Tales from the Lazy Acre The Bitter Pill (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | Comedy

Tales from the Lazy Acre

The Bitter Pill (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | Comedy

Hoping to circumvent Ireland's anti-contraception culture, a married man enters a game of chance run by a rogue doctor. He wins, returns home for night of passion with his wife. Entering the bedroom grinning, he swallows the Pill himself.

Writer

Hugh Leonard (written by)

Producers

David Croft | James Gilbert

Composer

Max Harris

Production Designer

Tim Gleeson

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Updated May 1, 1972

Release date

May 1, 1972 (United Kingdom)

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Eddie Byrne Dr. O Dr. O See fewer	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Chris Curran Mr. O Mr. O See fewer	Father Ted (1995)
Brenda Gogan Nurse Nurse See fewer	On the Buses (1971)
David Kelly Dead Man (voice) Dead Man (voice) See fewer	Waking Ned Devine (1998)
Des Keogh Policeman Policeman See fewer	Sing Street (2016)
Milo O'Shea Stevie Fortune Stevie Fortune See fewer	Barbarella (1968)
Cecil Sheehan Priest Priest See fewer	A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977)
P.G. Stephens Comerford Comerford See fewer	ITV Play of the Week (1955)
Fiona Victory Girl in church Girl in church See fewer	Return to Oz (1985)