Victorian Scandals

Featuring dramatised versions of true stories that shocked mainstream Victorian society.

Seasons

1. The Frontiers of Science

Air Date: 1976-09-03

A group of con artists posing as spiritualists go head to head with a real one.

2. Skittles

Air Date: 1976-09-10

The story of Catherine 'Skittles' Walters, a notorious Victorian courtesan.

3. The Portland Millions

Air Date: 1976-09-17

Annie Druce claims she is the heir to the Duke of Portland.

4. A Pitcher of Snakes

Air Date: 1976-09-24

Authors Charlotte Brontë and William Makepeace Thackeray attend the same dinner party when the hostess's husband suddenly arrives and wants his wife to come back to him.

5. Hannah

Air Date: 1976-10-01

Scholar and photographer Arthur Munby orchestrates a study of working-class women, and secretly marries Hannah Cullwick, who continues to pose as his servant.

6. The Fruits of Philosophy

Air Date: 1976-10-08

An attempt to publish a pamphlet advocating birth control results in a notorious prosecution for obscenity.

7. Beloved

Air Date: 1976-10-10

When Henry James Prince is dismissed from his post as a curate, he decides to found his own religion called the Abode of Love.

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Rating

0.0/10

Release Date

1976-09-03

Episodes

7 (1 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Production Companies

Granada Television