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Casanova
Drama · 1971
Last aired: S1 E6, Golden Apples · 1971-12-21
Dennis Potter finds a contemporary relevance to the adventures of 17th-century Italian libertine Giacoma Casanova in a six-part series formed around Casanova's 1755 imprisonment.
Season 1
E1
Steed in the Stable
1971-11-16 · 60 min
Venice, 1755. Casanova has been thrown into jail on charges of impiousness, forgery and fornication. He thinks back on his pursuit of Cristina, a simple girl willingly seduced.
E2
One at a Time
1971-11-23 · 60 min
Casanova's eye is set on the three daughters of his landlord. A friend advises that he won't get anywhere if he tries to take all three at once.
E3
Magic Moments
1971-11-30 · 60 min
In Mantua, Casanova goes to great lengths to seduce the lovely daughter of an old man, taking on the role of a magician to dupe her father.
E4
Window, Window
1971-12-07 · 60 min
Regret tinges Casanova's recollections as he reflects on the damage he once caused to a beautiful girl, and how his desire destroyed her life.
E5
Fevers of Love
1971-12-14 · 60 min
In England, Casanova's usual methods fail him and he is reduced to advertising in the newspapers in his search for female companionship.
E6
Golden Apples
1971-12-21 · 60 min
At the age of 73, Casanova works as a librarian in the court of a Czech count. Bored with his life there, he finds distraction with the count's mistress.
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