A dramatisation in eight parts by Frederick bradnum of Books Do Furnish a Room, Temporary Kings and Hearing Secret Harmonies, the final trilogy of ANTHONY POWELL 'S 12 novels.
The Second World War has drawn to a victorious conclusion. For Nicholas Jenkins another phase has passed. He returns to civilian life finding that war has left, on the one hand, a passionate desire to tackle a lot of work: on the other, never to do any work again. The Dance is building up now to a vast picture of modern life. in which violence and disaster are only just below the lighthearted surface. 1: Books Do Furnish a Room
Title music composed by ANTONY MIALL
Directed by GRAHAM GAULD