Oscar

1985-03-26 | en

Michael Gambon Emily Richard

Drama

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Seasons & Episodes

EP1 Gilded Youth

Mar. 26,1985

At number 16, Tite Street, London, in the summer of 1891, a meeting takes place that will dramatically and tragically change the lives of the four people present.

EP2 Trials

Mar. 27,1985

By 1894 Oscar Wilde was flourishing - acknowledged as the greatest wit and one of the finest playwrights in Britain. His close friendship with Bosie Douglas , however, had provoked a quarrel with Bosie's father, Lord Queensberry, which in the following spring came to a head when Oscar charged Queensberry with criminal libel.

EP3 De Profundis

Mar. 28,1985

Following the sensational trials, and to the delight of the public and press, Oscar Wilde , found guilty of acts of gross indecency with various male persons, was incarcerated in Pentonville Prison in May 1895 to serve a sentence of two years' hard labour -an experience which would later produce one of his best known works, The Ballad of Reading Gaol.

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In the summer of 1891, Oscar Wilde first met Lord Alfred Douglas — an encounter that will dramatically and tragically change both of their lives.

Oscar Audience Reviews

ScoobyWell Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

HeadlinesExotic Boring

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

polloy This was a brilliant series which was shown by the BBC back in 1986. Michael Gambon played the role of Oscar Wilde with real character and finesse. He has gone on to great things in the years since, but this series (unlike most of the BBC's drama output) has never been repeated. I cannot understand why. It was excellent, and should be shown again to a new generation of viewers.