Affairs of the Heart
Anthology series of thirteen one-hour love stories based on the short stories of Henry James.
Seasons
1. Emma
Air Date: 1974-09-29
Emma agrees to a pretend engagement with a young Earl in order to protect him from the horde of eligible young women besieging him.
2. Flora
Air Date: 1974-10-06
Flora Saunt is a beautiful but poor orphan whose only asset is her face, which she uses to secure a marriage to the wealthy but unintelligent Lord Iffield, who doesn't realise she is nearly blind and needs thick, disfiguring spectacles.
3. Grace
Air Date: 1974-10-13
Mr Prodmore owns the mortgage to the Yule family estate. He will forgive the vast debt if Yule will marry his daughter. The enchanting Grace has other ideas.
4. Mary and Louise
Air Date: 1974-10-20
Louisa Bridgenorth commissions a portrait of the ideal man. James Mallory turns her down, but knows just the artist, Mary Tredick.
5. Adela
Air Date: 1974-10-27
Adela, who has taken on the role of running the family since her mother's death, must work to 'save' her father from remarriage and her brother from a scheming music hall artiste.
6. Catherine
Air Date: 1974-11-03
A wealthy doctor is suspicious of a handsome man courting Catherine, his plain daughter.
7. Bessie
Air Date: 1974-11-10
Bessie Alden and Lord Lambeth meet in Newport and both seem smitten. Everyone assumes that when Bessie visits London the next spring, she's set on marriage.
1. Kate
Air Date: 1975-03-09
Herbert breaks off with Kate, who immediately sues him for breach of promise. He sees it as revenge, but does Kate?
2. Milly
Air Date: 1975-03-16
A number of people in London society are suddenly attracted to Milly Theale's fortune, when they find the heiress is ailing.
3. Leonie
Air Date: 1975-03-23
Allan has written a play based on Leonie, his wealthy lover. She helps him get it produced.
4. Daisy
Air Date: 1975-04-06
Daisy Miller, a free-spirited but unsophisticated American girl touring in Europe, upsets quite a few conventions.
5. Elizabeth
Air Date: 1975-04-13
On a transatlantic journey, Englishmen Henry Chilver and Bertram Braddle fall for Elizabeth Damerel, a mysterious American woman.
6. Miss Tita
Air Date: 1975-04-20
In Venice, Miss Tita and her aged aunt rent part of their villa to an author, but he has an ulterior motive--involving the aunt's past.
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Rating
7.0/10
Release Date
1974-09-29
Episodes
13 (2 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Videos
Production Companies
LWT
Granada Television