Episodes
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Episode 1 · · 50m
Moths
In 1870s Trouville, innocent 16-year-old Vere Herbert weds cruel, dissipated Prince Zouroff.
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Episode 2 · · 50m
Three Weeks
Over the course of three weeks, young Englishman Paul has a passionate affair with a beautiful, older woman in Switzerland. When the tryst ends, and Paul learns she is in fact a Russian queen, she is murdered by her husband, but not before having Paul's child.
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Episode 3 · · 50m
The Black Knight
In medieval England, a woman trapped in a cruel marriage finds freedom and romance with a mysterious knight, leading to a dangerous adventure across the countryside.
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Episode 4 · · 50m
High Noon
A woman sacrifices her own happiness for her younger siblings following her mother's death, nearly missing her chance at love.
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Episode 5 · · 50m
House of Men
Accepting a secretarial job at a remote Northumberland house inhabited only by men, Katie Mitchell becomes entangled in the complex and bitter relationship between her employer, the embittered polio-stricken writer Maurice Rossiter, and his brother Logan, discovering secrets and a web of deception within the household.
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Episode 6 · · 50m
Emily
Emily meets and impulsively marries the charismatic artist Rory Balniel, moving to his ancestral home in Scotland. The marriage quickly deteriorates as she copes with his eccentric family, a mysterious woman named Marina, and Rory's violent temper, culminating in tragedy.