The Black Tulip
TV series
The Black Tulip
1970, English, on BBC One.
The city of Haarlem, Netherlands, has set a prize of ƒ100,000 to the person who can grow a black tulip, sparking competition between the country's best gardeners to win the money, honour and fame. Only the city's oldest citizens remember the Tulip Mania thirty years prior, and the citizens throw themselves into the competition. The young and bourgeois Cornelius van Baerle has almost succeeded but is suddenly thrown into the Loevestein prison. There he meets the prison guard's beautiful daughter Rosa, who will be his comfort and help, and eventually become his rescuer.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 6
- Episode length
- 180 min
- Status
- Ended in 1970
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Latest episode
S1 E6: Episode 6
Aired 18 October 1970
Seasons 1
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Details
- First aired
- 13 September 1970
- Last aired
- 18 October 1970
- Network
- BBC One
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Type
- Scripted
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The Black Tulip has 1 season and 6 episodes, about 180 minutes each.
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Yes. The Black Tulip ended in 1970, so you can watch the whole story.
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