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Season 8

10 episodes · Sep 25, 1972

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  • S8E1

    The Millionairess

    Sep 25, 1972100m

    An Indian doctor meets a willful and arrogant heiress stuck in a dull marriage in order to satisfy the conditions of her father's will.

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  • S8E2

    Hedda Gabler

    Oct 20, 1972

    Hedda Gabler is a beautiful woman married to the solid and respectable academic George Tesman. Then an old flame, the dreamer Eilert Lovborg, turns up on the scene with tragic results.

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  • S8E3

    King Oedipus

    Nov 24, 1972

    Resolving the riddle of the Sphinx makes Oedipus the king of Thebes, but he also resolves another mystery — and it destroys him.

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  • S8E4

    The Magistrate

    Dec 20, 1972

    A widow weds a magistrate and makes her 19-year-old son act as a boy.

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  • S8E5

    The Adventures of Don Quixote

    Jan 7, 1973100m

    A self-proclaimed 'knight' and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking 'giants' that are really windmills in his attempt to win the love of the fair Dulcinea.

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  • S8E6

    Candide

    Feb 16, 1973

    Candide falls in love with the beautiful but materialistic Cunegonde. Her barron father doesn't approve of the affair so Candide wanders, meeting all the misfortunes along the way.

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  • S8E7

    A Room with a View

    Apr 15, 1973

    When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?

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  • S8E8

    The Caucasian Chalk Circle

    May 16, 1973

    Grusha sacrifices her happiness and dignity for the sake of an abandoned child she takes as her own.

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  • S8E9

    The Duchess of Malfi

    Jul 18, 1973
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  • S8E10

    Peer Gynt

    Aug 22, 1973
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