Samantha Bond
Tears Before Bedtime (1995)
Season 1
A story of middle-class professional couples who employ full-time live-in nannies to look after their children. The nannies meet up as a collective group, and often discuss their employers' habits in sordid detail. As the plot develops, it becomes clear that most of the nannies are usually stuck in the middle of domestic unsettlement, affairs, neurotic partners, and manipulation.
Released Jan. 8, 1995
Episode 50 min
None+
S1E1 - Episode 1
Sarah and David are the last of the group to succumb to hiring a nanny but, when confidences are broken on both sides, romantic betrayal and revenge lead to all-out domestic warfare.
And trouble awaits them all when the nanny mafia moves into action.
Jan. 8, 1995, midnight
S1E2 - Episode 2
Who is Stuart having an affair with? The nannies investigate. Sarah finds herself in an increasingly fraught entanglement with Ben and Katherine.
Jan. 15, 1995, midnight
S1E3 - Episode 3
Beattie and Stuart's marriage is deteriorating, and Lisa is out for revenge.
Jan. 22, 1995, midnight
S1E4 - Episode 4
In the final part of the dark comedy, Sarah and David find their marriage and friendship tested to the limit while the "nanny mafia" plot to save the day.
Jan. 29, 1995, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 50 min.
Released: Jan. 8, 1995
Last Air Date: Jan. 29, 1995, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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