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
Leonard Hill (producer) Leonard Hill (producer) Leonard Franklin Hill (October 11, 1947 – June 7, 2016) was an American television producer and property developer. Hill began his career as a television writer, writing scripts for numerous shows, including "Adam-12", an NBC police drama. He then became a television executive, serving first at NBC before becoming Vice President of Movies at ABC. Hill produced four television miniseries, dozens of television movies and three drama series during his tenures at NBC and ABC. The popularity of television films had waned by the early 2000s, which prompted a career change by Hill. In 2001, switched to