Second Thoughts followed the lives of two middle-aged divorcees, Bill MacGregor and Faith Greyshott, from very different backgrounds trying to develop a relationship, despite the pressures pulling it apart (namely Faith's two teenage children and Bill's devious ex-wife Liza, who works alongside him). Additionally, she played Dorcas Lane in the BBC's costume drama Lark Rise to Candleford, Carla Borrego in Jonathan Creek, and Jan Ward in the 2014 BBC One mystery Remember Me. Bill MacGregor (James Bolam) – An art editor of a style magazine where he works alongside his bitchy ex-wife Liza. The show featured two teams, one captained by Lionel Blair and the other by Una Stubbs. It was broad­cast on the ITV net­work and made by the ITV com­pany LWT. Originally as a radio show for BBC Radio 2 in 2007, it was turned into a TV series by Phil McIntyre Productions for ITV. to the thundering applause of the studio audience.[1]. Second Thoughts original started as a Radio series on BBC radio 4, between 1988 and 1991[3], before moving onto TV series. Sec­ond Thoughts is a British com­edy tele­vi­sion pro­gramme that ran from 3 May 1991 to 14 Oc­to­ber 1994. In later years she starred again as Nurse Gladys in the sequel, Still Open All Hours (2013–2016).

Denis Stamper Lawson is a Scottish actor and director. Hilary (Louisa Rix in series 1; Paddy Navin in series 2 and 3) – Faith's best friend who is unlucky in love. It was followed by a sequel, Faith in the future.

The fifth series was the only series not to be based on the original radio scripts. host Michael Aspel on set. During the recording of an episode of series four, Lynda Bellingham was surprised by the "This is Your Life!" Michael Terence Aspel is an English retired television presenter on programmes such as Crackerjack, Aspel & Company, Give Us a Clue, This is Your Life, Strange but True? It was followed by a sequel, Faith in the Future. Joe is obsessed with football and only shows interest in girls when they like football.

All five series of Second Thoughts have been released on DVD. Second Thoughts followed the lives of two middle-aged divorcees, Bill MacGregor and Faith Greyshott, from very different backgrounds trying to develop a relationship, despite the pressures pulling it apart (namely Faith's two teenage children and Bill's devious ex-wife Liza, who works alongside him). During the recording of an episode of series four, Lynda Bellingham was surprised by the This is Your Life host Michael Aspel on set as she was to be the star of an episode of This is Your Life. Report . There were 26 television episodes over two series, and a subsequent 45-minute Christmas special was aired on 24 December 1974.