About this season
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Episodes (4)
1. Barefoot in Athens
Aired 11 November 1966 • 120 min
Adaptation of Anderson's Broadway play about the philosopher Socrates' clash with authority.
2. Blithe Spirit
Aired 7 December 1966 • 120 min
Noel Coward's classic comedy about a playwright researching the supernatural who inadvertently summons the ghost of his ex-wife.
3. Anastasia
Aired 17 March 1967 • 120 min
In Berlin during 1926, a group of monarchist conspirators persuades an amnesiac girl to impersonate Anastasia, daughter of Czar Nicholas II, whose children were thought to have been killed in 1918 during the Russian Civil War. According to rumor, Anastasia survived - and will inherit the Czar's millions if she can prove her identity.
4. Soldier in Love
Aired 26 April 1967 • 120 min
Historical drama about the troubled relationship between Queen Anne and the ambitious couple General John Churchill and his wife Sarah.