Butterflies (TV series) unconventional friendship with Leonard. In a 2002 interview, Carla Lane explained, "I wanted to write a comedy about a woman contemplating adultery." In the first episode, an expository discussion between Ria and Leonard alludes to the significance of the series' title: "We are all kids chasing butterflies. You see it, you want it, you grab it, and there it is, all squashed in your hand." She adds, "I am one of the few lucky ones, I have a pleasant house, a pleasant man and two pleasant sons. My butterfly didn't get squashed." Ria's husband Ben collects and studies butterflies. The
Ria Bancroft Ria Bancroft Ria Bancroft (1907 – 8 March 1993) was a British-New Zealand artist born in England. She created the Tabernacle Screen Doors for Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Christchurch and her works are held in several New Zealand art galleries. Born in England, in 1907, she moved to Canada to work as a television designer and display artist She moved Italy in the 1960s to study art, receiving a Diploma from the Academy of Florence. In 1962 she moved to New Zealand, joining her daughter Peb Simmons in Christchurch. Bancroft died on 8 March 1993 in Christchurch, New