Episodes
1. St. Joan
September 1, 1968
In 15th century France, a teenage peasant leads the army to victories against the English after claiming she has heard the voices of saints.
Guest Stars:
Janet Suzman, John Gielgud, Maurice Denham, Ronald Pickup, Jack Watson
2. The Male Animal
October 13, 1968
The Midwestern University trustees have forced three teachers out for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild-mannered English professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Tommy is upset that his wife Ellen also suggested he not read the passage. Meanwhile, Ellen's old boyfriend, football player Joe Ferguson, comes to visit for the Homecoming.
Guest Stars:
Anthony Perkins, Toby Robins, Lee Montague, Alan Gifford, Christopher Benjamin
3. The Seagull
November 17, 1968
Aging actress Arkidana pays summer visits to her brother Sorin and son Konstantin on a country estate. On one occasion, she brings with her Trigorin, a successful novelist. Meanwhile, Nina, a free and innocent girl on a neighboring estate, falls for Trigorin.
Guest Stars:
Robert Stephens
4. Waters of the Moon
December 24, 1968
90 min
Lonely people in a quiet hotel find their lives shaken up by the arrival of the glamorous, assertive Helen Lancaster.
Guest Stars:
Margaret Leighton, Jack Gwillim, Athene Seyler, Vivien Merchant, Kathleen Harrison
5. Mary, Queen of Scots
January 12, 1969
Mary Stuart, named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She's imprisoned at 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years later, Mary's life is to end on the scaffold and with her execution, the last threat to Elizabeth's throne has been removed. The two Queens with their contrasting personalities make a dramatic counterpoint to history.
Guest Stars:
Virginia McKenna, Pamela Brown, Jon Finch, Derek Godfrey, Fanny Rowe
6. Maigret at Bay
February 9, 1969
89 min
Maigret responds to a call from a young woman in the middle of the night, but he then finds himself accused of raping her. He is forced to clear his name, and search for what had really taken place that night.
Guest Stars:
Rupert Davies, Helen Shingler, Yootha Joyce, Neville Jason, Clive Cazes
7. Relatively Speaking
March 2, 1969
Ginny plots to keep her affair with the much older (and married) Philip from her regular boyfriend Greg.
Guest Stars:
Judy Cornwell, Donald Sinden, John Stride, Celia Johnson
8. Julius Caesar
April 13, 1969
Highly-placed Romans plot the murder of Julius Caesar.
Guest Stars:
Frank Finlay, Edward Woodward, Christopher Guard, Christopher Timothy, Maurice Denham
9. An Ideal Husband
May 11, 1969
82 min
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously
Guest Stars:
Keith Michell, Susan Hampshire, Jeremy Brett, Margaret Leighton, Dinah Sheridan
