Tears Before Bedtime

7.0(1)

First Aired:January 8, 1995

Seasons:1 season

Episodes:4

Status:Returning Series

A story of middle-class professional couples who employ full-time live-in nannies to look after their children. The nannies meet up as a collective group, and often discuss their employers' habits in sordid detail. As the plot develops, it becomes clear that most of the nannies are usually stuck in the middle of domestic unsettlement, affairs, neurotic partners, and manipulation.

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Cast

Samantha Bond

Sarah Baylis

Adrian Rawlins

David Baylis

Emily Ruck-Keene

Lily Baylis

Julius Grower

William Baylis

Julie Cox

Katherine

Lesley Manville

Beattie Freeman

Richard Hope

Stuart Freeman

Guy Witcher

Hugo Freeman

Antonia Corrigan

Allegra Freeman

Louise Beattie

Maureen

Veronica Quilligan

Teresa Turner

James Purefoy

Jimmy Turner

Michael Mount

Jack Turner

Louisa Sexton

Katie Turner

Anna Pernicci

Ava

Seasons & Episodes

E1Episode 1

50m

Jan 8, 1995

Sarah and David are the last of the group to succumb to hiring a nanny but, when confidences are broken on both sides, romantic betrayal and revenge lead to all-out domestic warfare. And trouble awaits them all when the nanny mafia moves into action.

E2Episode 2

50m

Jan 15, 1995

Who is Stuart having an affair with? The nannies investigate. Sarah finds herself in an increasingly fraught entanglement with Ben and Katherine.

E3Episode 3

50m

Jan 22, 1995

Beattie and Stuart's marriage is deteriorating, and Lisa is out for revenge.

E4Episode 4

50m

Jan 29, 1995

In the final part of the dark comedy, Sarah and David find their marriage and friendship tested to the limit while the "nanny mafia" plot to save the day.