Portrait of a Marriage - Season 1

First aired: 9/19/1990 4 episodes

Drama set in 1918 about Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson, a golden couple that socialised in high society literary circles.

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Episodes

1. Episode 1

Aired: 9/19/1990

Five years into her marriage Vita Sackville-West has an affair with Violet Keppel.

2. Episode 2

Aired: 9/26/1990

Vita and her Violet cross to France, enjoying masquerading as a honeymooning couple.

3. Episode 3

Aired: 10/3/1990

Vita has returned to gossip. The affair seems doomed. At same time Violet is being pressured to marry Denys and the only alternative is elopment and a public scandal.

4. Episode 4

Aired: 10/10/1990

Vita and Violet run away to France pursued by their husbands, Harold and Denys.