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Desperately Seeking Susan

Roberta, a bored suburban housewife, becomes fascinated with Susan, whom she has read about in the personal columns of a newspaper, until she ends up in trouble after being mistaken for Susan herself.

Roberta, a bored New Jersey housewife, gets her kicks reading the personal columns in the newspaper. When she becomes obsessed with a relationship between two lovers who arrange their meetings through the columns, she decides to find out for herself who they are.

But when Roberta is involved in an accident, she loses her memory and thinks she is Susan, the free-spirited woman in the personals. Unfortunately, Susan is in a lot of trouble, and Roberta finds herself caught in the middle.

1 hour, 37 minutes

Last on

Sat 16 Sep 202322:50
BBC Two

Music Played

  • The Chiffons

    One Fine Day

  • Aretha Franklin

    Respect

Credits

Roberta GlassRosanna Arquette
SusanMadonna
DezAidan Quinn
Gary GlassMark Blum
JimRobert Joy
Leslie GlassLaurie Metcalf
CrystalAnna Levine
Wayne NolanWill Patton
IanPeter Maloney
Larry StillmanSteven Wright
RayJohn Turturro
DirectorSusan Seidelman
WriterLeora Barish

Broadcasts

  • Sat 18 Dec 202122:00
    BBC Two
  • Fri 27 May 202223:40
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland HD, Scotland, Scotland HD, Wales & 1 more
  • Sat 28 May 202200:10
    BBC One Northern Ireland HD & Northern Ireland only
  • Sat 28 May 202200:40
    BBC One Scotland, Scotland HD, Wales & Wales HD only
  • Thu 29 Dec 202222:55
    BBC Two
  • Sat 16 Sep 202322:50
    BBC Two

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