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A half-hour (later 60 minute) drama anthology series based on the works of renowned English author William Somerset Maugham, who appears in the opening and closing of each episode.
Episodes
Season 1
No overview available for this season.
S1.E1 ∙ Flotsam and Jetsam
Feb 03, 1960
S1.E2 ∙ Sanatorium
Feb 10, 1960
A man believing himself near death from tuberculosis attends a sanatorium - where he falls in love.
S1.E3 ∙ The Happy Couple
Feb 17, 1960
S1.E4 ∙ The Unconquered
Feb 24, 1960
In Nazi occupied France, a Frenchwoman is raped by a German soldier. Adapted from a W. Somerset Maugham short story.
S1.E5 ∙ A Casual Affair
Mar 02, 1960
S1.E6 ∙ Episode
Mar 09, 1960
S1.E7 ∙ The Alien Corn
Mar 16, 1960
S1.E8 ∙ The Lion's Skin
Mar 23, 1960
S1.E9 ∙ P and O
Mar 30, 1960
S1.E10 ∙ The Facts of Life
Apr 06, 1960
Is it better to be lucky than clever? A not-very-bright young man with too much money falls prey to an adventuress on the Riviera - but he's lucky.
S1.E11 ∙ The Voice of the Turtle/The Outstation
Apr 13, 1960
S1.E12 ∙ The Three Fat Women of Antibes/A Marriage of Convenience
Apr 20, 1960
S1.E13 ∙ Winter Cruise/Mr. Know-All
Apr 27, 1960
Max Kelada is a very knowledgeable fellow - perhaps he knows rather more about a young married woman than he ought to.
Season 2
No overview available for this season.
S2.E1 ∙ The Four Dutchmen
Nov 04, 1960
S2.E2 ∙ The Kite
Nov 11, 1960
Young Herbert's only passion seems to be flying his kite - but then he meets a girl.
S2.E3 ∙ Before the Party
Nov 18, 1960
S2.E4 ∙ Gigolo and Gigolette
Nov 25, 1960
S2.E5 ∙ The Ant and the Grasshopper
Dec 02, 1960
The Ramsay brothers couldn't be more different - one is hard-working, quiet, and fearfully proper, the other an indolent spendthrift playboy. But appearances can be deceptive.
S2.E6 ∙ The Verger
Dec 09, 1960
The inability to read seems a setback for the verger - but it's not such a disadvantage as people suppose.
S2.E7 ∙ A Man with a Conscience
Dec 16, 1960
S2.E8 ∙ The Human Element
Dec 23, 1960
S2.E9 ∙ The Letter
Dec 30, 1960
The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense; a letter in her own hand may prove her undoing.
S2.E10 ∙ The Romantic Young Lady
Jan 06, 1961
S2.E11 ∙ The Door of Opportunity
Jan 13, 1961
S2.E12 ∙ The Mother
Jan 20, 1961
S2.E13 ∙ A Woman of Fifty
Jan 27, 1961
Season 3
No overview available for this season.
S3.E1 ∙ Appearance and Reality
Sep 20, 1962
S3.E2 ∙ The Point of Honour
Sep 27, 1962
S3.E3 ∙ The Colonel's Lady
Oct 04, 1962
The Colonel doesn't have much time for poetry, and when his wife publishes a volume of distinctly rather erotic verses, he is greatly embarrassed - who can she be writing about?
S3.E4 ∙ The Book Bag
Oct 11, 1962
S3.E5 ∙ The Treasure
Oct 18, 1962
S3.E6 ∙ The Lotus Eater
Oct 25, 1962
Wilson's a bit of a dull stick, people think - but he's determined to live the good life, and he's come to Capri to do so.
S3.E7 ∙ The Round Dozen
Nov 01, 1962
S3.E8 ∙ The Closed Shop
Nov 08, 1962
S3.E9 ∙ The Creative Impulse
Nov 15, 1962
S3.E10 ∙ The Back of Beyond
Nov 22, 1962
S3.E11 ∙ Virtue
Nov 29, 1962
S3.E12 ∙ The Force of Circumstance
Dec 06, 1962