Agony Again is a British

United Kingdom

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 sitcom

Situation comedy

A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...

 that aired on BBC1

BBC One

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 in 1995. Starring Maureen Lipman

Maureen Lipman

Maureen Diane Lipman CBE is a British film, theatre and television actress, columnist and comedienne.-Early life:Lipman was born in Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, the daughter of Maurice Julius Lipman and Zelma Pearlman. Her father was a tailor; he used to have a shop between the...

, it is the sequel to Agony

Agony (TV series)

Agony is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1979 to 1981. Starring Maureen Lipman, it was written by Len Richmond, Anna Raeburn, Stan Hey and Andrew Nickolds. It was made for the ITV network by LWT...

, an ITV

ITV

ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

 sitcom that aired from 1979 to 1981. Agony Again was written by Carl Gorham, Michael Hatt and Amanda Swift.

Cast

• Maureen Lipman
  Maureen Lipman
  Maureen Diane Lipman CBE is a British film, theatre and television actress, columnist and comedienne.-Early life:Lipman was born in Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, the daughter of Maurice Julius Lipman and Zelma Pearlman. Her father was a tailor; he used to have a shop between the...
  
   - Jane Lucas
• Maria Charles
  Maria Charles
  Maria Charles is an English actress who carved a niche for herself on television playing clingy Jewish mothers. She appeared in the memorable Play for Today entry, "Bar Mitzvah Boy", and played Maureen Lipman's character's mother in the sitcom Agony...
  
   - Bea Fisher
• David Harewood
  David Harewood
  David Harewood is a British actor.-Biography:David Harewood was born and grew up in the Small Heath area of Birmingham, England, where he attended St. Benedict's Junior School and Washwood Heath Comprehensive School. As a schoolboy, he excelled at all sports—from sprinting to basketball to rugby...
  
   - Daniel
• Doon Mackichan
  Doon Mackichan
  Doon Mackichan is an English comedienne and actress.-Biography:Born in London, Mackichan was brought up in Surrey until the age of 9 when she moved with her family to Upper Largo, Fife. She is a graduate of Manchester University...
  
   - Debra
• Sacha Grunpeter - Michael
• Niall Buggy
  Niall Buggy
  Niall Buggy is an Irish actor who has worked extensively on the stage and screen in Ireland, the UK and the US. Some of his more well known roles include the lead in Brian Friel's, Uncle Vanya, for which he won an Irish Theatre Award and an Olivier Award for Dead Funny...
  
   - Richard
• Valerie Edmond
  Valerie Edmond
  Valerie Edmond is a Scottish actress.Her first notable role was in The Sunshine Boys at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, directed by Maureen Lipman, soon after she graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama...
  
   - Catherine
• Robert Whitson - Will Brewer
• Simon Williams
  Simon Williams (actor)
  Simon Williams is an English actor known for playing James Bellamy in the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs. Frequently playing upper-class roles, he is also known for playing Dr...
  
   - Laurence Lucas

Background

Fourteen years after Agony ended on ITV

ITV

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, the BBC

BBC

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 revived it as Agony Again. The BBC had also revived other sitcoms, including The Liver Birds

The Liver Birds

The Liver Birds is a British situation comedy, set in Liverpool, Merseyside, North-West of England, which aired on BBC1 from 1969 to 1978, and again in 1996. It was created by Carla Lane and Myra Taylor. The two Liverpool housewives had met at a local writers club and decided to pool their talents...

and Reginald Perrin

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin is a series of novels which developed into a British sitcom starring Leonard Rossiter in the title role...

. Some of the original cast were used, although Simon Williams' character Laurence is not a main character like before.

Plot

Jane Lucas now has her own television show, Lucas Live, but as before she neglects her own problems, including her son (who comes out as gay during the series), and focuses on other people's, especially homeless former businessman Richard. She has the beginnings of a romance with Daniel, a social worker

Social work

Social Work is a professional and academic discipline that seeks to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of an individual, group, or community by intervening through research, policy, community organizing, direct practice, and teaching on behalf of those afflicted with poverty or any real or...

. Jane's producer is Debra and her mother Bea, who was determined for her to re-marry, is still a main character.

Episodes

1. "Heartbreak Hotel" (31 August 1995)
2. "Love Will Find a Way" (7 September 1995)
3. "Dazed and Confused" (14 September 1995)
4. "Soap Dish" (21 September 1995)
5. "Hound Dog" (28 September 1995)
6. "Breaking Point" (5 October 1995)
7. "Showtime'" (12 October 1995)