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The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

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1986-1986
1 Season
Drama

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Ruth has everything. A large, warty body, a standard house in the suburbs, two whiney children, a dog, a cat and a guinea pig. She also has Bobo, her unfaithful accountant husband who resents her very existence. Bobo wants, and is wanted by, Mary Fisher. Mary Fisher lives in a lighthouse by the sea and writes about love. When Bobo leaves Ruth for the novelist, she decides that Mary Fisher doesn't know the first thing about love. Ruth intends to teach her.

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Dennis Waterman

Bobbo

Patricia Hodge

Mary Fisher

Julie T. Wallace

Ruth

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Clumsy,put-upon Ruth Patchett leads a drudge's life with her two demanding children and her neglectful accountant husband Bobbo. When Bobbo starts an affair with his top client,the glamorous,lighthouse-dwelling romantic novelist Mary Fisher, Ruth does everything she can to be a good wife but everything fails and Bobbo humiliates her in front of his parents before leaving her for Mary. Finally Ruth snaps and,declaring that she will become a she-devil,burns the house down in such a way that the insurance claim will be invalid and dumps the children on Mary and Bobbo.

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Awards

1987 - BAFTA TV Award - Best Drama Series - winner
1987 - BAFTA TV Award - Best Actress - nominated
1987 - BAFTA TV Award - Best Video Lighting - winner
1987 - BAFTA TV Award - Best Make Up - nominated

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