For Maddie with Love: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Maddie starts to realise that her body is not functioning normally. Although she tries to hide it, eventually her son sees her fall and insists she sees a doctor. She is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour. This is the start of the family's journey with Maddie until she eventually dies. The story centres on the interplay between Maddie and her husband Malcolm, examining the illusive and sometimes surreal nature of their relationship. At the same time family problems keep putting demands on Maddie's time and energy. Her daughter Gilly (Sheridan Fitzgerald) is pregnant after having had a miscarriage. Her two sons have the normal but pressing mix of young men's problems. Gordon is the cool solicitor and Neil her youngest at university. We see the family first descend into chaos and then learn to pull together for Maddie's sake. Malcolm cannot accept Maddie's death until one day his children are once again gathered around the dining table and she is not there.

Series details

• Title: For Maddie with Love
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1980-05-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 1980-05-01
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 48018
• IMDb ID: tt0162805

Cast and credited roles

• Ian Hendry — Malcolm Laurie
• Nyree Dawn Porter — Maddie Laurie
• Robert Lang — Jack Burrows
• June Lewis — Angela Burrows
• Robert Duncan — Neil Laurie
• Sheridan Fitzgerald — Gilly Laurie

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1980-05-01; final listed air date 1980-05-01; episode order: 48.

Source and licence

Adapted from For Maddie with Love on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.