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Behaving Badly is a 1989 British television serial directed by David Tucker. The teleplay by Catherine Heath and Moira Williams is based on Heath's novel of the same name. It was initially broadcast by Channel 4. The series was released on DVD in 2005. The plot focuses on Bridget Mayor, a middle-aged housewife and part-time teacher who is forced to re-evaluate her life when her husband of twenty years abandons her for a younger woman.
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1989-03-13
S1E4 — The Horse May Talk
Bridget finds herself increasingly attracted to the considerably younger Giles and decides to move with him to San Diego, where he was born, and start a new life there together.
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Joely Richardson
Serafina
Douglas Hodge
Hugh Quarshie
Daniel
Frances Barber
Ronald Pickup
Patrick Godfrey
Judi Dench
Bridget Mayor
Maurice Denham
Gwen Watford
Antonia Pemberton
Guy Scantlebury
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