TV series · 1986
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
First aired 8 October 1986 Drama / Comedy TMDB ↗
Ruth Patchett has it all: a large, warty body, a standard suburban home, a couple of unruly children, a dog, a cat and a guinea pig. She also has Bobbo, her unfaithful accountant husband who resents her very existence. Bobbo wants, and is wanted by, romance novelist Mary Fisher, who lives in a lighthouse by the sea. When Bobo leaves Ruth for Mary, Ruth decides that Mary doesn't know the first thing about love, and she's gonna teach her.
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Patricia Hodge
as Mary Foster
Dennis Waterman
as Bobbo Patchett
Paul Herzberg
as Garcia
Julie T. Wallace
as Ruth Patchett
Caroline Butler
as Nicola Patchett
Christopher Mossford
as Andy Patchett
Everyone else (12) ↓
Noel Dyson
as Brenda
Liz Smith
as Mrs Fisher
Bernard Hepton
as Judge Bissop
John Bluthal
as Angus
Edna O'Brien
as Self
Tom Baker
as Father Ferguson
Miriam Margolyes
as Nurse Hopkins
Malcolm Terris
as Geoffrey Tupton
John Rowe
as Dr Rohn
Stephen Greif
as Dr Ghengis
Terence Harvey
as Dentist
Sue Cook
as Self