About this season
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.
Episodes (7)
1. The Picture of Dorian Gray
Aired 19 September 1976 • 100 min
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
2. London Assurance
Aired 10 October 1976 • 90 min
Grace has agreed to marry Sir Harcourt Courtly in return for his financial support of her family. At a house party in her father's place, Harcourt's son Charles also falls in love with Grace. When his father appears on the scene, he has to convince him that there is a case of mistaken identity and he is somebody else.
3. Look Back in Anger
Aired 21 November 1976 • 90 min
A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.
4. The Winslow Boy
Aired 16 January 1977 • 113 min
In pre-WWI England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
5. The Country Wife
Aired 13 February 1977 • 110 min
Pinchwife brings his simple young wife to London for his sister's wedding. Lest she falls prey to the town's temptations, he keeps her under lock and key.
6. The Ambassadors
Aired 13 March 1977 • 90 min
Strether is sent to Europe to rescue a young American from the charms of a mysterious French beauty. But he is soon under the liberating influence of Europe himself.
7. Heartbreak House
Aired 19 May 1977 • 120 min
On the eve of World War I, Ellie Dunn, her father, and her fiancé are invited to one of Hesione Hushabye's infamous dinner parties. Unfortunately, her fiancé is a scoundrel, her father's a bumbling prig, and she's actually in love with Hector, Hesione's husband. This bold mix of farce and tragedy lampoons British society as it blithely sinks towards disaster.