Mapp & Lucia (1985 TV series)

Mapp & Lucia
Cover of the DVD of the TV series
Genre	Comedy-drama
Based on	Mapp and Lucia by E.F. Benson
Written by	Gerald Savory
Directed by	Donald McWhinnie
Starring	Geraldine McEwan Prunella Scales Nigel Hawthorne Denis Lill
Composer	Jim Parker
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producer	Nick Elliott
Producer	Michael Dunlop
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	London Weekend Television
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	14 April 1985 (1985-04-14) – 31 May 1986 (1986-05-31)

Mapp and Lucia is a British television series, set in the fictional Sussex coastal town of Tilling-on-Sea and based on three 1930s novels by E. F. Benson. It was produced by London Weekend Television, filmed in Rye (on which Benson based Tilling) and neighbouring Winchelsea in the 1980s, and starred Prunella Scales as Mapp, Geraldine McEwan as Lucia, Nigel Hawthorne as Georgie, and Denis Lill as Major Benjy. The script was by Gerald Savory. There were ten episodes, (which aired in two series of five) broadcast on Channel 4 in 1985 and 1986. These have been repeated over the years, most recently on ITV Encore in 2015, shortly after the broadcast of the new BBC adaptation Mapp and Lucia and the death of Geraldine McEwan.

Cast

• Prunella Scales as Elizabeth Mapp
• Geraldine McEwan as Emmeline Lucas (Lucia)
• Nigel Hawthorne as Georgie Pillson
• Denis Lill as Major Benjy Flint
• Lucinda Gane as Foljambe (Georgie's housemaid)

Production

Filming took place in Rye and Winchelsea as well as Kent – Chilham features in episodes 1, 2 and 10, doubling as Risholme and Hever Castle features as the residence of Poppy, Duchess of Sheffield.

External links

• Mapp & Lucia at IMDb
• Tilling on TV - website about the LWT series