Description
A FINE ROMANCE is a classic and charming Britcom about the middle-class at middle-age. It was Dame Judi Dench's first television comedy series and her co-star was the late actor Michael Williams, her real-life husband.
Nearing 40, Laura (Judi Dench) is a self-employed translator, who has a well-meaning, but interfering sister and brother-in-law, Helen and Phil (Susan
Penhaligon and Richard Warwick). This time, the meddling couple think they have the perfect match for Laura: a shy, gentle landscape gardener named Mike (Michael Williams). Mike and Laura meet at a party and Mike's sweet, inept and endearing character sparks something in the bossy and stubborn Laura.
Both Laura and Mike have been down this road before and are convinced it won’t actually work, yet they feel somewhat drawn to each other and would otherwise be quite lonely. Over the course of the first series of A FINE ROMANCE we join Laura and Mike on their first tottering steps toward a relationship that progresses from companionship to friendship, and finally, love.
Written by Bob Larbey, who also wrote As Time Goes By, A FINE ROMANCE exemplifies the gentle, character-driven British comedy much cherished by American public television audiences.
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