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Season 1

3 episodes · 26th March 1985

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Episodes

01 Gilded Youth still Gilded Youth Episode 126th March 1985 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. 02 Trials still Trials Episode 227th March 1985 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. 03 De Profundis still De Profundis Episode 328th March 1985 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.
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01 Michael Gambon profile Michael Gambonas Oscar Wilde 02 Emily Richard profile Emily Richardas Constance Wilde 03 John Hawkesworth profile John HawkesworthWriter
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