Victorian Scandals

Episode 01

The Frontiers of Science

Sep 3, 1976 · 55 min

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

Episode 02

Skittles

Sep 10, 1976 · 55 min

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

Episode 03

The Portland Millions

Sep 17, 1976 · 55 min

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

Episode 04

A Pitcher of Snakes

Sep 24, 1976 · 55 min

Authors Charlotte Brontë 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.

Episode 05

Hannah

Oct 1, 1976 · 55 min

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

Episode 06

The Fruits of Philosophy

Oct 8, 1976 · 55 min

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

Episode 07

Beloved

Oct 10, 1976 · 55 min

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