Portrait of a Marriage
Season 1
“They both took lovers - of either sex.”
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Network: BBC Two
Season aired: 1990-09-19
Overview
Melodrama detailing the real-life love affair between feminist writer Vita Sackville-West and novelist Violet Keppel against the backdrop of post-World War I England and opposition by Vita's politician husband Harold Nicolson.
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Episodes · 4
Episode 1
Five years into her marriage Vita Sackville-West has an affair with Violet Keppel.
Episode 2
Vita and her Violet cross to France, enjoying masquerading as a honeymooning couple.
Episode 3
Vita has returned to gossip. The affair seems doomed. At same time Violet is being pressured to marry Denys and the only alternative is elopment and a public scandal.
Episode 4
Vita and Violet run away to France pursued by their husbands, Harold and Denys.
