Widows was a primetime tv serial aired in 1983, produced by Euston Films for Thames Television and aired on the ITV network. Crime writer Lynda La Plante wrote the series abounds. The executive producer has been Verity Lambert. The music that has been heard at periods throughout series 1 and also in the last credits of Widows 2, is"What's Life tome minus Thee" from the opera L'Orfeo, sung here by Kathleen Ferrier.