Henry Herbert
Director
Oscar (1985)
Season 1
In the summer of 1891, Oscar Wilde first met Lord Alfred Douglas — an encounter that will dramatically and tragically change both of their lives.
Released March 26, 1985
Episode 50 min
None+
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
Keywords: tmdb.19th-century, imdb.older-man-younger-man-relationship, imdb.historical-event, imdb.male-prostitute, imdb.male-prostitution, imdb.prison, imdb.hustler + 2 more, imdb.sodomy, imdb.gay-interest
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Gilded Youth
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.
March 26, 1985, midnight
S1E2 - Trials
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.
March 27, 1985, midnight
S1E3 - De Profundis
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.
March 28, 1985, midnight
BBC Two
50 min/ep
150 min
March 26, 1985
March 28, 1985, midnight
Ended
NR
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