Lytton's Diary

★ 7.5•1985•2 Seasons•ANIME

ComedyDrama

Lytton's Diary is a 1985–86 British comedy-drama programme created and written by Peter Bowles and Philip Broadley. Produced by Thames Television for ITV, it originated as a single play on the anthology programme Storyboard before expanding into two popular series, known for their mix of glamour, intrigue, and social commentary. Bowles stars as Neville Lytton, a suave and successful Fleet Street gossip columnist for the Daily News. Lytton navigates the world of high-society scandals, political corruption, and personal challenges, balancing his professional life with his love life and his ambition to write a novel.

Top Cast

Peter Bowles

Neville Lytton

Bernard Lloyd

Henry Field

Holly De Jong

Dolly

Adam Norton

David

Harriet Keevil

Jenny

Jeffrey Segal

Harold

Colin Farrell

The Deputy Editor

Episodes

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1. Rabid Dingo: Shock Horror

30m

The editor of The Daily News gossip column has retired, leaving Neville Lytton and his arch-rival Henry Field to compete for the vacancy. When Australian tycoon Wayne Monroe tries to buy the paper, Lytton sets about investigating his past.

Aired: 1/9/1985

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2. Daddy's Girls

30m

Lytton, the new gossip diary editor of The Daily News, spends the day with his estranged wife, Catherine, and Laura Grey, his girlfriend, is less than pleased. Meanwhile, on the work front, Lytton investigates a merchant banker who disapproves of his daughter's relationship with a record producer, has something in his past that he's trying to hide.