Summer's Lease
S1 · E1IMDB:
7.3Released
11/1/1989
Duration
0h 55m
Genre
Mystery, Drama
Country
United Kingdom
Cast
Susan Fleetwood, John Gielgud, Michael Pennington
Overview
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.
Summer's Lease
Season 1 · Episode 1IMDB:
7.3Released
11/1/1989
Genre
Mystery, Drama
Cast
Susan Fleetwood, John Gielgud, Michael Pennington
Duration
0h 55m
Country
United Kingdom
Overview
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.
Episodes
EP 1AvailableVilla to Let
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.
Villa to Let
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.
EP 2AvailableWhere the Water Goes
La Felicita is hit by a water shortage, forcing the Pargeters to shack up with the Ketterings.
Where the Water Goes
La Felicita is hit by a water shortage, forcing the Pargeters to shack up with the Ketterings.
EP 3AvailableA Battlefield
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.
A Battlefield
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.
EP 4AvailableThe Urbino Trail
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.
The Urbino Trail
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
Molly Pargeter
Susan Fleetwood
Haverford Downs
John Gielgud
Hugh Pargeter
Michael Pennington
Nancy Leadbetter
Rosemary Leach
Henry Pargeter
Caroline Waldron
Baronessa Dulcibene
Veronica Lazăr
Sam Pargeter
Suzanne Hay
Jack Pargeter
Samantha Glenn
Giovanna
