Series 1

Victorian Scandals

Series 1

1976tvEnded1 Season Β· 7 Ep

Created by: Michael Cox

Network: ITV1

Season aired: 1976-09-03

Overview

Featuring dramatised versions of true stories that shocked mainstream Victorian society.

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Episodes Β· 7

1
1

The Frontiers of Science

55m1976-09-03

A group of con artists posing as spiritualists go head to head with a real one.

2
2

Skittles

55m1976-09-10

The story of Catherine 'Skittles' Walters, a notorious Victorian courtesan.

3
3

The Portland Millions

55m1976-09-17

Annie Druce claims she is the heir to the Duke of Portland.

4
4

A Pitcher of Snakes

55m1976-09-24β˜… 7

Authors Charlotte BrontΓ« and William Makepeace Thackeray attend the same dinner party when the hostess's husband suddenly arrives and wants his wife to come back to him.

5
5

Hannah

55m1976-10-01

Scholar and photographer Arthur Munby orchestrates a study of working-class women, and secretly marries Hannah Cullwick, who continues to pose as his servant.

6
6

The Fruits of Philosophy

55m1976-10-08

An attempt to publish a pamphlet advocating birth control results in a notorious prosecution for obscenity.

7
7

Beloved

55m1976-10-10

When Henry James Prince is dismissed from his post as a curate, he decides to found his own religion called the Abode of Love.

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