- HD 1080
- Runtime: 30m.
- Status: Ended
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- Languages: en
- Country: United Kingdom
- Stars: Wendy Craig, Geoffrey Palmer, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Andrew Hall, Bruce Montague
- keywords: adultery, housewife, family, dentist, sitcom, bored housewife, butterfly collector, affair
- Seasons: 4
- Episodes: 28
- First air date: 1978-11-10
- Last air date: 1983-10-19
- The Butterflies is featured in the top rankings of 1978
- #7 in Top Comedy Series of 1978
Ria Parkinson is a bored housewife and mother. She spends her time daydreaming, and meets regularly with wealthy businessman Leonard to relieve the monotony. Husband Ben, a dentist and avid butterfly collector is oblivious to it all, and her unemployed grown up sons, who both live at home also have other things on their minds, especially girlfriends.