A Dance to the Music of Time

Anthony Powells twelve volume novel sequence \A Dance to the Music of Time\ has been dramatized for television.

1997 HD 60min United Kingdom English

Anthony Powell Simon Russell Beale Jonathan Cake James Purefoy Paul Rhys James Fleet Claire Skinner John Standing Miranda Richardson Edward Fox

Drama

based on novel or book miniseries world war ii england upper class

S1E1 - The Twenties 1997-10-09

The first film looks at the life of Kenneth Widmerpool, a tubby, much-teased boy at school who is to grow into a determined influence on his friends. Among these friends is Nicholas Jenkins, who is having an adulterous affair.

S1E2 - The Thirties 1997-10-16

Nick Jenkins and his friends have moved from twenty- to thirty-somethings. Marriages are beginning to crumble and youthful optimism is fading fast. Nicks affair with Jean Templer is coming to an end, but all unhappiness is swept aside when he meets Isobel Tolland, who takes him into Londons bohemian life. A world of heavy drinking, all-night parties and colourful eccentrics. But, across the Channel in Germany, Hitlers power is rising and war seems inevitable.

S1E3 - The War 1997-10-23

WWII has broken out and Nick Jenkins is in the army, leaving behind his wife Isobel, who is expecting their first child. Meanwhile, Kenneth Widmerpool makes the most of his connections and soon rises through the ranks to enjoy power and prestige. This episode also sees the arrival of Pamela Flitton, a dangerously beautiful woman who can cast a spell on all the men she meets - even the normally cool-headed Widmerpool.

S1E4 - Post War 1997-10-30

A decade has passed. Nick and his wife Isobel have moved to the country. Widmerpool has become a Labour MP and is dabbling in Eastern European politics. His wife Pamela is behaving even more outrageously, and gossip surrounding her bizarre sex life is raging.

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