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Season 3

19 episodes · 1974

  1. 0

    Episode 0

  2. 1

    Episode 1

    Jan 23, 1974

  3. 2

    June Moon

    Jan 30, 1974

    In a nod to the days of classic American comedy, a 1929's Tin Pan Alley lyricist meets a composer who has a big hit: "Paprika... the Spice of My Life."

  4. 3

    The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd

    May 8, 1974

    Mr. Holroyd is an alcoholic, abusive miner in pre-WWI England who terrorizes his family. Mrs. Holroyd plans to run away with her would-be lover when Mr. Holroyd dies in a mining accident, leaving the family torn with guilt over their hatred of the dead man. Geraldine Page and Rex Robins star.

  5. 4

    Antigone

    Feb 13, 1974

  6. 5

    King Lear

    Feb 20, 1974175 min

    King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.

  7. 6

    Episode 6

    Mar 20, 1974

  8. 7

    The Seagull

    Mar 27, 1974120 min★ 7.9

  9. 8

    Episode 8

    May 8, 1974

  10. 9

    Episode 9

    May 22, 1974

  11. 10

    Episode 10

    Dec 25, 1974

  12. 11

    Episode 11

  13. 12

    Arthur Rubinstein: Chopin

  14. 13

    Episode 13

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    Episode 14

  16. 17

    The First Breeze of Summer

    90 min★ 8.1

  17. 25

    All Over

    111 min★ 7.0

  18. 28

    The Patriots

    119 min★ 5.5

  19. 30

    Eccentricities of a Nightingale

    120 min★ 8.6