# Agony Again

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{{short description|British television series}}
{{EngvarB|date=June 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}
{{Infobox television
 | image = 
 | caption = 
 | genre = Sitcom
 | creator = {{Plainlist|
*  Len Richmond
* [Anna Raeburn](/source/Anna_Raeburn)
}}
 | starring = {{Plainlist|
*  [Maureen Lipman](/source/Maureen_Lipman)
* [Maria Charles](/source/Maria_Charles)
* [David Harewood](/source/David_Harewood)
* [Doon Mackichan](/source/Doon_Mackichan)
}}
 | country = United Kingdom
 | language = English
 | num_series = 1
 | num_episodes = 7
 | runtime = 30 minutes
 | network = [BBC1](/source/BBC_One)
 | first_aired = {{Start date|1995|08|31|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1995|10|12|df=y}}
 }}
'''''Agony Again''''' is a British sitcom that aired on [BBC1](/source/BBC_One) in 1995. Starring [Maureen Lipman](/source/Maureen_Lipman), it is the sequel to ''[Agony](/source/Agony_(TV_series))'', an [ITV](/source/ITV_Network) sitcom that aired from 1979 to 1981. It was produced by the BBC after ITV turned it down; it had originally been pitched as a radio version for [Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4). ''Agony Again'' was written by Carl Gorham, [Michael Hatt](/source/Michael_Hatt), and Amanda Swift.

==Cast==
*[Maureen Lipman](/source/Maureen_Lipman) as Jane Lucas
*[Maria Charles](/source/Maria_Charles) as Bea Fisher
*[David Harewood](/source/David_Harewood) as Daniel
*[Doon Mackichan](/source/Doon_Mackichan) as Debra
*[Sacha Grunpeter](/source/Sacha_Grunpeter) as Michael
*[Niall Buggy](/source/Niall_Buggy) as Richard
*[Valerie Edmond](/source/Valerie_Edmond) as Catherine
*Robert Whitson as Will Brewer
*[Simon Williams](/source/Simon_Williams_(actor)) as Laurence Lucas

==Background==
Fourteen years after ''Agony'' ended on [ITV](/source/ITV_Network), the [BBC](/source/BBC) revived it as ''Agony Again''. The BBC had also revived other sitcoms, including ''[Doctor in the House](/source/Doctor_in_the_House_(franchise))'', ''[The Liver Birds](/source/The_Liver_Birds),'' and ''[Reginald Perrin](/source/The_Fall_and_Rise_of_Reginald_Perrin)'' in the 1990s. 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 work](/source/social_work)er. Jane's producer is Debra and her mother Bea, who was determined for her to remarry, is still a main character.

==Episodes==
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = Heartbreak Hotel
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|08|31|df=y}}
| LineColor = 923D39 
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Love Will Find a Way
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|09|07|df=y}}
| LineColor = 923D39 
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = Dazed and Confused
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|09|14|df=y}}
| LineColor = 923D39 
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Soap Dish
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|09|21|df=y}}
| LineColor = 923D39 
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = Hound Dog
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|09|28|df=y}}
| LineColor = 923D39 
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = Breaking Point
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|10|05|df=y}}
| LineColor = 923D39 
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = Showtime
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|10|12|df=y}}
| LineColor = 923D39 
}}
}}

==References==
*[Mark Lewisohn](/source/Mark_Lewisohn), "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003
*[http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/agony2/index.html British TV Comedy Guide for ''Agony Again'']

==External links==
*{{BBC programme|p00fgf81}}
*{{IMDb title|0111874|Agony Again}}
*{{British Comedy Guide|tv|agony_again}}

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Category:1995 British television series debuts
Category:1995 British television series endings
Category:1990s British sitcoms
Category:BBC television sitcoms
Category:English-language British television shows

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