Anglo-Saxon Attitudes
Season 16.71992NR
This darkly comic satire skewers British social and academic hypocrisy. Richard Johnson (The Camomile Lawn) stars as Gerald Middleton, a retired historian coming to terms with his life's folly, with Tara Fitzgerald as his former flame. Based on the novel by Angus Wilson and adapted for the screen by Andrew Davies (Bridget Jones's Diary).
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Episodes (3)
- 1. Episode 1May 12, 19921 h 17 minNRSubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglish
At age 60, disillusioned with academia and estranged from his family, retired historian Gerald Middleton looks back on the summer of 1912. Then, as a young man, he witnessed the discovery of a phallic idol in the excavated grave of a medieval bishop and fell in love with Dollie, his best friend's fiance. - 2. Anglo-Saxon Attitudes: Episode 2May 11, 19921 h 18 minALLSubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglishOver Gerald's objections, Inge Middleton invites the conniving Larrie to stay with her at the family estate--not knowing that Larrie and her favorite son, John, are secretly lovers. Meanwhile, trying to uncover the truth about the Melpham idol, Gerald visits Professor Portway's widow, Lilian, in France.
- 3. Anglo-Saxon Attitudes: Episode 3May 11, 19921 h 14 minNRSubtitlesEnglish [CC]Audio languagesEnglishWith an angry confrontation between Robin and his brother-in-law and emotional entrances by Elvira and Larrie, a soiree thrown by Marie Helene ends in disaster for all three of the Middleton children. Gerald reconnects with Dollie after years of separation and finally learns the unambiguous truth about the Melpham idol.