All for Love
Anthology of stories about love, many adapted from short stories or novels.
Seasons
1. A Dedicated Man
Air Date: 1982-07-31
A workaholic persuades a lonely unmarried lady to pose as his wife. Soon she starts wondering about his past, and things start to go downhill.
2. Mona
Air Date: 1982-08-01
Mona concerns a teenager (Deborah Stokes) who takes care of a former soldier (Frank Finlay) suffering from the effects of being gassed in World War I. Adapted from a short story by Francis King.
3. L'Elegance
Air Date: 1982-08-08
A lonely shop girl from Manchester saves all year for a luxury vacation in France among the rich, using her favourite fashion/lifestyle magazine as a guide to sewing her wardrobe and the manners she thinks are necessary to pass for a wealthy woman. One summer, things take a sudden unexpected turn.
4. Combat
Air Date: 1982-08-15
The possessive mother of a 30-year-old is constantly pushing him into marriage. He isn't interested. He is living with a man, a hard fact that his mother must recognize and understand.
5. A Bit of Singing and Dancing
Air Date: 1982-08-22
This dramatization of a short story by Susan Hill tells the tale of Esme Fanshow (June Ritchie) a librarian who has lived all 40 years of her life with her mother. Mrs. Fanshow (Evelyn Laye) is an overbearing woman who ruled her daughter's life with an iron hand. When her mother dies, leaving Esme her substantial fortune, Esme attempts to spread her wings. She tries doing things her mother wouldn't have approved of such as using butter and cream at every meal. But her freedom is interrupted by her mother's ghost who continually appears with mocking words.
6. Lovers of Their Time
Air Date: 1982-08-29
A bittersweet tale of timid, gentle lovers, one of whom is unhappily married, who conduct a clandestine affair.
1. Down at the Hydro
Air Date: 1983-09-04
The Colonel is in search of health, not romance, when he visits the Elm Park Hydro, for rest and exercise. Things change when he meets Ms Mackay.
2. Miss A. and Miss M.
Air Date: 1983-09-11
A young girl and her mother stay at a shabby guesthouse. She's enchanted by her holidays, and in particular by Miss Alliott who shares the cottage with a companion, Miss Martin.
3. Mrs. Silly
Air Date: 1983-09-18
Diffident and perpetually flustered mother tries to keep the affections of her son, continually embarrassing him in front of school mates and teachers, while he sees his (jolly) father in a stable and calm relationship with his new wife. She struggles to find her own identity.
4. Letting the Birds Go Free
Air Date: 1983-09-25
A farm family catch a young man stealing eggs from their barn. Seemingly homeless, the man stays with them. Daughter Grace is disgusted by the stranger at first. The relationship between the outsider and the family changes course.
5. Fireworks for Elspeth
Air Date: 1983-10-02
The story involves the tension between a young girl preparing to enter a convent and her mother, who plans a cruel going away party. Based on a short story by Rumer Godden.
6. To the Camp and Back
Air Date: 1983-10-09
A British woman falls for a German prisoner of war, despite the fact that her fiancée was killed by Germans during the war.
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Rating
7.0/10
Release Date
1982-07-31
Episodes
12 (2 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Production Companies
Granada Television International