Stanley and the Women

Stanley and the Women is a British television drama miniseries starring John Thaw, Samuel West, Geraldine James, Sheila Gish, Penny Downie and Sian Thomas. This series based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Kingsley Amis and adapted for the television by Nigel Kneale and directed by David Tucker, it was produced by Central Independent Television for the ITV network and originally aired in four parts from 28 November to 19 December 1991.

Stanley and the Women
Genre	Drama
Based on	Stanley and the Women by Kingsley Amis
Written by	Nigel Kneale
Directed by	David Tucker
Starring	John Thaw Geraldine James Sheila Gish Penny Downie Sian Thomas David Lyon Alun Armstrong Samuel West Donald Churchill Michael Elphick
Composer	Barrington Pheloung
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producer	Ted Childs
Producer	Chris Burt
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Central Independent Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	28 November (1991-11-28) – 19 December 1991 (1991-12-19)

Plot

Stanley Duke works in advertising. He was married to an actress, Nowell, and is now dating Susan, with whom he has a complicated relationship, particularly because of the interference of her mother, Lady D. His son, Steve, suffers a mental breakdown, and Stanley takes him to two psychiatrists. The first, Dr. Collings, is female and too liberated for Stanley; and the second, Dr. Nash, seems to be more interested in drinking than helping his son.

Cast

• John Thaw as Stanley Duke
• Geraldine James as Dr. Trish Collings
• Sheila Gish as Nowell Hutchinson
• Penny Downie as Susan Duke
• Sian Thomas as Lindsey Lucas
• David Lyon as Dr. Cliff Wainwright
• Alun Armstrong as Rufus Hilton
• Samuel West as Stephen Duke
• Donald Churchill as Harry Coote
• Michael Elphick as Bert Hutchinson
• Dafydd Hywel as Taff Wyndham
• Michael Aldridge as Dr. Alfred Nash

Production

Casting

This was Donald Churchill's last acting role before his death on 29 October 1991, before the end of filming the series.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
1	"Episode One"	David Tucker	Nigel Kneale	28 November 1991 (1991-11-28)	N/A
2	"Episode Two"	David Tucker	Nigel Kneale	5 December 1991 (1991-12-05)	N/A
3	"Episode Three"	David Tucker	Nigel Kneale	12 December 1991 (1991-12-12)	N/A
4	"Episode Four"	David Tucker	Nigel Kneale	19 December 1991 (1991-12-19)	N/A

Home media

The series of subsequently released on VHS in 1992^[1] and on DVD of the series is now available in 2007 by DD Home Entertainment in the UK.^[2]

References

1. Amazon listing for "Stanley and the Women" VHS
2. Amazon listing for "Stanley and the Women" DVD

External links

• Stanley and the Women at IMDb
• Stanley and the Women at BFI