-
Episode 1 - The Miser
Release Date: 1988-05-08The miser loves money above life itself. It takes the whole efforts of his children, their lovers, his unpaid servants and the accomplished courtesan Frosine to make him part with a few francs.
-
Episode 2 - The Master Builder
Release Date: 1988-05-15Oppressed by past tragedies and an unhappy marriage, the master builder is haunted by his fears of the future—that, some day, youth will arrive to knock him off his pedestal.
-
Episode 3 - The Importance of Being Earnest
Release Date: 1988-05-29How did a baby come to be deposited in the left luggage room at Victoria Station in mistake for a three-volume novel? And what is the secret allure of the name Ernest?
-
Episode 4 - The Rivals
Release Date: 1988-06-05Jack Absolute can win the heart of romantic Lydia Languish only by pretending to be the penniless Ensign Beverley.
-
Episode 5 - Strife
Release Date: 1988-06-12A clash between the stubborn John Anthony, owner of a tin plate firm, and the hard leader of his striking workers, vividly portrays what Galsworthy in 1909 called 'the trouble of the century'.