Somerset Maugham Hour

Somerset Maugham Hour

A series of adaptations of the short stories of W. Somerset Maugham.

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