Somerset Maugham Hour(1960–1962)

S1.E1 ∙ Flotsam and Jetsam

S1.E2 ∙ Sanatorium

A man believing himself near death from tuberculosis attends a sanatorium - where he falls in love.

S1.E3 ∙ The Happy Couple

S1.E4 ∙ The Unconquered

In Nazi occupied France, a Frenchwoman is raped by a German soldier. Adapted from a W. Somerset Maugham short story.

S1.E5 ∙ A Casual Affair

S1.E6 ∙ Episode

S1.E7 ∙ The Alien Corn

S1.E8 ∙ The Lion's Skin

S1.E9 ∙ P and O

S1.E10 ∙ The Facts of Life

Is it better to be lucky than clever? A not-very-bright young man with too much money falls prey to an adventuress on the Riviera - but he's lucky.

S1.E11 ∙ The Voice of the Turtle/The Outstation

S1.E12 ∙ The Three Fat Women of Antibes/A Marriage of Convenience

S3.E1 ∙ Appearance and Reality

S3.E2 ∙ The Point of Honour

S3.E3 ∙ The Colonel's Lady

The Colonel doesn't have much time for poetry, and when his wife publishes a volume of distinctly rather erotic verses, he is greatly embarrassed - who can she be writing about?

S3.E4 ∙ The Book Bag

S3.E5 ∙ The Treasure

S3.E6 ∙ The Lotus Eater

Wilson's a bit of a dull stick, people think - but he's determined to live the good life, and he's come to Capri to do so.

S3.E7 ∙ The Round Dozen

S3.E8 ∙ The Closed Shop

S3.E9 ∙ The Creative Impulse

S3.E10 ∙ The Back of Beyond

S3.E11 ∙ Virtue

S2.E1 ∙ The Four Dutchmen

S2.E2 ∙ The Kite

Young Herbert's only passion seems to be flying his kite - but then he meets a girl.

S2.E3 ∙ Before the Party

S2.E4 ∙ Gigolo and Gigolette

S2.E5 ∙ The Ant and the Grasshopper

The Ramsay brothers couldn't be more different - one is hard-working, quiet, and fearfully proper, the other an indolent spendthrift playboy. But appearances can be deceptive.

S2.E6 ∙ The Verger

The inability to read seems a setback for the verger - but it's not such a disadvantage as people suppose.

S2.E7 ∙ A Man with a Conscience

S2.E8 ∙ The Human Element

S2.E9 ∙ The Letter

The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense; a letter in her own hand may prove her undoing.

S2.E10 ∙ The Romantic Young Lady

S2.E11 ∙ The Door of Opportunity

S2.E12 ∙ The Mother