Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20120123 | by Somerset Maugham dramatised by Lizzie Nunnery First published in 1925 to a storm of protest this is a haunting and poignant drama of a woman's spiritual awakening. Kitty marries for the wrong reasons and is living with her husband, Walter, in Hong Kong. She's in love with another man and when her husband discovers her infidelity he, in an act of vengeance, poses a terrible ultimatum. Kitty ....... Sarah Smart Walter - Nicholas Farrell Charles ....... James Nickerson Shop worker ....... Chris Li Directed by Pauline Harris. Married for the wrong reasons, Kitty loves another man and faces a terrible ultimatum. |
| 02 | 20120124 | by Somerset Maugham dramatised by Lizzie Nunnery First published in 1925 to a storm of protest this is a haunting and poignant drama of a woman's spiritual awakening. Set in 1920's China. Kitty runs to her lover seeking solace and the promise of marriage. Instead she is faced with the terrible truth and is forced to leave for the cholera infested island of Mei-Fan-Tu with husband, Walter. Kitty ....... Sarah Smart Walter - Nicholas Farrell Charles ....... James Nickerson Waddington - Conrad Nelson Chinese worker ....... Chris Li Directed by Pauline Harris. Kitty runs to her lover seeking solace, but she is faced with the terrible truth. |
| 03 | 20120125 | by Somerset Maugham dramatised by Lizzie Nunnery First published in 1925 to a storm of protest this is a haunting and poignant drama of a woman's spiritual awakening. Set in 1920's China. Kitty. after being virtually forced to live in the cholera infested island of Mei-Fan-Tu with husband, Walter, visits the orphanage where he works as a doctor and bacteriologist. She see Walter in a new light after she discovers how hard he is working, how the locals adore and admire him, and how he is helping to rid the island of the epidemic . Kitty Fane - Sarah Smart Walter Fane - Nicholas Farrell Waddington ... Conrad Nelson Souer St Joseph..... Isabelle Defaut Mother Superior - Caroline Loncq Beggar man ....... Chris Lee Chinese consultant - Jing Griffin Directed by Pauline Harris. Kitty visits the orphanage where her husband Walter works and sees him in a new light. |
| 04 | 20120126 | by Somerset Maugham dramatised by Lizzie Nunnery Set in 1920's China. Kitty has started working in the orphanage run by the French nuns. When she collapses one day she fears it is cholera but discovers she's pregnant. Her husband Walter, who adores children, demands to know if it's his child. Kitty Fane - Sarah Smart Walter Fane - Nicholas Farrell Waddington ... Conrad Nelson Souer St Joseph..... Isabelle Defaut Mother Superior - Caroline Loncq Girl in orphanage - Shamae Griffin Chinese consultant - Jing Griffin Directed by Pauline Harris. Kitty discovers that she is pregnant, and Walter demands to know if it is his child. |
| 05 | 20120127 | by Somerset Maugham dramatised by Lizzie Nunnery First published in 1925 to a storm of protest this is a haunting and poignant drama of a woman's spiritual awakening. Set in 1920's China. Walter has cholera and Kitty is horrified and heartbroken. She leaves Mei-Fan-Tu and back in Hong Kong finds herself in the same house as her ex-lover Charles Townsend. Kitty Fane - Sarah Smart Walter Fane - Nicholas Farrell Waddington ... Conrad Nelson Dorothy Townsend - Julia Rounthwaite Charles Townsend - James Nickerson Officer/Doctor ....... Chris Lee Directed by Pauline Harris. Kitty is horrified over the news about Walter. She returns to Hong Kong. |