Moving is a British

United Kingdom

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 sitcom

Situation comedy

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 that aired on ITV

ITV

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 in 1985. It stars Penelope Keith

Penelope Keith

Penelope Anne Constance Keith, CBE, DL is an English actress.Having started her television career in the 1950s, Penelope Keith became a household name in the United Kingdom in the 1970s when she played Margo Leadbetter in the sitcom The Good Life...

 and was written by Stanley Price. It was made for the ITV

ITV

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 network by Thames Television

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.

Background

Stanley Price adapted Moving from a comedy play of the same name he had written. The play had enjoyed a successful run in London

London

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. Unusually for a sitcom, Moving was recorded without a studio audience. The six episodes were later edited into a 90 minute programme and shown on 2 September 1987.

Cast

• Penelope Keith
  Penelope Keith
  Penelope Anne Constance Keith, CBE, DL is an English actress.Having started her television career in the 1950s, Penelope Keith became a household name in the United Kingdom in the 1970s when she played Margo Leadbetter in the sitcom The Good Life...
  
   — Sarah Gladwyn
• Ronald Pickup
  Ronald Pickup
  -Life and career:Pickup was born in Chester, England, the son of Daisy and Eric Pickup, who was a lecturer. Pickup was educated at The King's School, Chester, trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and became an Associate Member of RADA.His television work began with an episode...
  
   - Frank Gladwyn
• Prunella Gee
  Prunella Gee
  Prunella Gee is an English actress.She studied at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art where she won the Spotlight Award for Best Actress...
  
   - Liz Ford
• David Ashford - Bill Lomax
• Eliza Hunt - Beryl Fearnley
• Roger Lloyd Pack
  Roger Lloyd Pack
  Roger Lloyd-Pack is an English actor known for his roles in the TV shows The Vicar of Dibley, Only Fools and Horses and The Old Guys.-Career:...
  
   - Jimmy Ryan
• Natalie Slater - Eileen Lewis
• Barbara Wiltshire - Jane Gladwyn

Plot

Now that their children have grown up and left home, Sarah and Frank Gladwyn are alone in their large family home. However, when they decide to move Sarah insists on selling it to "the right person". However, things soon start to go wrong and their daughter Jane also returns from college

College

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. Meanwhile, Sarah's sister Liz Ford is taking Valium

Diazepam

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Episodes

1. Episode One (9 January 1985)
2. Episode Two (16 January 1985)
3. Episode Three (23 January 1985)
4. Episode Four (30 January 1985)
5. Episode Five (6 February 1985)
6. Episode Six (13 February 1985)