
The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous
1997 · ITV1 · 150 min · 1 season
S01E03 · Episode 3
Fri, 20 June, 9:00 pm
About
Based on the blockbuster novel. Jilly Cooper's The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous is a lavishly entertaining romantic comedy. Lysander Hawkley is almost 23, and heart-stoppingly handsome. He is tall, broad-shouldered, wildly affectionate and has a wall-to-wall smile which withers women. Athletic and good at almost everything, except making a living, Lysander is shepherded through life by his friend, Ferdie Fitzgerald. When Lysander's name is all over the newspapers for having been caught in bed with another man's wife, Ferdie gets the idea that Lysander might make a career of making husbands jealous. In the small village of Paradise, peoples' marriages are under stress. Paradise husbands seem to have misstresses like they have fax machines and mobile phones. The wives are losing confidence. What better than to make their husbands jealous by seeming to start an affair with an extremely attractive younger man? From rock stars to wealthy women, Lysander leaves a trail of feminite delight and husbandly rage.
Episodes
- E01
Episode 1
Fri, 6 June· 150 minLysander Hawkley may be a tennis have-been and - teacher, 'seated' ranking about 910, he still has the hunky body and boyish charm that seduces almost any straight lady he desires. Alas this time he gets chased by rifle out of her bed bare-bum by an early-returned husband and his hounds, who keep him shivering starkers up a tree long enough for the press to report with picture, rather wrecking his reputation. Lysander's best friend and major creditor, lawyer Ferdinand 'Ferdie' Fitzgerald, now decrees it's time to put his sole serious skill to good use: move to the country, and let neglected wife Marigold Lockton pay handsomly to get her condition and presentation fixed by tennis - and other lessons and to make husband Larry jealous at the arm of the sublime stud...
- E02
Episode 2
Fri, 13 June· 150 min - E03
Episode 3
Fri, 20 June· 150 min