Play for Today · SEASON 8
Abigail's Party
Episode 3 · 1977-11-01
- Drama
Episode overview
Comedy of manners focusing on the bourgeois affectation and sexual frustration of a young married couple. Abigail's mother Sue is invited to take refuge from her teenage daughter's party with a neighbouring couple, Beverly and Laurence. They have also invited Angela and Tony, new arrivals in the street. Beverly plies her guests with alcohol as Sue becomes increasingly withdrawn and embarrassed by the pretentious goings-on. Slowly, marital tensions emerge and the evening is breaking up in disarray.
75 minutes
Season 8 episodes
1. Stronger than the Sun1977-10-18
2. Come the Revolution1977-10-25
3. Abigail's Party1977-11-01
4. Oy Vay Maria1977-11-08
5. Nipper1977-11-15
6. One Day at a Time1977-11-22
7. The Mayor's Charity1977-11-29
8. Catchpenny Twist1977-12-06
9. Charades1977-12-13
10. The Thin End of the Wedge1977-12-20
11. Scully's New Year's Eve1978-01-03
12. Licking Hitler1978-01-10
13. Red Shift1978-01-17
14. The Spongers1978-01-24
15. Destiny1978-01-31
16. Our Day Out1978-02-07
17. The After-Dinner Joke1978-02-14
18. The Legion Hall Bombing1978-08-22
