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Season 1

9 episodes · Oct 19, 1965

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  • S1E1

    Luther

    Oct 19, 1965

    During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.

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  • S1E2

    A Passage to India

    Nov 16, 1965110m

    Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

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  • S1E3

    The Joel Brand Story

    Dec 14, 196590m
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  • S1E4

    Gordon of Khartoum

    Jan 18, 1966

    The story of Charles 'Chinese' Gordon, a brilliant but eccentric military commander, and his death defending Khartoum in 1885.

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  • S1E5

    Where Angels Fear to Tread

    Feb 15, 1966

    After a rich Edwardian widow impulsively marries a handsome but poor Tuscan dentist and dies in childbirth, her English in-laws try to gain custody of the baby.

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  • Lee Oswald: Assassin
    S1E6

    Lee Oswald: Assassin

    Mar 15, 196690m

    The life of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who shot President John F. Kennedy, as reported to the Warren Commission enquiry into the circumstances of the assassination.

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  • S1E7

    Make Me an Offer

    Apr 12, 1966

    Antique dealer Charlie yearns to own a beautiful Portland vase.

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  • S1E8

    Death of a Salesman

    May 24, 1966

    Willy Loman is an over-the-hill salesman who faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family: Willy's long-suffering wife Linda, and Biff and Happy, his troubled sons and his life.

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  • S1E9

    The Devil's Eggshell

    Jun 28, 1966

    The discovery of mysterious egg-shaped objects at the sites of a series of disasters lead people to believe that we are being attacked by alien beings, but it is revealed to be a conspiracy hatched by a team of scientists intent on using an alien menace to unite the world. But their scheme backfires with fatal consequences...

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