva 'Diva' Plaistow / Godiva Plaistow |
James Greene | Rev. Kenneth Bartlett |
Cecily Hobbs | 'Quaint' Irene Coles |
Geoffrey Chater | Mr. Algernon Wyse / Algernon Wyse |
Marion Mathie | Mrs. Susan Wyse MBE / Susan Wyse / Mrs. Susan Wyse |
Geraldine Newman | Grosvenor |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Winner Takes All | Saturday, 03 May 1986 |
2 | Change and Change About | Saturday, 10 May 1986 |
3 | Lady Bountiful | Saturday, 17 May 1986 |
4 | Worship | Saturday, 24 May 1986 |
5 | Au Reservoir | Saturday, 31 May 1986 |
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Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Geraldine McEwan | Emmeline 'Lucia' Lucas / Queen Elizabeth I |
Prunella Scales | Miss Elizabeth Mapp |
Nigel Hawthorne | Georgie Pillson |
Denis Lill | Major Benjamin 'Benjy' Flint / Major Benjamin Flint / Major Benjy Flint |
Mary MacLeod | Godiva 'Diva' Plaistow / Godiva Plaistow |
James Greene | Rev. Kenneth Bartlett |
Cecily Hobbs | 'Quaint' Irene Coles |
Geoffrey Chater | Mr. Algernon Wyse / Algernon Wyse |
Marion Mathie | Mrs. Susan Wyse MBE / Susan Wyse / Mrs. Susan Wyse |
Geraldine Newman | Grosvenor |
Ken Kitson | Cadman |
Lucinda Gane | Foljambe |
Cherry Morris | Withers |
David Gooderson | Mr. Woolgar |
Paula Jacobs | Cook |
Michael Lees | Mayor Bullivant |
Christopher Holmes | Wyses' Chauffeur |
Carol MacReady | Daisy Quantock |
George Malpas | Coplen |
Bernard Collins | Meriton |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Nick Elliott | Executive Producer |
Michael Dunlop | Producer |