Series 3

In 1916 Dublin is a story of love and hatred, engendered by the Irish Rebellion.

The young and liberated Rebekka West wants Pastor Rosmer. However, will his pondering and his wife's suicide ruin their relationship?

Miss Julie has a torrid, strange relationship with her servant Jean.

Con artist Solly Gold convinces a Jewish millionaire that he is the Messiah in order to steal his money.

A German mercenary is hired to defend the small township of Manchester during the English Civil War.

Gordon Comstock dreams of being a great poet and giving up his dreary career in advertising. But advertising pays and poetry doesn't.

With war looming, middle-aged George Bowling reminisces about the lost world of his village upbringing.

In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

After meeting the nefarious Doctor Knock, a number of respectable citizens in a French town become convinced that they are very ill.

Towards the end of WWII, a Brooklyn man is mistaken for a Jew by anti-Semitic neighbours, forcing him to consider the nature of prejudice.

A Jewish family from in London strive to maintain their 1930s Communist beliefs, through the War and the rise of Stalin, to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

A uneducated Norfolk girl matures into a confident woman.

A London couple move to an isolated Norfolk cottage and try to live off the land.

An argumentative theatrical couple are persuaded to appear as harmonious versions of themselves in a television series filmed in their own home.

In this rendering of the Turgenev play, a woman toys with a young admirer's affections while spending a month at a country estate.

Young playwright Konstantin is in love with aspiring actress Nina, who in turn is infatuated with his famous writer lover Trigorin.

The story of Queen Katherine, widow of Henry V, and her affair with Welsh hero of Agincourt, Sir Owen Tudor.

Hardcastle, a man of substance, looks forward to acquainting his daughter with his old pal's son with a view to marriage. But thanks to playboy Lumpkin, he's mistaken by his prospective son-in-law Marlow for an innkeeper, his daughter for the local barmaid. The good news is, while Marlow can barely speak to a woman of quality, he's a charmer with those of a different stamp. And so, as Hardcastle's indignation intensifies, Miss Hardcastle's appreciation for her misguided suitor soars. Misdemeanours multiply, love blossoms, mayhem ensues.

During the American Civil War, a Southern patriarch finds his house occupied by enemy soldiers.