TV series
Tales of the City
Overview
Mary Ann Singleton, a naïve young secretary from the mid-west, tumbles head first into the colorful world of San Francisco, where carefree chaos revolves around the funky old apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane.
Details
- First air date
- 1993-09-28
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 5 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery
- Network
- PBS, Channel 4
- Production
- Working Title Films
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Olympia Dukakis as Anna Madrigal
- Donald Moffat as Edgar Halcyon
- Chloe Webb as Mona Ramsey
- Laura Linney as Mary Ann Singleton
- Marcus D'Amico as Michael "Mouse" Tolliver
- Thomas Gibson as Beauchamp Day
- Paul Gross as Brian Hawkins
- Barbara Garrick as DeDe Halcyon Day
- Billy Campbell as Jon Fielding
- Nina Foch as Frannie Halcyon
- Meagen Fay as Binky Gruen
- Kevin Sessums as Peter Cipriani
Creators and crew
- Armistead Maupin - Creator
- Richard Kramer - Creator
- Armistead Maupin - Executive Producer
- Richard Kramer - Executive Producer
- Sigurjón Sighvatsson - Executive Producer
- Tim Bevan - Executive Producer
Episodes
Episode 1
Anna Madrigal is the bohemian landlady with a mysterious secret. Mary Ann Singleton is the newcomer, a naïve young girl from Ohio eager to embrace SF and all it has to offer.
Episode 2
Mary Ann starts voluntary work at the Bay Area Crisis Switchboard, which is run by the one-eared Vincent, whose problems outnumber those of his callers
Episode 3
Michael's old-fashioned parents see some shocking sights when they visit him on Halloween - and he still hasn't told them he's gay. DeDe Halcyon Day has a shock when her pregnancy is confirmed.
Episode 4
DeDe is blackmailed by a journalist to save her family honour, while Mrs Madrigal's secret is slowly being uncovered.
Episode 5
Christmas is coming to 28 Barbary Lane and Mrs Madrigal is in party mood. However, Mary Ann is increasingly suspicious of Norman Williams and Mona is in for a surprise.
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