Series
Victorian Scandals
Featuring dramatised versions of true stories that shocked mainstream Victorian society.
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Seasons & episodes
- 1The Frontiers of Science3 Sept 1976 · 55mA group of con artists posing as spiritualists go head to head with a real one.
- 2Skittles10 Sept 1976 · 55mThe story of Catherine 'Skittles' Walters, a notorious Victorian courtesan.
- 3The Portland Millions17 Sept 1976 · 55mAnnie Druce claims she is the heir to the Duke of Portland.
- 4A Pitcher of Snakes24 Sept 1976 · 55m · ★ 7.0Authors 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.
- 5Hannah1 Oct 1976 · 55mScholar and photographer Arthur Munby orchestrates a study of working-class women, and secretly marries Hannah Cullwick, who continues to pose as his servant.
- 6The Fruits of Philosophy8 Oct 1976 · 55mAn attempt to publish a pamphlet advocating birth control results in a notorious prosecution for obscenity.
- 7Beloved10 Oct 1976 · 55mWhen Henry James Prince is dismissed from his post as a curate, he decides to found his own religion called the Abode of Love.
Details
- Created by
- Michael Cox
- First aired
- 3 Sept 1976
- Last aired
- 10 Oct 1976
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- ITV1
- Episodes
- 7
- Votes
- 1 on TMDB
