Oscar

Season 1 Episode 2: Trials

Mar 27, 1985NR50m6.8

By 1894 Oscar Wilde was flourishing - acknowledged as the greatest wit and one of the finest playwrights in Britain. His close friendship with Bosie Douglas , however, had provoked a quarrel with Bosie's father, Lord Queensberry, which in the following spring came to a head when Oscar charged Queensberry with criminal libel.

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Gilded Youth

1. Gilded Youth

Aired: Mar 26, 1985

At number 16, Tite Street, London, in the summer of 1891, a meeting takes pla...

Episode 2 Trials

Aired: Mar 27, 1985

By 1894 Oscar Wilde was flourishing - acknowledged as the greatest wit and on...

Episode 3 De Profundis

3. De Profundis

Aired: Mar 28, 1985

Following the sensational trials, and to the delight of the public and press,...

Main Cast

Michael GambonOscar Wilde

Robin McCallum

Robin McCallumLord Alfred Douglas

Emily RichardConstance Wilde

James Coyle

James CoyleFather at auction

Neil Cunningham

Neil CunninghamHumphreys

William Fox

William FoxSir George Lewis

Creators

Henry Herbert

Henry HerbertDirector

John HawkesworthWriter

Info about Oscar

Network: BBC Two

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Drama, History, Biography