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| Starring | Georgina Hale Anton Rodgers Diana Rigg |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production company | London Weekend Television (LWT) |
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| Network | ITV |
| Release | 24 September 1974 – 24 April 1975 |
Affairs of the Heart (1974-1975) series is a British romantic comedy period drama that aired on ITV from 1974 to 1975. Starring Georgina Hale, it was written by Henry James and adapted by Terence Feely. It was made for the ITV network by London Weekend Television (LWT).
Cast[edit]
- Diana Rigg - Grace Gracedew
- Margaret Tyzack - Miss Tita
- Pamela Brown - Mary Tredick
- Ian Ogilvy - Morris Townsend
- Anton Rodgers - James Mallory
- Georgina Hale - Lolla Skinner | Daisy Miller
Background[edit]
Affairs of the Heart is the classic tales of love and loss based on the fiction of Henry James.
All the dramas and desires of late Victorian high society are on display in these vintage adaptations of the writings of Henry James. Romantic tales of love and loss unfold from the country houses of England to the drawing rooms of New York, from the palazzos of Venice to the art studios of London. Scoundrels and schemers collide with ingénues and admirers in the terribly intricate affairs of the heart.
The Series 1 enchanting anthology features a treasure trove of British actors, including Diana Rigg (The Avengers), Margaret Tyzack (2001: Space Odyssey), Pamela Brown (Becket), Patricia Routledge (Hetty Wainthropp Investigates), Ian Ogilvy (I, Claudius), Anton Rodgers (Scrooge), and Jeremy Brett (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes). The 50 minute dramas plumb the exquisite tensions of Henry James' best-loved stories, including Washington Square, The Aspern Papers, and The Wings of the Dove, with a subtlety and nuance unmatched by more recent adaptations.
Continuing in Series 2, enchanting collection plays out the tensions and travails of late 19th-century romance, in which English accents encounter American attitudes to powerful effect. The superb casts include Derek Jacobi (I, Claudius), Eileen Atkins (Cold Mountain), Sinéad Cusack (North and South), Edward Hardwicke (The Return of Sherlock Holmes), Cheryl Campbell (Chariots of Fire), Daniel Massey (Star!), and Christopher Cazenove (The Duchess of Duke Street).
Plot[edit]
A series of TV plays based on stories or novels by Henry James.
Awards[edit]
Chicago Film Festival 1974, Golden Hugo Award nominee for Best Feature (Azhdar Ibragimov).
Episodes[edit]
Series overview[edit]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 7 | September 29, 1974 | November 10, 1974 | |
| 2 | 6 | March 9, 1975 | April 20, 1975 | |
Series 1 (1974)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Emma" | John Frankau | Terence Feely (adaptation) based on Henry James' story "Lord Beaupré" | September 29, 1974 | |
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Emma agrees to a pretend engagement with a young Earl in order to protect him from the horde of eligible young women besieging him. Cast: Cheryl Campbell (Emma Gosselin); Jeremy Clyde (Guy Beauprey); Lally Bowers (Mrs. Gosselin); Valerie White (Mrs. Ashbury); Paul Gregory (Jefferson Brown); David Yelland (Hugh Gosselin); Miranda Bell (Charlotte Firminger); Jacqueline Stanbury (Maud Ashbury); Mischa De La Motte (Butler) | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Flora" | Michael Ferguson | Terence Feely (adaptation) based on Henry James' story "Glasses" | October 6, 1974 | |
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A vain and self-centred girl tries to hide the truth. Cast: Gayle Hunnicutt (Flora Saunt); Patricia Routledge (Mrs. Meldrum); Anton Rodgers (James Mallory); Roger Brierley (Geoffrey Dawling); John Quentin (Lord Iffield); David Cleeve (Maxton) | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Grace" | Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Terence Feely (adaptation) based on Henry James' story "Covering End" | October 13, 1974 | |
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Mr. Prodmore owns the mortgage to the Yule family estate. He will forgive the vast debt if Yule will marry his daughter. The enchanting Grace has other ideas. Cast: Diana Rigg (Grace Gracedew); George Cole (Mr. Prodmore); Jeremy Brett (Captain Yule); Celia Bannerman (Cora Prodmore); John Welsh (Chivers) | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Mary and Louisa" | Michael Ferguson | Terence Feely (adaptation) based on Henry James' stories "The Tone of Time" and "The Real Thing" | October 20, 1974 | |
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Louisa Bridgenorth commissions a portrait of the ideal man. James Mallory turn her down, but knows just the artist, Mary Tredick. Cast: Pamela Brown (Mary Tredick); Faith Brook (Louisa Bridgenorth); Anton Rodgers (James Mallory); Leonard Kavanagh (Saunders); Douglas Wilmer (Leopoldo Visconti); Muguette De Braie (Teresa); Peter Myers (Major Monarch); Naomi Chance (Mrs. Monarch); Liz Goulding (Maggie); Adrienne Burgess (Jemima) | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Adela" | Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Terence Feely (adaptation) based on Henry James' story "The Marriages" | October 27, 1974 | |
