"At least look at me when I'm dying" was more powerful than any scene in 100s of films I've ever watched.

This was such a well written series for the times and very well acted with a fantastic cast of actors nothing has ever beaten it and probably never will now as all the great writers seem to have all gone and given us all they had but I would like to thank all of them for making this series and for making our lives a little bit more enjoyable God Bless and thank you 🎚💞🙏🏻😘💕✝️🙏🏻💞🇬🇧

@shazmartin8589

2 жыл бұрын

I completely agree. I was totally hooked on this series from the young age of 7 and understood even then the sincerity and poignancy of Ria and Leonards' secret relationship. So many tears (including mine) were shed. I honestly have no idea how both the cast and the BBC achieved the seemingly impossible by combining so much humour and warmth into what was not only a wonderful comedy but also essentially a heartbreak situation/love triangle. It will stay with me always. ❤

RIP Bruce Montague (Leonard). Will be remembered.

@sharronmartin5048

Жыл бұрын

Yes, such a loss. 💔😢

A beautifully written, beautifully acted scene. Really outstanding.

I started watching this series on Public Broadcasting (always the best!) and loved everything about it from the opening theme to the characters and stories. Dear England, You have never let me down. You create the very best shows. Thank you! 🙂

@sharronmartin5048

Жыл бұрын

🥰🥰🤗

" Life is all memory, and misery. "

She knew the grass wasn’t greener😂❤️

Mum used to love this, I watched it with her as a kid as it made her happy ..... Good Times in that era 😊

@shazmartin8589

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, most definitely! 😊

@TinaLouise73

2 жыл бұрын

I remember my mother..always empathized and resonated with Ria! She even wanted a mini with a union Jack roof cover just like Ria had in Butterflies! 🇬🇧🦋🦋

Loved this show so sweet so innocent ❤️

At least look at me while I'm dying ... We all want a man to love us that deeply

@sharronmartin5048

2 жыл бұрын

Yesss! 💔

Omg so emotional Poor man is bereft...fantastic actor

@shazmartin8589

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Totally. I can't watch it without crying. 😔😢

@juleerowley9706

2 жыл бұрын

@@shazmartin8589 me too....I just wanted her to run into his arms.... Trouble is I would have been sad for Ben ...

This is one of the saddest TV scenes ever! I don't think this would happen like that in real life. I think in real life they would have given their relationship a go.

@redfred70

4 жыл бұрын

In my experience, the Ria and Leonard situation happens all the time.

@juanitarichards1074

2 жыл бұрын

My mother had an affair and was really in love as was the new man with my mother. I was the only one who knew at the time and I had never seen my mother so happy. She was trapped in her third unhappy marriage and had a very limited life with an older husband....now she was young again and carefree and sparkling.....bit she gave up that love and stayed with the old fuddy duddy - he had guessed and she confessed and he begged on bended knew with many tears for her not to leave him. He said he would die without her.......so she stayed. He did try to make her happier and she got a few concessions, but she was never as happy again as when the affair was going on. The other man was devastated and drove hundreds of miles to talk to her and try to change her mind. He wrote letters and called......they moved away and changed their phone number to get rid of him. I felt sorry for him.

@manjulajayakody4741

Жыл бұрын

I've had two relationships end exactly like that, each one took me a long time to get over. Tragic love.....Wendy Craig is a wonderful actress....those scenes with Bruce but also with Geoffrey very moving.

@TBOTSS

8 ай бұрын

@@juanitarichards1074 I feel sorry for any man involved with you mother - on her third marriage and seems to treat man like discardable tissue paper. What a b i t ch

Music Adagio by Albinoni

Being in love with two people at the same time destroys all three!

@crozwayne

4 жыл бұрын

Most definitely!

@LilianaVelascoAriza

3 жыл бұрын

When there is a gap in a relationship for what ever reason,...Sometimes is just chemistry, lust. We are after all imperfect humans.

@juanitarichards1074

2 жыл бұрын

@@LilianaVelascoAriza I think it was real love in this case.....not just lust. They had a long friendship first before any feelings became apparent and they genuinely liked each other as people.

@juanitarichards1074

2 жыл бұрын

It can't be helped. They are different kinds of love in each case. We cannot always get all our need met in one relationship. Therapists say if we get 80%of our needs met we are doing well. People sometimes outgrow one another, grow apart, especially once the kids grow up and start leaving home. Some couples hind they no longer have anything in common. But they stay out of loyalty and habit......and commitment to the marriage no matter what may come.

