Butterflies
Butterflies is a TV show on BBC2. Sitcom following the bittersweet life of the Parkinson family. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 13 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in August 2024.
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Butterflies
Leonard rings Ria and asks her to meet him for lunch as he has something to tell her.
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Susanna, a woman the Parkinsons met on holiday, comes to stay and causes Ria more anxiety.
Ria's visit to a keep fit class leads to a chance meeting with Leonard, who seems unwell and unhappy. Should Ria help him out?
Russell and Adam irritate new neighbour Mr Conrad. After a visit to church, Ria nearly runs over a dog.
After a row with Russell and Adam, Ben suffers from pains in the chest and thinks he's having a heart attack.
Ria is upset when she encounters a fox hunt when out in the country with Ben. She determines to mount a protest.
Adam's girlfriend leaves him because he is boring. Ria meets Leonard, who is out jogging in the park.
Series 1
Ria has decided that her life is an untidy drawer full of people who bother her. In the effort to tidy it she finds it difficult to part with some people.
A work of art has an effect on the whole family. Father and son are drawn closer, and Ria finds it hard to ignore Leonard's existence.
All Leonard wants is for Ria to have lunch with him on his birthday. All Ria wants is excitement. Ben wants nothing in particular but benefits from all their needs.
It is time for Ria to break away from the family. But as the provider, Ben's ego is at stake, so the tug of war begins.
Ben and Russell decide to talk after a year of silence. It is not as happy an experience as Ria would have wished. She has also lied to Leonard about her age.
Ria has enough to cope with: there is her husband Ben, who has his own hang-ups and her sons Adam and Russell, who are the cause of most of them. Then suddenly there's Leonard.