A Fine Romance
1981
📺 4 Seasons
🎬 26 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 30 min/episode
Comedy
A Fine Romance is a British situation comedy starring husband-and-wife team Judi Dench and Michael Williams. Dench's sister was played by Susan Penhaligon. It was produced by London Weekend Television and written by Bob Larbey. It was first broadcast on 8 November 1981. It lasted for 26 episodes over four series; the final episode being broadcast on 17 February 1984. The series takes its name from a song in the 1936 film Swing Time, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, which Dench recorded as the theme music.
The series was nominated for nine BAFTA British Academy Television Awards and a winner of two, both for Dench's performance in 1982 and 1985.
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Seasons
Season 1
Ambushed once again by Helen and Phil, her matchmaking sister and brother-in-law, Laura escapes from the party after being introduced to Mike.
Mike, trying to flee from Laura, chooses the same hiding place.
Season 2
Laura's efforts to dig up new customers for Mike's gardening business are too successful.
Instead of thanking her, Mike gets angry and insists she learn more about the business
Season 3
Mike is put on the spot when Laura's parents come to meet him and to celebrate Helen's good news.
True to form, Mike makes an ""unusual"" first impression.
Season 4
Mike's gardening business is flourishing but he hasn't heard a word from Laura since she fled to Brussels. To escape the attentions of a wealthy Belgian, Laura returns to London, but she can't bring herself to talk to Mike.
Crew
Producer
James Cellan Jones
Network
London Weekend Television
Keywords
sitcom