Agony
Agony is actually a sitcom which aired from 1979 to 1981 on ITV. It starred Maureen Lipman as a agony aunt however whose life and marriage is a tragedy. It had been written by Len Richmond, Anna Raeburn, Stan Hey and Andrew Nickolds. It had been made for the ITV system by LWT.
Although a humor, Agony some times dealt with issues which were regarded as taboo at that time such as medication use, racism, abortion, interracial relationships, and swinging, and has been the earliest British sit com to depict a gay couple as non-camp, witty, intelligent and happy men and women. It also openly mocked the ruling classes, the government, along with religion, also comprised storylines.
Released: 1979-03-11
Genre:
Comedy