Somerset Maugham Hour

Somerset Maugham Hour

A half-hour (later 60 minute) drama anthology series based on the works of renowned English author William Somerset Maugham, who appears in the opening and closing of each episode.

Drama

Seasons

1. S1.E1 ∙ Flotsam and Jetsam

Air Date: 1960-02-03

2. S1.E2 ∙ Sanatorium

Air Date: 1960-02-10

A man believing himself near death from tuberculosis attends a sanatorium - where he falls in love.

3. S1.E3 ∙ The Happy Couple

Air Date: 1960-02-17

4. S1.E4 ∙ The Unconquered

Air Date: 1960-02-24

In Nazi occupied France, a Frenchwoman is raped by a German soldier. Adapted from a W. Somerset Maugham short story.

5. S1.E5 ∙ A Casual Affair

Air Date: 1960-03-02

6. S1.E6 ∙ Episode

Air Date: 1960-03-09

7. S1.E7 ∙ The Alien Corn

Air Date: 1960-03-16

8. S1.E8 ∙ The Lion's Skin

Air Date: 1960-03-23

9. S1.E9 ∙ P and O

Air Date: 1960-03-30

10. S1.E10 ∙ The Facts of Life

Air Date: 1960-04-06

Is it better to be lucky than clever? A not-very-bright young man with too much money falls prey to an adventuress on the Riviera - but he's lucky.

11. S1.E11 ∙ The Voice of the Turtle/The Outstation

Air Date: 1960-04-13

12. S1.E12 ∙ The Three Fat Women of Antibes/A Marriage of Convenience

Air Date: 1960-04-20

13. S1.E13 ∙ Winter Cruise/Mr. Know-All

Air Date: 1960-04-27

Max Kelada is a very knowledgeable fellow - perhaps he knows rather more about a young married woman than he ought to.

1. S2.E1 ∙ The Four Dutchmen

Air Date: 1960-11-04

2. S2.E2 ∙ The Kite

Air Date: 1960-11-11

Young Herbert's only passion seems to be flying his kite - but then he meets a girl.

3. S2.E3 ∙ Before the Party

Air Date: 1960-11-18

4. S2.E4 ∙ Gigolo and Gigolette

Air Date: 1960-11-25

5. S2.E5 ∙ The Ant and the Grasshopper

Air Date: 1960-12-02

The Ramsay brothers couldn't be more different - one is hard-working, quiet, and fearfully proper, the other an indolent spendthrift playboy. But appearances can be deceptive.

6. S2.E6 ∙ The Verger

Air Date: 1960-12-09

The inability to read seems a setback for the verger - but it's not such a disadvantage as people suppose.

7. S2.E7 ∙ A Man with a Conscience

Air Date: 1960-12-16

8. S2.E8 ∙ The Human Element

Air Date: 1960-12-23

9. S2.E9 ∙ The Letter

Air Date: 1960-12-30

The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense; a letter in her own hand may prove her undoing.

10. S2.E10 ∙ The Romantic Young Lady

Air Date: 1961-01-06

11. S2.E11 ∙ The Door of Opportunity

Air Date: 1961-01-13

12. S2.E12 ∙ The Mother

Air Date: 1961-01-20

13. S2.E13 ∙ A Woman of Fifty

Air Date: 1961-01-27

1. S3.E1 ∙ Appearance and Reality

Air Date: 1962-09-20

2. S3.E2 ∙ The Point of Honour

Air Date: 1962-09-27

3. S3.E3 ∙ The Colonel's Lady

Air Date: 1962-10-04

The Colonel doesn't have much time for poetry, and when his wife publishes a volume of distinctly rather erotic verses, he is greatly embarrassed - who can she be writing about?

4. S3.E4 ∙ The Book Bag

Air Date: 1962-10-11

5. S3.E5 ∙ The Treasure

Air Date: 1962-10-18

6. S3.E6 ∙ The Lotus Eater

Air Date: 1962-10-25

Wilson's a bit of a dull stick, people think - but he's determined to live the good life, and he's come to Capri to do so.

7. S3.E7 ∙ The Round Dozen

Air Date: 1962-11-01

8. S3.E8 ∙ The Closed Shop

Air Date: 1962-11-08

9. S3.E9 ∙ The Creative Impulse

Air Date: 1962-11-15

10. S3.E10 ∙ The Back of Beyond

Air Date: 1962-11-22

11. S3.E11 ∙ Virtue

Air Date: 1962-11-29

12. S3.E12 ∙ The Force of Circumstance

Air Date: 1962-12-06

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Rating

0.0/10

Release Date

1960-02-03

Episodes

38 (3 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Production Companies

Associated-Rediffusion Television

Associated-Rediffusion Television