Dear John

Original title: Dear John....

TV Series
1986–1987
12
30m

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John Lacey comes home one evening to discover a letter from his wife, starting with "Dear John" and informing him that she is leaving him. Lonely and now divorced, John joins a club where lo... Read allJohn Lacey comes home one evening to discover a letter from his wife, starting with "Dear John" and informing him that she is leaving him. Lonely and now divorced, John joins a club where lonely divorced people can meet.John Lacey comes home one evening to discover a letter from his wife, starting with "Dear John" and informing him that she is leaving him. Lonely and now divorced, John joins a club where lonely divorced people can meet.

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Ralph Bates

John Lacey

Peter Blake

Kirk

Peter Denyer

Ralph

Rachel Bell

Louise

Belinda Lang

Kate

Lucinda Curtis

Sylvia

Jean Challis

Mrs. Arnott

Irene Prador

Mrs. Lemenski

Terence Edmond

Wendy Allnutt

Wendy

Sue Holderness

Maggie

Will Bates

Toby

Sheila Manahan

Kirk's Mum…

Kevin Lloyd

Rick

Darren Traynor

Taylor

Michael Cochrane

Roger

Frank Windsor

David

Ron Pember

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Trivia
Despite very high audience ratings and critical praise, the series ended after just 2 seasons and 14 episodes, as writer John Sullivan felt he had exhausted all storylines and the series and characters had nowhere else to go.

Quotes
[repeated line]
Louise: Were there any... sexual problems?

Connections
Featured in The Comedy Genius of John Sullivan (2011)

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8/10

Gone too early

What a shame this was binned after 2 seasons. John Sullivan needs more time to develop his characters and this could have run for years and tears if it had the right backing.

Let us not forget that OFAH was close to being binned after series 2 ..but they stuck with it...same as Dear John,the character development was so important..but alas we never got the chance to watch this beauty grow.

Real funny characters here..a real bunch of people with issues thrown together to stew a great feed-line comedy.

Sullivan's work is very similar in that the characters gel over 3 or 4 seasons . Think Kirk St Moritz..think Mickey Pearce...think Trigger..think Ralph..it all fits that this was a precursor to character work in OFAH . I would personally have liked more of this and less of OFAH!

In a nutshell..a gem and will live on in DVD forever..