Her comedies made me want to cry rather than laugh.

@karenfolques4987

7 жыл бұрын

No...Butterflies had lots of laughs...it was one of the most real comedies ever. I could totally relate to her and I wasn't even married with kids when I first started watching. Great show...one of the best.

@winsome879

7 жыл бұрын

Me too...that music doesn't help to lighten the mood either

@samholden4171

3 жыл бұрын

Thought it was a sad series

@shazmartin8589

2 жыл бұрын

@@samholden4171 Me too. Sad but oh so wonderful.

@sharronmartin5048

2 жыл бұрын

I feel the same but that was the beauty of Carla's work... The agony and bittersweet-ness of it left us raw with emotion. I miss her. 😢

Best movie scene ever.

@shazmartin8589

2 жыл бұрын

@@James-hh1lq Only Fools and Horses was a different genre of comedy, so you cannot compare the two at all. Both were equally brilliant but in their own individual ways.

@James-hh1lq

2 жыл бұрын

@@shazmartin8589 comedies were great back then.

@sharronmartin5048

2 жыл бұрын

So true! They were often bittersweet, which made them relatable.

I doubt a sitcom would have a scene like this today. It's not funny but it is something? It's not simple, put it that way.

What a dilemma . How could she let Leonard go ? How could she leave her husband . So bitter sweet 😭

@shazmartin8589

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. 😢😭💔

@riboid

Жыл бұрын

Do you think she regretted that decision in later life?

@Silver_Owl

Жыл бұрын

@@riboid There was a short follow up, you can find it if you hunt for Butterflies Special/Children in Need.

When marriage meant something. Faithfulness.

What emotions and sad in a way 😢

And in the end we just wish we had done more ... loved more 😢

Leonard the drunk, wasn't an act , I remember him coming in a pub I worked in Leceister square hardly able to stand he was so drunk

She would probably make different choices in this modern age

@booth2710

3 жыл бұрын

These days could have done a swingers number

Here's the actor who played Leonard as he is right now being interviewed by chance at Covent Garden - he mentions Butterflies. See 3:30 & 5:48. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oouDqpeYj7jVZdI.html

I know how Ria feels am bored and unhappy with my life feel trapped in it.

@robertgrant008

2 жыл бұрын

Take a trip somewhere else and think hard about your life but be sure and don’t be wrong ,if it’s your partner try to work out where and when it went wrong ,if it can’t be fixed take some time out and be alone till you figure out what you want.

@silondon9010

Жыл бұрын

My life is eat, sleep repeat, I would love to travel the world 🌎

and now Leonard is no more. Coulda shoulda, woulda..

She just couldn't deceive her husband....she loved him just that little bit more than she did her secret man 😔

@LilianaVelascoAriza

3 жыл бұрын

It was a fling, a bit of excitement in her life. It happens.

@shazmartin8589

2 жыл бұрын

@@LilianaVelascoAriza I think it became so much more than a 'fling'... but Ria chose to put her family first. Lucky lady, having two such wonderful men in her life.

@suzannel8926

2 жыл бұрын

She was a passionate woman, but her husband was cold and didn't give what she needed.

Very moving

She bought a rabbit instead

Albinoni’s Adagio

I remember 'Butterflies' as a young child my mum watched it and she is also a terrible cook🤣but that aside I always thought it was a bit over dramatic. I'm Ria's age now, I'd be bored stiff married to Ben and kind or not I would concentrate on building a new life of my own; the boys were grown up anyway. She could then go with Leonard without all that baggage or just fly solo. She dragged that scenario out and then some.

@heyokaikaggen6288

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, if she'd just gone with Leonard, it would have been a pretty short series. Will they, won't they always works much better than after they do. I also think you have to think your way back to the social conventions in the 70's. If you were going to remake this show today, you'd have to do it in an entirely different culture where divorce is still difficult.

@allisonday893

Жыл бұрын

@Zetametallic I also have the same memories as you watching this as a young girl. Interesting to watch it now as a middle aged divorced woman

@riboid

Жыл бұрын

@@allisonday893 Sounds like you never had the tenacity of Ria..

Is that the old guy who tried to date both Audrey and Gail Platt from Corri street? Unless my old eyes decieve me?

Hurray, glad its over