Episode 1
Aired Oct 20, 1985
The Last Place on Earth
In 1907 British navy Capt. Robert Scott (Martin Shaw) and Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (Sverre Anker Ousdal) vie to be first to reach the South Pole.
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Episode 2
Aired Oct 27, 1985
The Last Place on Earth
Scott's zeal for the voyage diminishes when he learns of Amundsen's start to the South Pole.
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Episode 3
Aired Nov 3, 1985
The Last Place on Earth
Amundsen forces his men onto the ice shelf; Scott's ponies and motor sledges fail him.
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Episode 4
Aired Nov 10, 1985
The Last Place on Earth
Amundsen slaughters dogs for food and moves on while Scott struggles with a blizzard.
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Episode 5
Aired Nov 17, 1985
The Last Place on Earth
Amundsen plants the Norwegian flag at the South Pole; Scott arrives a month later.
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Episode 6
Aired Nov 24, 1985
The Last Place on Earth
Scott and his crew become heroes posthumously when malnutrition and beastly weather kill them.
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Episode 7
Aired Dec 1, 1985
Bleak House
Charles Dickens' tale of Victorian society and the British legal system begins with orphaned Esther Summerson being summoned to London by her guardian's solicitors.
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Episode 8
Aired Dec 8, 1985
Bleak House
Lady Dedlock (Diana Rigg) takes a keen interest in the death of a mysterious law-writer; Esther (Suzanne Burden) is asked to run Bleak House.
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Episode 9
Aired Dec 15, 1985
Bleak House
The sinister Mr. Tulkinghorn inquires into Nemo's true identity and sudden death; Esther receives a proposal.
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Episode 10
Aired Dec 22, 1985
Bleak House
Esther meets Lady Dedlock; John Jarndyce is displeased with Richard and Ada's engagement.
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Episode 11
Aired Dec 29, 1985
Bleak House
A greedy moneylender searches for the missing documents; Jo is questioned; Mr. Guppy confronts Lady Dedlock.
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Episode 12
Aired Jan 5, 1986
Bleak House
Esther breaks out with smallpox; Krook dies in a fire; Lady Dedlock is threatened by her past indiscretions.
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Episode 13
Aired Jan 12, 1986
Bleak House
Lady Dedlock confesses her past; Jo is found; Tulkinghorn is trapped by a malicious intruder.
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Episode 14
Aired Jan 19, 1986
Bleak House
In spite of his marriage, Richard is obsessed with the Jarndyce case, which comes to an ironic conclusion.
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Episode 15
Aired Jan 26, 1986
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
In 1946 Mountbatten and his wife, Edwina, oversee the end of British rule in India.
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Episode 16
Aired Feb 2, 1986
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
Mountbatten tries to negotiate with battling Moslem and Hindu factions.
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Episode 17
Aired Feb 9, 1986
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
Moslem leader Jinnah forces a separate Moslem state upon Nehru, Gandhi and the British.
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Episode 18
Aired Feb 16, 1986
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
Lady Mountbatten nurses the wounded, as Gandhi despairs over continuing civil unrest.
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Episode 19
Aired Feb 23, 1986
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
Hindus and Moslems move out of each other's territories as the violence persists.
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Episode 20
Aired Mar 2, 1986
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
Lord and Lady Mountbatten fulfill their obligations to the Indian government.
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Episode 21
Aired Mar 23, 1986
By the Sword Divided
Sir Martin Lacey (Julian Glover) prepares to marry off his daughters in a swashbuckling drama of England's Civil War.
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Episode 22
Aired Mar 30, 1986
By the Sword Divided
Sir Martin rallies to the king's cause, but his son-in-law sides with Parliament.
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Episode 23
Aired Apr 6, 1986
By the Sword Divided
Sir Martin collects and hides the Royalist silver at Arnescote, but must send it to the King at Oxford.
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Episode 24
Aired Apr 13, 1986
By the Sword Divided
A violent conflict occurs when the Roundhead troops arrive at Arnescote to search for the Royalist silver.
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Episode 25
Aired Apr 20, 1986
By the Sword Divided
Sir Martin and Tom fortify the castle against the impending Roundhead attack.
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Episode 26
Aired Apr 27, 1986
By the Sword Divided
The Laceys prepare Arnescote for a siege when Col. Marsh returns with orders from Cromwell.
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Episode 27
Aired May 4, 1986
By the Sword Divided
Tom plans to fortify Arnescote by stealing a cannon from a nearby Roundhead camp.
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Episode 28
Aired May 11, 1986
By the Sword Divided
With Sir Martin dead and Tom imprisoned, Parliament orders Arnescote sold -- but Cromwell plans to destroy it.
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Episode 29
Aired May 18, 1986
By the Sword Divided
A mutinous army threatens the uneasy peace between the king and Parliament.
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Episode 30
Aired May 25, 1986
The Irish R.M.: A Horse!
Maj. Yeates (Peter Bowles) is persuaded to help Flurry (Bryan Murray) sell a horse.
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Episode 31
Aired Jun 1, 1986
The Irish R.M.: Dispensing Doctor
Maj. Yeates (Peter Bowles) learns he is the patron of the annual regatta.
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Episode 32
Aired Jun 8, 1986
The Irish R.M.: Holy Island
The locals waste no time when a ship with a full cargo of rum goes aground near Skebawn.
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Episode 33
Aired Jun 15, 1986
The Irish R.M.: Oweneen the Sprat
A drunkard lurches into Maj. Yeates' carriage and demands compensation for his injuries.
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Episode 34
Aired Jun 22, 1986
The Irish R.M.: A Royal Command
Flurry challenges a visiting maharajah and his team to a polo match.
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Episode 35
Aired Jun 29, 1986
The Irish R.M.: The Aussolas Martin Cat
Dismayed Flurry and Sally discover Mrs. Knox is renting Aussolas Castle.
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