Portrait of a Marriage

Season 1

1990 · 4 episodes · 3h 40m in all · 8.0/10

Drama set in 1918 about Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson, a golden couple that socialised in high society literary circles.

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Episode 1

   19 Sept 1990 · 55 min · 8.0/10

   Five years into her marriage Vita Sackville-West has an affair with Violet Keppel.

2. 2

   2. Episode 2

   26 Sept 1990 · 55 min · 8.0/10

   Vita and her Violet cross to France, enjoying masquerading as a honeymooning couple.

3. 3

   3. Episode 3

   3 Oct 1990 · 55 min · 8.0/10

   Vita has returned to gossip. The affair seems doomed. At same time Violet is being pressured to marry Denys and the only alternative is elopment and a public scandal.

4. 4

   4. Episode 4

   10 Oct 1990 · 55 min · 8.0/10

   Vita and Violet run away to France pursued by their husbands, Harold and Denys.