The Jazz Age
An anthology of 1920s set plays and musicals, transmissioned from 10 September to 10 December 1968 on BBC One.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Broadway
10-09-196850 min - Ep 2
2.Post Mortem
17-09-196850 min - Ep 3
3.Majesty
24-09-196850 min"Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me..." Fitzgerald could have been describing Emily Castleton, one of his most famous flappers. This archtype o...
- Ep 4
4.The Assassin
01-10-196850 min - Ep 5
5.Lily Christine
08-10-196850 minLily is threatened with divorce by her husband after spending an innocent night with friend Rupert Harvey.
- Ep 6
6.The Youngest Comrade
15-10-196850 min - Ep 7
7.Mister Jack Hollins Against Fate
22-10-196850 min - Ep 8
8.Black Exchange
29-10-196850 minIn the early 1920s, Germany was in a state of economic chaos, crippled by reparations; the value of the Mark fell until it impoverished the middle-class. One victim was Herr Tonn,...
- Ep 9
9.Thark
05-11-196850 minNouveau riche Mrs Frush buys a large country house from Sir Hector Benbow but complains that the house is haunted. A variety of characters go to the house to investigate.
- Ep 10
10.The Outstation
12-11-196850 minFocuses on the relationship between Mr. Warburton, a refined and established British resident, and his new assistant, Alan Cooper, who is less formal and lacks decorum. Their contr...
- Ep 11
11.The Princess
19-11-196850 minChronicles the life of Mary Henrietta 'Princess' Uruqhart, whose life is dependent on the affections and sermons of her mad father.
- Ep 12
12.Winner Takes All
26-11-196850 minFocuses on the Kent-Cumberland family, where the younger son, Thomas, is consistently disadvantaged in favor of his older brother, Gervase. Their mother actively manipulates situat...
- Ep 13
13.Lonely Road
03-12-196850 minCommander Malcolm Stevenson, suffering from unrequited love, drives to the coast while drunk and interrupts some smugglers.
- Ep 14
14.Tip-Toes
10-12-196850 minCenters on a vaudeville act composed of Tip-Toes, her brother and her uncle, who try to pass her off as an aristocrat to snare a millionaire husband. Farcical complications ensue i...
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