by Henry James
Dramatised in six parts by Jack Pulman
Starring Cyril Cusack as Bob Assingham, Daniel Massey as Prince Amerigo, Gayle Hunnicutt as Charlotte Stant, Barry Morse as Adam Verver, Jill Townsend as Maggie Verver, Kathleen Byron as Fanny Assingham
Maggie Verver, a rich American, is to marry an impoverished Italian Prince. The subsequent events are studied in fascinating depths by Henry James in this the last of his full-length novels.
(How the BBC found an elegant Charlotte and a loving Maggie: cover story, pages 8-9)