About this season
A half-hour (later 60 minute) drama anthology series based on the works of renowned English author William Somerset Maugham, who appears in the opening and closing of each episode.
Episodes (13)
1. S1.E1 ∙ Flotsam and Jetsam
Aired 3 February 1960 • 60 min
2. S1.E2 ∙ Sanatorium
Aired 10 February 1960 • 60 min
A man believing himself near death from tuberculosis attends a sanatorium - where he falls in love.
3. S1.E3 ∙ The Happy Couple
Aired 17 February 1960 • 60 min
4. S1.E4 ∙ The Unconquered
Aired 24 February 1960 • 60 min
In Nazi occupied France, a Frenchwoman is raped by a German soldier. Adapted from a W. Somerset Maugham short story.
5. S1.E5 ∙ A Casual Affair
Aired 2 March 1960 • 60 min
6. S1.E6 ∙ Episode
Aired 9 March 1960 • 60 min
7. S1.E7 ∙ The Alien Corn
Aired 16 March 1960 • 60 min
8. S1.E8 ∙ The Lion's Skin
Aired 23 March 1960 • 60 min
9. S1.E9 ∙ P and O
Aired 30 March 1960 • 60 min
10. S1.E10 ∙ The Facts of Life
Aired 6 April 1960 • 60 min
Is it better to be lucky than clever? A not-very-bright young man with too much money falls prey to an adventuress on the Riviera - but he's lucky.
11. S1.E11 ∙ The Voice of the Turtle/The Outstation
Aired 13 April 1960 • 60 min
12. S1.E12 ∙ The Three Fat Women of Antibes/A Marriage of Convenience
Aired 20 April 1960 • 60 min
13. S1.E13 ∙ Winter Cruise/Mr. Know-All
Aired 27 April 1960 • 60 min
Max Kelada is a very knowledgeable fellow - perhaps he knows rather more about a young married woman than he ought to.