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Season
1 (PBS)(Early 1971)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox
references:
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PBS US: First Episode broadcast 10-Jan-1971
1.1 [--] Masterpiece Theatre: THE FIRST CHURCHILLS (BBC production 1969)
(10-Jan-1971 to 28-Mar-1971) PBS Sundays (12 parts)
Directed by David Giles
Written by Donald Wilson
cast:
John Neville .......... John Churchill
Susan Hampshire ....... Sarah Jennings
John Standing ......... Sidney Godolphin
*
Robert Robinson ....... Louis XIV
Margaret Tyzack ....... Queen Anne
James Villiers ........ Charles II
Lisa Daniely .......... Princess Mary
Kenneth Ives .......... Wratislaw
William Job ........... Cardonnel
Synopsis Part 2:
The rarity of Sarah and John's love match in an era of arranged marriages is
illustrated.
The politically-motivated match between two strangers: Princess Mary and William
of Orange. [RF]
1.2 [--] Masterpiece Theatre: THE SPOILS OF POYNTON (BBC production 1970)
(04-Apr-1971 to 25-Apr-1971) PBS Sundays (4 parts)
[--] 11-Apr-1971: Easter Sunday
1.3 [--] Masterpiece Theatre: THE POSSESSED (BBC production 1969)
(02-May-1971 to 06-Jun-1971) PBS Sundays (6 parts)
Producer David Conroy
Directed by Naomi Capon
Adapted by Lennox Phillips
Based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Hosted by Alistair Cooke
Narrated by Laurence Hardy
cast:
Howard Goorney ........ Fyodor
David Collings ........ Pyotr Verkhovensky
Joseph O'Conor ........ Stepan
Tracey Lloyd .......... Lisa
Keith Bell ............ Nikolay
Richard Warner ........ Governor
Joan Hickson .......... Madame Drosdov
Michael Wolf .......... Blum
James Caffrey ......... Shatov
Angela Pleasence ...... Marie
Keith Anderson ........ Virginsky
Tim Preece ............ Kirilov
Anne Stallybrass ...... Dasha
Eve Belton ............
Rosalie Crutchley .....
Synopsis Part 4:
Unscrupulous revolutionary Pyotr Verkhovensky is seeking to recruit Nikolay as a
leader,
he tries to convince him to get rid of the cripple Marya. [RF]
Synopsis Part 5:
Pyotr's bloody plans for revolution are launched. [RF]
Synopsis Part 6:
A series of tragedies and a final ironic twist is the culmination of
Dostoevsky's "The Possessed". [RF]
1.4 [--] Masterpiece Theatre: PERE GORIOT (BBC production 1968)
(13-Jun-1971 to 04-Jul-1971) PBS Sundays (4 parts)
Producer David Conroy
Directed by Paddy Russell
Adapted by David Turner
Based on the novel by Honoré de Balzac
cast:
David Dundas .......... Eugene de Rastignac
Michael Goodlife ...... Goriot
June Ritchie .......... Delphine
Angela Browne ......... Anastasie
Andrew Keir ........... Vautrin
Pat Nye ............... Mme. Vauquer
Michael Bilton ........ Poiret
Cynthia Etherington ... Mlle. Michonneau
David Weston .......... Blanchon
Patsy Rowlands ........ Sylvie
Moira Redmond ......... Mme. de Beauseant
Faith Kent ............ Duchesse de Langeais
Roderick Jones ........ Steward
Angela Bevan .......... Yvette
Elizabeth Digby-Smith.. Therese
Synopsis Part 2:
The sinister figure Vautrin in chapter 2 as he offers to help the young law
student Eugene
win favor of Goriot's daughter - provided Eugene is willing to commit murder. [RF]
Synopsis Part 3:
Eugene unwillingly allies himself with Vautrin as a murder conspiracy unfolds. [RF]
Synopsis Part 4:
Only one person remains unscathed in the tragic conclusion of De Balzac's "Pere
Goriot". [RF]
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