Series 1

1. The Frontiers of Science

1976-09-03 · 55m

A group of con artists posing as spiritualists go head to head with a real one.

2. Skittles

1976-09-10 · 55m

The story of Catherine 'Skittles' Walters, a notorious Victorian courtesan.

3. The Portland Millions

1976-09-17 · 55m

Annie Druce claims she is the heir to the Duke of Portland.

4. A Pitcher of Snakes

1976-09-24 · 55m

Authors Charlotte Brontë and William Makepeace Thackeray attend the same dinner party when the hostess's husband suddenly arrives and wants his wife to come back to him.

5. Hannah

1976-10-01 · 55m

Scholar and photographer Arthur Munby orchestrates a study of working-class women, and secretly marries Hannah Cullwick, who continues to pose as his servant.

6. The Fruits of Philosophy

1976-10-08 · 55m

An attempt to publish a pamphlet advocating birth control results in a notorious prosecution for obscenity.

7. Beloved

1976-10-10 · 55m

When Henry James Prince is dismissed from his post as a curate, he decides to found his own religion called the Abode of Love.