Oh joy Butterflies is back

A very down to earth lady

Not how I recall Ria. Seemed a total air head, couldn’t cook the simplest things, then just scraped the burnt offerings into the bin. Shopping with her little basket, just to pass the time. Cleaner employed but could have filled her empty days doing some of it herself. Mooning after Leonard, but didn’t really know him at all.

Should add, haven’t watched it since the original programmes, but this is how I recall it.

Oh,sorry, just seen the firestick suggestion.
I have heard of those - I got the people who lived in the home where I used to work, one.
Then couldn't set it up.
I shall put it on my possibly to do list, but I'm becoming less and less interested in watching things, really.

I always think I will, then lose interest.

This was one of the very best series Carla Lane wrote truly brilliant. At the time it was typical of the era innocent fun to watch unlike the rubbish that’s on tv now. A very down to earth lady often seen in a local village shopping with no airs or graces about her at all.

Started watching Butterflies and it looked so terribly dated and twee I just gave up. They seemed to be talking and arguing about absolutely nothing. The script wasn't funny, unlike The Good Life which had a brilliant script and wonderful characters.

Kim19

Thank you, Chestnut. Tried 20. Zilch. However, I will certainly pursue on iplayer. Again....??

It's possible you can't get that channel in your area. I can't get all the Freeview channels but I can get 20. It may depend on your transmitter and the direction of your aerial. Try scanning for new channels, you never know.

Thank you, Chestnut. Tried 20. Zilch. However, I will certainly pursue on iplayer. Again....??

MissAdventure you could get a Firestick which turns your tv into a smart TV.

Should I?
Mine isn't a smart tv (neither is its owner!)
My grandson can get Netflix but he has the newer (by about 15 years) tv.

You should have access to various apps for BBC iPlayer etc. and also Netflix and other paying channels. These are streaming channels where you can either catchup the free ones like BBC or see paid-for programmes like Netflix. Catchup means you can see the whole series rather than watch it once a week on TV.

Oh I'm glad you said that.
I never understand a word when people talk about iplayer or catch up...
I understand freeview number 20, though.

Kim19

How I wish I had access to the Drama channel. I do have a smart tv but, unfortunately, it doesn't have an equally smart owner. I loved Butterflies. Their constant slick and sharply witty lines were a joy. Oh yesss.........

You will find Drama on channel 20 (Freeview) and also on UKTV Play which you'll find with the other free apps, BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, Channel 5 and more.

It was of it's time, I think, just as surely as the more crass type of humour.
It always seemed a bit navel gazerish to me, but then I was too young to understand all the nuances, I suppose.

Afraid I agree with Ladyleftfieldlover and eazibee. On seeing it a few years ago I felt the series had not traveled at all well.

It left me just wanting to shake her and tell her to get a purpose to her life. Volunteering, learning something - anything , but yes overwhelmingly a job.

To waft with no purpose, no sense of achievement, no success in any aspect of her life, it’s unsurprising that anti depressants were so widely prescribed at the time!

I’ll have a look in on Butterflies again and see what locations I can spot. DD used to live in Cheltenham.

I adored Butterflies but even as a teenager her Ria was so annoying. Why on earth did she need a cleaner, couldn't master basic cookery and why couldn't she get a blinking job?

Thanks FC - so sad ?

FannyCornforth

crazyH

Thankyou Floradora - loved it. Nicholas Lindhurst went on to become a big star . What did happen to the other lad?

Andrew Hall.
He was a theatre director. I saw a play directed by him just before he died in 2019, aged 65. Very sad.

He also appeared in Corro and Stenders which I wasn’t aware of.

Yes, he played Audrey Roberts love interest( briefly) in Corrie.

Remember thinking what a difference, hunky attractive young son in Butterflies, then OAP in Corrie.

Oh dear! I couldn’t abide Ever Decreasing Circles either! I enjoyed The Good Life, Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister.

Oh yes, Peter Egan! I enjoyed Afterlife too...
Cheers! Thanks!

crazyH

Thankyou Floradora - loved it. Nicholas Lindhurst went on to become a big star . What did happen to the other lad?

Andrew Hall.
He was a theatre director. I saw a play directed by him just before he died in 2019, aged 65. Very sad.

He also appeared in Corro and Stenders which I wasn’t aware of.

Thank you henetha.

Yes Peter Egan it was. He was in Afterlife recently. He is friends with Ricky Gervais. I loved Howard and Hilda.

Oh, and it was Richard Briers and Penelope Wilton, I think, as the couple. They were all so good.

Thank you Floradora9. They just don't make programmes like this any more, do they. Yes, oh my goodness, Howard and Hilda, and the gorgeous Peter Reagan. I can hardly wait to see it again. And, of course, Butterflies. So grateful to you.

henetha

I'm glad you mentioned this Floradora9. This was a real favourite of mine, I sort of identified with her! I will definitely watch it again.
Another series I could happily watch again is "Ever Decreasing Circles".

Well more joy of joys it will be on Drama at 5.30 pm on Mondays I have just heard . I just loved it too especially Howard And Hilda and I swooned over Peter Regan .