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 Wägner attended Whitlockska samskolan, graduating in 1933. Wägner studied at Lund University and graduated with a Master of Arts degree in 1939. She worked as a journalist at "Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning", "Nya Dagligt Allehanda", "Vecko-Journalen" and "Veckorevyn", and she was Editor-in-chief of "Idun" in 1962-63, until the magazine merged with "Vecko-Journalen". She also wrote travel books and cookery books. In 1956, the year when Swedish television was officially launched, Ria Wägner started working as a television host, for her own show "Hemma med Ria" ("At home with Ria"). The programme was broadcast from 1956 to 1966, and again from 1970