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Adela, who has taken on the role of running the family since her mother's death, must work to 'save' her father from re-marrying and her brother from a scheming music hall artiste. Cast: Anna Calder-Marshall (Adela); Vivian Pickles (Mrs. Churchley); Richard Vernon (Colonel Chart); Georgina Hale (Lola Skinner); Joseph Blatchley (Godfrey Chart); Dorothy Gordon (Miss Flynn); John Rae (Ledbrook); Amanda Townsend (Muriel); Timandra Alwyn (Beatrice) | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Catherine" | John Reardon | Terence Feely (adaptation) based on Henry James' story "Washington Square" | November 3, 1974 | |
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A wealthy doctor is suspicious of a handsome man courting Catherine, his plain daughter. Cast: Lynn Farleigh (Catherine Sloper); Ian Ogilvy (Morris Townsend); Bernard Hepton (Austin Sloper); Hilary Mason (Lavinia Penniman); Eileen Page (Elizabeth Almond); Debbie Bowen (Marion Almond); David Neville (Arthur Townsend); Angela Graham (Mary) | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Bessie" | John Sichel | Terence Feely (adaptation) based on Henry James' story "An International Episode" | June 16, 2016 | |
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Bessie and Lord Lambeth meet in Newport and both seem smitten. Everyone assumes that when Bessie visits London the next spring, she is set on marrying him. Cast: Sinéad Cusack (Bessie Alden); Anna Palk (Kitty Westgate); Christopher Cazenove (Lord Lambeth); Geoffrey Whitehead (Percy Beaumont); Dorothy Reynolds (Duchess of Bayswater); Lisa Young (Lady Julia); Neville Hughes (Captain Littledale); David Healy (J.L. Westgate) | ||||||
Series 2 (1975)[edit]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 8 | 1 | "Kate" | Gareth Davies | Terence Feely (adaptation) based on Henry James' story "The Bench of Desolation" | March 9, 1975 | |
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Herbert breaks off with Kate-who immediately sues him for breach of promise. He sees it as revenge, but does Kate? Cast: Eileen Atkins (Kate Cookham); Michael Bryant (Herbert Dodd); Bernard Lee (Mr. Drury); Yvonne Antrobus (Nan Drury); Robert Lister (Doctor); Edward Dentith (Capt. Roper) | ||||||
| 9 | 2 | "Milly" | Derek Bennett | Terence Feely (adaptation) based on Henry James' story "The Wings of the Dove" | March 16, 1975 | |
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A number of people in London society are attracted to Milly's fortune, when they find the heiress is ailing. Cast: Rosalind Ayres (Milly Theale); Lois Baxter (Kate Croy); Gary Bond (Robert Merton); Stuart Wilson (Lord Mark); Georgina Cookson (Maud Lowder); Thomasine Heiner (Susan Stringham); Tony Jay (Sir Luke Strett); Carlos Douglas (Pasquale) | ||||||
| 10 | 3 | "Leonie" | Derek Bennett | Terence Feely (adaptation) based on Henry James' story "Nona Vincent" | March 23, 1975 | |
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Allan has written a play based on Leonie, his wealthy lover. She helps him get it produced. Cast: Barbara Murray (Leonie Alsager); Richard Morant (Allan Wayworth); Sheila Gish (Violet Grey); Rosamund Greenwood (Aunt Clara Grey); Derek Francis (Herbert Loder); John Crocker (Bowles) | ||||||
| 11 | 4 | "Daisy" | John Frankau | Terence Feely (adaptation) based on Henry James' story "Daisy Miller" | April 6, 1975 | |
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A free-spirited but unsophisticated American girl touring in Europe upsets quite a few conventions. Cast: Georgina Hale (Daisy Miller); Daniel Massey (Frederick Winterbourne); Rosalie Crutchley (Mrs. Costello); Natasha Parry (Emily Walker); Elvi Hale (Mrs. Miller); Earl Rhodes (Randolph); Sandor Elès (Giovanelli); Julian Sherrier (Eugenio) | ||||||
| 12 | 5 | "Elizabeth" | John Sichel | Terence Feely (adaptation) based on Henry James' story "The Great Condition" | April 13, 1975 | |
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On a transatlantic journey, two Englishmen fall for an American woman with a mysterious past. Cast: Diane Cilento (Elizabeth Damerel); Edward Hardwicke (Henry Chilver); Derek Jacobi (Bertram Braddle); Ray Dunbobbin (Receptionist); Stephen Riddle (Steward); Jill Shakespeare (Jessie) | ||||||
| 13 | 6 | "Miss Tita" | Derek Bennett | Terence Feely (adaptation) based on Henry James' story "The Aspern Papers" | April 20, 1975 | |
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In Venice, Miss Tita and her aged aunt rent part of their villa to an author, but he has an ulterior motive--involving the aunt's past. Cast: Margaret Tyzack (Miss Tita); Beatrix Lehmann (Juliana Bordereau); John Carson (Charles Faversham); Petra Davies (Mrs. Prest); Charles Hill (Dr. Murano); Gustavo Blanco (Waiter); Jane Bough (Olimpia) | ||||||
References[edit]
- Affairs of the Heart--Series One at Film Intuition: Review Database
- Affairs of the Heart--Series Two at Film Intuition: Review Database
- Affairs of the Heart, Series 1 at Amazon.com
- Affairs of the Heart, Series 2 at Amazon.com
External links[edit]
Category:1970s British television series debuts
Category:1974 British television series debuts
Category:1975 British television series endings
Category:ITV sitcoms
Category:Period television series
Category:Television series by ITV Studios
Category:English-language television shows