The Labours of Erica

The Labours of Erica is a British television sitcom starring Brenda Blethyn as self-made businesswoman Erica Parsons.^[1] The show was first broadcast between 13 March 1989 and 9 April 1990.

The Labours of Erica
Written by	Richard Fegen Andrew Norriss
Starring	Brenda Blethyn Clive Merrison Geoffrey Davies
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Thames Television
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	13 March 1989 (1989-03-13) – 9 April 1990 (1990-04-09)

Premise

Businesswoman Erica Parsons finds a list she had made as a young girl of everything she wanted to do before turning 18. Realising she has never done any of them, she resolves to achieve all her aims before her 40th birthday instead. The series premiered on ITV in the United Kingdom at 8:00pm on Monday 13 March 1989 and ran for two series until 9 April 1990.

DVD release

The complete series of The Labours of Erica was released on DVD in the United Kingdom on 2 August 2010.