0.0A 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.
W. Somerset Maugham
NBC, CBS
Hugh Williams
Self - Host
Ian Hunter
Self - Host
Jill Bennett
Annette
Michael Relph
Charles Mornington
Dulcie Gray
Leslie Crosbie
Margaret Tyzack
Kathleen
Hugh Burden
Don Pedro
Peter Howell
Arthur Lowe
Joyce Heron
Eleanor Forestier
Marie Lohr
Lady Mary Pelling
William Kendall
Sir Frederick Hardy
1. S1.E1 ∙ Flotsam and Jetsam
2. S1.E2 ∙ Sanatorium
A man believing himself near death from tuberculosis attends a sanatorium - where he falls in love.
3. S1.E3 ∙ The Happy Couple
4. S1.E4 ∙ The Unconquered
In Nazi occupied France, a Frenchwoman is raped by a German soldier. Adapted from a W. Somerset Maugham short story.
5. S1.E5 ∙ A Casual Affair
6. S1.E6 ∙ Episode
7. S1.E7 ∙ The Alien Corn
8. S1.E8 ∙ The Lion's Skin
9. S1.E9 ∙ P and O
10. S1.E10 ∙ The Facts of Life
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.
11. S1.E11 ∙ The Voice of the Turtle/The Outstation
12. S1.E12 ∙ The Three Fat Women of Antibes/A Marriage of Convenience
13. S1.E13 ∙ Winter Cruise/Mr. Know-All
Max Kelada is a very knowledgeable fellow - perhaps he knows rather more about a young married woman than he ought to.
