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In the 1920s and `30s, an author named E.F. Benson–who, it so happened, was not only the mayor of an English village called Rye but the son of the archbishop of Canterbury–turned out a … ...

The cast of Mapp And Lucia, Steve Pemberton’s adaptation of E.F. Benson’s novels about small-town social rivals Miss Elizabeth Mapp (played by Miranda Richardson) and Mrs Emmeline ‘Lucia ...

Mapp and Lucia: ‘It’s all about wanting to belong’ Miranda Richardson and Anna Chancellor tell Ben Lawrence what links Ukip, Nazi Germany and their new version of EF Benson’s Mapp and Lucia ...

Instead, Mapp & Lucia is satire for PBS pledge-break solicitors, undiscriminating Anglophiles, and people with no sense of humor. Most Popular Paramount is taking another crack at Stephen King’s ...

Mapp and Lucia might be pigeonholed, and then dismissed, as "drawing-room comedy". The milieu is upper-middle class, which might be off-putting to some, and other great TV dramas of 1985-86 ...

Lucia can see Mapp’s little game and is more than happy to play her at it. Faced with a very public shaming Mapp is forced to back down. She returns to Wasters emotionally bruised, ...

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Mapp and Lucia, based on the books by EF Benson, has been dusted off for a three-part series by Steve Pemberton, best known for surreal comedy The League of Gentlemen and his role in Benidorm.

KEENE, N.H. -- British humor is something else again. You probably know the character of Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced " Boo-kay" ) on " Keeping Up Appearances" and how funny-repulsive her self-centered ...

A comic saga of two staunch rivals, their one-upmanship and eccentric friends in a 1930s Sussex town has been revived for the small screen. Mapp and Lucia, based on the books by EF Benson, has ...