Season 1 (1985)
Release date: 1985-03-26
Director: Henry Herbert
Writer: John Hawkesworth
Episodes (3):
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1. Gilded Youth
At number 16, Tite Street, London, in the summer of 1891, a meeting takes place that will dramatically and tragically change the lives of the four people present.
Release date: 1985-03-26
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2. Trials
By 1894 Oscar Wilde was flourishing - acknowledged as the greatest wit and one of the finest playwrights in Britain. His close friendship with Bosie Douglas , however, had provoked a quarrel with Bosie's father, Lord Queensberry, which in the following spring came to a head when Oscar charged Queensberry with criminal libel.
Release date: 1985-03-27
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3. De Profundis
Following the sensational trials, and to the delight of the public and press, Oscar Wilde , found guilty of acts of gross indecency with various male persons, was incarcerated in Pentonville Prison in May 1895 to serve a sentence of two years' hard labour -an experience which would later produce one of his best known works, The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
Release date: 1985-03-28
Rest of the cast - click here to expand
Robin McCallum - Lord Alfred Douglas
Crew - click here to expand
Henry Herbert - Director, John Hawkesworth - Executive Producer, John Hawkesworth - Writer, Carol Robertson - Producer