Marriage Lines: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Marriage Lines is a British television sitcom first broadcast between 1963 and 1966. The series gave Richard Briers and Prunella Scales, its lead stars, a significant boost in their careers. George and Kate Starling are a newly married couple, and the comedy came from many ordinary domestic situations. George was a junior clerk in an office and wanted the public house camaraderie of the single men in his office, while Kate gets increasingly frustrated by her domestic duties. In the third series, Kate gives birth to a daughter Helen. The last episode of the fourth series, Goodbye George – Goodbye Kate, showed the couple going to live in Lagos, Nigeria because of George's jobs. This was meant to be the last episode, however a fifth series was commissioned. The Starlings' returned to England as Kate was pregnant again, and gave birth in the final episode.

Series details

• Title: Marriage Lines
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1963-08-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 1966-06-03
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 11570
• IMDb ID: tt0056773
• TVDB ID: 74078

Cast and credited roles

• Richard Briers — George Starling
• Prunella Scales — Kate Starling
• Edward de Souza — Miles
• Ronald Hines — Peter
• Christine Finn — Norah

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1963-08-16; final listed air date 1963-10-18.
• Season 2: premiered 1964-05-22; final listed air date 1964-08-09.
• Season 3: premiered 1965-01-05; final listed air date 1965-02-16.
• Season 4: premiered 1965-08-22; final listed air date 1965-09-26.
• Season 5: premiered 1966-03-13; final listed air date 1966-06-03.

Source and licence

Adapted from Marriage Lines 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.