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All Episodes of Oscar

In the summer of 1891, Oscar Wilde first met Lord Alfred Douglas — an encounter that will dramatically and tragically change both of their lives.
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  • Gilded Youth
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    Gilded Youth

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/26/1985

    At number 16, Tite Street, London, in the summer of 1891, a meeting takes place that will dramatically and tragically change the lives of the four people present.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Trials
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    Trials

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/27/1985

    By 1894 Oscar Wilde was flourishing - acknowledged as the greatest wit and one of the finest playwrights in Britain. His close friendship with Bosie Douglas , however, had provoked a quarrel with Bosie's father, Lord Queensberry, which in the following spring came to a head when Oscar charged Queensberry with criminal libel.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • De Profundis
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    De Profundis

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/28/1985

    Following the sensational trials, and to the delight of the public and press, Oscar Wilde , found guilty of acts of gross indecency with various male persons, was incarcerated in Pentonville Prison in May 1895 to serve a sentence of two years' hard labour -an experience which would later produce one of his best known works, The Ballad of Reading Gaol.

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