About this season
A series of dramas featuring staged theatre plays.
Episodes (6)
1. Lady Windermere's Fan
Aired 15 September 1985 • 118 min
On the brink of a decision that could ruin her life, Lady Windermere learns that the difference between good people and bad people is not as simple as she thought.
2. The Father
Aired 22 September 1985 • 120 min
When Laura is told by her husband that she can have no say in deciding their daughter's education she retaliates by hinting that Bertha may not after all be his daughter. The suspicion takes root in the Captain's mind with terrifying results.
3. Absent Friends
Aired 29 September 1985 • 89 min
Diana invites her friends to a jolly tea party to cheer up their bereaved friend Colin. His reaction takes them all by surprise ...
4. Playboy of the West Indies
Aired 13 October 1985 • 120 min
Peggy Ford runs a rum bar for her father Mikey in Mayaro, a small fishing village on the south-east coast of Trinidad. Mayaro is, to put it mildly, off the beaten track and if you were to say that nothing ever happens there you might, with reason, be accused of exaggeration. Imagine, therefore, if you will, the effect on all concerned when a handsome young stranger appears and insists that he has just murdered his father.
5. Trelawny of the Wells
Aired 20 October 1985 • 120 min
Rose Trelawny, the beautiful young star of 'The Wells', decides to quit a promising career on the stage to marry into 'the quality'.
6. Molière
Aired 27 October 1985 • 120 min
Moliere is seen at the beginning as an imposing, confident theatre director, playfully wooing his mistress; but we watch him disintegrate before our eyes.