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Season 5

8 episodes · Oct 12, 1969

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  • S5E1

    The Heiress

    Oct 12, 1969

    A naive young woman falls for a handsome young man who her emotionally abusive father suspects is a fortune hunter.

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  • S5E2

    Charley's Aunt

    Nov 23, 1969

    Charley and Jack pressure classmate Fancourt to pose as Charley's aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Complications begin when Fancourt, in drag, becomes the love object of not only old Spettigue but also Jack's grandfather.

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  • S5E3

    The Marquis

    Dec 14, 1969
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  • Three Sisters
    S5E4

    Three Sisters

    Jan 18, 1970129m

    In a small Russian town at the turn of the century, Olga, Irina, Masha, and their brother Andrei live but dream daily of their return to Moscow, where life is charming and stimulating meaningful. But for now, they exist in a malaise of dissatisfaction. Soldiers from the local military post provide them some companionship and society, but nothing can suffice to replace Moscow in their hopes. Andrei marries provincial Natasha and begins to settle into a life of much less meaning than he'd hoped. Natasha begins to run the family her way. Masha, though married, yearns for the sophisticated life and begins a dalliance with Vershinin, an army officer with a sick and suicidal wife. Even Irina, the freshest, most optimistic of the sisters, begins to waver in her dreams until, finally, tragedy strikes.

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  • S5E5

    In Good King Charles's Golden Days

    Feb 15, 1970
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  • Separate Tables
    S5E6

    Separate Tables

    Mar 15, 197095m

    The stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth.

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  • S5E7

    Howards End

    Apr 19, 1970

    A businessman thwarts his wife's bequest of an estate to another woman.

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  • S5E8

    The Rivals

    May 15, 1970117m

    A glittering "fancy-dress" comedy that bubbles over with the wit and humour of Richard Sheridan, and characters like Mrs Malaprop and Sir Anthony Absolute, "the very pineapple of perfection".

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