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Season 14 – Masterpiece Theatre

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"Masterpiece Theatre" presents adaptations of classic literature and the work of contemporary writers as acted out by prestigious thespians. Among the stories that have been featured in the series' run are "I, Claudius," "Henry VIII" and "The Forsyte Saga."
Masterpiece Theatre — Season 14

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Episode 1 Aired Oct 28, 1984 The Barchester Chronicles Anthony Trollope's 1857 satire about the lives, loves and conflicts of a Victorian town. With Donald Pleasence, David Gwillam. Details Episode 2 Aired Nov 4, 1984 The Barchester Chronicles Archdeacon Grant (Nigel Hawthorne) vigorously defends the too-humble Rev. Harding (Donald Pleasence). Details Episode 3 Aired Nov 11, 1984 The Barchester Chronicles A new bishop arrives, accompanied by a manipulative wife and an ambitious chaplain. Details Episode 4 Aired Nov 18, 1984 The Barchester Chronicles Slope learns Susan has a substantial income, but Signora Neroni (Susan Hampshire) has other plans for the marriageable young widow. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 25, 1984 The Barchester Chronicles A battle of wills begins for the power to appoint the wardenship. Details Episode 6 Aired Dec 2, 1984 The Barchester Chronicles The Squire's annual garden party becomes a battleground for the vacant dean's post. Details Episode 7 Aired Dec 9, 1984 The Barchester Chronicles Signora Neroni (Susan Hampshire) uses all of her wit and guile to promote love's true course and happy endings. Details Episode 8 Aired Dec 16, 1984 The Jewel in the Crown -- Crossing the River Paul Scott's British Empire saga opens in 1942 India with an English police captain (Tim Pigott-Smith) hunting for a young British-educated Indian who loves the shy English girl Merrick hopes to marry. Details Episode 9 Aired Dec 23, 1984 The Jewel in the Crown -- The Bibighar Gardens After an illicit meeting with Hari, Daphne (Susan Wooldridge) is raped by a gang of ruffians. Details Episode 10 Aired Dec 30, 1984 The Jewel in the Crown -- Questions of Loyalty Lady Manners chooses to raise the half-caste child when Daphne dies giving birth to a daughter. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 6, 1985 The Jewel in the Crown -- Incidents at a Wedding A stone thrown at the Nawab's car forces the chief minister to confront Merrick. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 13, 1985 The Jewel in the Crown -- The Regimental Silver Lady Manners persuades the governor to review the evidence against Hari Kumar; Sarah must tell a pregnant Susan that Teddy has been killed in battle. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 20, 1985 The Jewel in the Crown -- Ordeal by Fire Sarah (Geraldine James) goes to Calcutta to visit Merrick after he is injured trying to save Teddy. Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 27, 1985 The Jewel in the Crown -- Daughter of the Regiment Susan (Wendy Morgan) goes into premature labor upon finding Mabel dead; Clark seduces Sarah (Geraldine James). Details Episode 15 Aired Feb 3, 1985 The Jewel in the Crown -- The Day of the Scorpion Merrick, badly disfigured by burns, secretly returns to Pankot; Susan's sanity snaps. Details Episode 16 Aired Feb 10, 1985 The Jewel in the Crown -- The Towers of Silence Barbie sets off in a rickshaw and disappears after she finds Mildred and the adjutant making love. Details Episode 17 Aired Feb 17, 1985 The Jewel in the Crown -- An Evening at the Maharanee's A young English intelligence officer witnesses Merrick's interrogation of an Indian, then meets Sarah at the Maharanee's. Details Episode 18 Aired Feb 24, 1985 The Jewel in the Crown -- Travelling Companions Sarah tries to stop Susan's engagement to Merrick, but no one will talk openly about his past. Details Episode 19 Aired Mar 3, 1985 The Jewel in the Crown -- The Moghul Room Merrick is recalled to Delhi; Perron and Sarah become close. Details Episode 20 Aired Mar 10, 1985 The Jewel in the Crown -- Pandora's Box Guy Perron returns to observe the last days of British rule and finds that Merrick died in a "hunting accident" after marrying Susan. Details Episode 21 Aired Mar 17, 1985 The Jewel in the Crown -- A Division of the Spoils Perron, Sarah and Susan are on a train during an anti-Moslem riot as India prepares to split with Pakistan. Details Episode 22 Aired Mar 31, 1985 All for Love: Mona A 13-year-old (Deborah Stokes) defies her parents when her friendship becomes the only comfort to a dying man (Frank Finlay). Details Episode 23 Aired Apr 7, 1985 All for Love: A Dedicated Man A couple (Joan Plowright, Alec NcCowen) use deception to get jobs at a deluxe hotel. Details Episode 24 Aired Apr 14, 1985 All For Love: A Bit of Singing & Dancing A browbeaten spinster gradually grows fond of her mysterious new gentleman lodger. Details Episode 25 Aired Apr 21, 1985 All for Love: L'Elegance A shy, lonely salesclerk (Geraldine McEwan) dreams of romance on her annual vacation. Details Episode 26 Aired Apr 28, 1985 All for Love: Letting the Birds Go Free A violence-prone farmer (Lionel Jeffries) comes to respect a stranger caught raiding his henhouse. Details Episode 27 Aired May 5, 1985 Strangers & Brothers C.P. Snow's saga begins with an idealistic Lewis Elliot (Shaughan Seymour) entering a clerkship with the shady barrister Herbert Getliffe. Details Episode 28 Aired May 12, 1985 Strangers & Brothers Eliot returns to London to marry Sheila and becomes disillusioned with the law. Details Episode 29 Aired May 19, 1985 Strangers & Brothers Eliot leaves the bar to teach at Cambridge, where he meets the volatile Roy Calvert. Details Episode 30 Aired May 26, 1985 Strangers & Brothers Eliot discovers political intrigue and scandal when he investigates the March family. Details Episode 32 Aired Jun 9, 1985 Strangers & Brothers Roy Calvert takes Lewis Eliot on a visit to Berlin; Sheila has a mental breakdown. Details Episode 33 Aired Jun 16, 1985 Strangers & Brothers Eliot has an affair with Margaret as he recruits scientists for nuclear research during the war. Details

Season Info

Network
PBS
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Other
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 28, 1984