Episode 1
Aired Oct 11, 1987
The Bretts: The King Shall Not Die
Charles accepts a lead role and decides to buy the Princess Theater; Thomas' first play, starring his sister Martha, opens to rave reviews.
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Episode 2
Aired Oct 18, 1987
The Bretts: Vagabonds & Thieves
Thomas is attracted to an actress; the staff suspect Jean of stealing household items.
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Episode 3
Aired Oct 25, 1987
The Bretts: Full House
Jean and Martha eye the same man; Charles and Thomas attempt reconciliation; Charles' parents visit.
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Episode 4
Aired Nov 1, 1987
The Bretts: Moving Pictures
Edwin shocks the family; Charles takes a screen test; Thomas worries as opening night approaches.
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Episode 5
Aired Nov 8, 1987
The Bretts: Broadway, Here I Come
An American acquaintance interests Martha; Lydia must work to pay a huge tax bill.
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Episode 6
Aired Nov 15, 1987
The Bretts: Revenge Is Sweet
Edwin and Martha co-star in a play; Charles is jealous of Lydia's leading man.
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Episode 7
Aired Nov 22, 1987
The Bretts: The Actress & the Bishop
Martha loses a choice part to her mother; the Bretts are taken to court.
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Episode 8
Aired Nov 29, 1987
The Bretts: Get Me to the Church on Time
Edwin takes his new flame auto racing; Sutton's sweetheart visits.
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Episode 9
Aired Dec 6, 1987
Northanger Abbey
Catherine Morland dreams of fantasies, until they start coming true.
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Episode 10
Aired Dec 13, 1987
Sorrell & Son
Stephen Sorrell (Richard Pasco) returns from war to a soured marriage and a young son.
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Episode 11
Aired Dec 20, 1987
Sorrell & Son
Dora (Gwen Watford) tries to win Kit's (Paul Critchley) love; Kit's headmaster dismisses him.
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Episode 12
Aired Dec 27, 1987
Sorrell & Son
Medical student Kit has an affair with a working girl; Sorrell and the Pelican Hotel prosper.
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Episode 13
Aired Jan 3, 1988
Sorrell & Son
Kit's status as a surgeon satisfies Sorrell's ambitions; liberated Molly has no plans to marry.
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Episode 14
Aired Jan 10, 1988
Sorrell & Son
Sorrell hides ill health from Kit; successful Kit enters London society and proposes to Molly.
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Episode 15
Aired Jan 17, 1988
Fortunes of War
Newlyweds Guy and Harriet Pringle journey across wartime Europe to uneasily neutral Romania.
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Episode 16
Aired Jan 24, 1988
Fortunes of War
Harriet feels neglected when Guy wins popularity with the city's intellectuals and expatriates.
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Episode 17
Aired Jan 31, 1988
Fortunes of War
Prince Yakimov moves in with the Pringles, who secretly hide Sasha Drucker from the Iron Guard.
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Episode 18
Aired Feb 7, 1988
Fortunes of War
Harriet's attachment to a young officer ends as Prince Yakimov reunites her with Guy in Athens.
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Episode 19
Aired Feb 14, 1988
Fortunes of War
Simon Boulderstone searches for his lost brother; Angela Hooper moves into the Pringles' building.
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Episode 20
Aired Feb 21, 1988
Fortunes of War
Harriet meets Aiden Pratt; feeling ill and neglected by Guy, Harriet decides to return to England.
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Episode 21
Aired Feb 28, 1988
Fortunes of War
Guy helps Simon overcome his disability; Harriet and Guy settle differences at Edwina's wedding.
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Episode 22
Aired Mar 6, 1988
Day After the Fair
Discontented wife Edith (Hannah Gordon) writes love letters for her maid (Sammi Davis).
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Episode 23
Aired Mar 13, 1988
Day After the Fair
Edith (Hannah Gordon) plans to tell Charles (Martyn Stanbridge) she authored love letters Anna sent him.
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Episode 24
Aired Mar 27, 1988
David Copperfield
David (Colin Hurley) leads an idyllic life until his mother marries Mr. Murdstone (Oliver Cotton).
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Episode 25
Aired Apr 3, 1988
David Copperfield
David is friendless when odd Mr. Micawber (Simon Callow) and his family are sent to debtor's prison.
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Episode 26
Aired Apr 10, 1988
David Copperfield
David stays with Mr. Wickfield in Canterbury and is later apprenticed to a London lawyer.
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Episode 27
Aired Apr 17, 1988
David Copperfield
Mr. Spenlow forbids David to see Dora after finding David's love letters to her.
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Episode 28
Aired Apr 24, 1988
David Copperfield
Dora and David wed; Mr. Micawber, Traddles and David confront Uriah Heep; David begins a new life.
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Episode 29
Aired Aug 28, 1988
By the Sword Divided II: Cruel Necessity 1649
John ignores his father's protest and signs Charles I's death warrant.
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Episode 30
Aired Sep 4, 1988
By the Sword Divided II: Witch Hunt 1650
John believes Henry Snelling's accusation that Minty practices witchcraft.
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Episode 31
Aired Sep 11, 1988
By the Sword Divided II: Escape 1651
Tom Lacey and his sister hide Charles II and plan to smuggle him to France.
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Episode 32
Aired Sep 18, 1988
By the Sword Divided II: Fateful Days 1653
Unhappy Hugh Brandon learns his true parentage and falls for Anne.
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Episode 33
Aired Sep 25, 1988
By the Sword Divided II: Forlorn Hope 1655
Tom challenges Sir Ralph to a duel for betraying Lord Ferrar.
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Episode 34
Aired Oct 2, 1988
By the Sword Divided II: Retribution 1658
Fletcher must name a successor to dying Cromwell; exiled Tom returns.
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Episode 35
Aired Oct 9, 1988
By the Sword Divided II: Restoration 1660
Cromwell dies; Lucinda pleads with Charles II for Fletcher's life.
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