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Behaving Badly

TV·1989–1989·1 season, 4 episodes·Channel 4·Drama·1h

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Behaving Badly is a 1989 British television serial directed by David Tucker. The teleplay by Catherine Heath and Moira Williams is based on Heath's novel of the same name. It was initially broadcast by Channel 4. The series was released on DVD in 2005. The plot focuses on Bridget Mayor, a middle-aged housewife and part-time teacher who is forced to re-evaluate her life when her husband of twenty years abandons her for a younger woman.

Castfull cast & details

Joely RichardsonJoely RichardsonSerafinaDouglas HodgeDouglas HodgeHugh QuarshieHugh QuarshieFrances BarberFrances BarberRonald PickupRonald PickupPatrick GodfreyPatrick GodfreyJudi DenchJudi DenchBridget MayorMaurice DenhamMaurice Denham

Episodes by season

Season014Episodes1989Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01The Tale of the TurbotFebruary 20, 1989—Five years after her divorce, Bridget is living in a small flat purchased for her by her ex-husband Mark and seeking to improve her life by
  2. S01E02Home FiresFebruary 27, 1989—Mark desperately tries to find someone who can convince Bridget to return to her own home, while at the same time she and Rebecca begin to b
  3. S01E03Seize the DayMarch 6, 1989—Phyllida, who shares a flat with bisexual Giles, straight Jonathan, and Serafina, a teacher on the verge of a nervous breakdown, finds her h
  4. S01E04The Horse May TalkMarch 13, 1989—Bridget finds herself increasingly attracted to the considerably younger Giles and decides to move with him to San Diego, where he was born,

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