The Mistress (TV series)

The Mistress
Created by	Carla Lane
Directed by	Gareth Gwenlan
Starring	Felicity Kendal Jack Galloway Peter McEnery Jane Asher
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Producer	Gareth Gwenlan
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC2
Release	17 January 1985 (1985-01-17) – 26 February 1987 (1987-02-26)
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The Mistress is a British sitcom that first aired on BBC2 from 1985 to 1987. Starring Felicity Kendal and Jane Asher, it was written by Carla Lane.^[1]

The Mistress features Kendal playing Maxine, a young florist, who is having an affair with a married man. It was disliked by some viewers, who were unhappy at seeing Felicity Kendal (best known as Barbara Good in The Good Life) playing a woman having an affair with someone else's husband.^{[2][dead link]}