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BBC Four

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

A downtrodden housewife wreaks revenge on her husband. Ruth discovers her husband has fallen in love with another woman and in her fury discovers that she has extraordinary powers. Show more

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Source: BBC Online
BBC Four

Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Drama series about the supernatural revenge of a woman scorned. Mary Fisher's life is in ruins - she has lost almost everything and in despair turns to her priest for comfort. Show more

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Mary Fisher:
Patricia Hodge
Father Ferguson:
Tom Baker
Nurse Black:
Teresa Garraway
Mrs Fisher:
Liz Smith
Brenda:
Noel Dyson
Bookshop Manageress:
Ann Pennington
Prison Warder:
Phil Ryan
Dr Rohn:
John Rowe
Dr Ghengis:
Stephen Greif
Producer:
Sally Head
Writer:
Fay Weldon
Source: BBC Online
BBC Four

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Adaptation of Fay Weldon's novel. Ruth, in the guise of Rita Rooney, persuades the elderly Mrs Fisher to visit her daughter Mary, Bobbo's mistress. Show more

Contributors

Mary Fisher:
Patricia Hodge
Geoffrey Tupton:
Malcolm Terris
Mrs Trumper:
Ina Clough
Nurse Hopkins:
Miriam Margolyes
Mrs Fisher:
Liz Smith
Mrs Sweet:
Barbara Baber
Mrs Ivan:
Pamela Manson
Producer:
Sally Head
Writer:
Fay Weldon
Source: BBC Online
BBC Four

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

1980s drama series. Mary Fisher's romantic idyll with her lover Bobbo is beginning to fray a little as her drunken mother and her lover's demanding children invade their lives. Show more

Contributors

Mary Fisher:
Patricia Hodge
Elsie Flowers:
Kim Thomson
Nurse Hopkins:
Miriam Margolyes
Mrs Fisher:
Liz Smith
Detective:
Walter Shepherd
Mrs Andrews:
Yasmin Pettigrew
Judge Bissop:
Bernard Hepton
Lady Bissop:
Pippa Guard
Dr Rohn:
John Rowe
Dr Ghengis:
Stephen Greif
Producer:
Sally Head
Writer:
Fay Weldon
Source: BBC Online