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About Face

30min

About Face is a series of twelve unconnected half-hour sitcoms all starring Maureen Lipman in the lead role. Each episode featured a guest cast of well known actors and actresses. The episodes were written by Richard Harris, Geoffrey Perkins, Chips Hardy & John Henderson, Astrid Ronning, John Wells, Paul Smith & Terry Kyan, Jack Rosenthal, Carol Bunyan and Ian Hislop & Nick Newman. It was made for the ITV network by Central Independent Television.

Episodes

Cast

Season 1

Searching for senior Duende

1. Searching for senior Duende

30min

6th Nov 1989

Telephonist Carol becomes obsesses with flamenco dancing.

Stand by your man

2. Stand by your man

30min

13th Nov 1989

Revengeful helen plans to give her philandring MP husband his comeuppance during a press interview.

Gracie

3. Gracie

30min

20th Nov 1989

Cypriot Gracie finds the celebration marking her 25th anniversary as attendant in the cloakroom at a London nightclub ruined by a film star.

Mrs Worthington's daughter

4. Mrs Worthington's daughter

30min

27th Nov 1989

Theatre stage manager Patience attends a first night party.

Send her victorious

5. Send her victorious

30min

4th Dec 1989

On holiday Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher are subject to a kidnap plot.

The bag lady

6. The bag lady

30min

11th Dec 1989

Wendy the bag lady tramps the streets of London.

First air date

6th Nov 1989

Last air date

11th Feb 1991

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks