by William Makepeace Thackeray, dramatised as a serial in thirteen parts by Howard Agg.

Major Pendennis had journeyed down by coach to the West of England, to his sister-in-law's house, Fairoaks. There he had learned of the rash attachment formed by his young nephew and ward, Arthur Pendennis, for Miss Emily Costigan, an actress playing in the nearby town of Chatteris. Determined to break this attachment, Major Pendennis decided to call in person upon the young lady and her father, Captain Costigan.
Repeated on Tuesday at 3.0