Every season of Somerset Maugham Hour ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of Somerset Maugham Hour!

S1.E1 ∙ Flotsam and Jetsam

A man believing himself near death from tuberculosis attends a sanatorium - where he falls in love.

S1.E2 ∙ Sanatorium

S1.E3 ∙ The Happy Couple

In Nazi occupied France, a Frenchwoman is raped by a German soldier. Adapted from a W. Somerset Maugham short story.

S1.E4 ∙ The Unconquered

S1.E5 ∙ A Casual Affair

S1.E6 ∙ Episode

S1.E7 ∙ The Alien Corn

S1.E8 ∙ The Lion's Skin

S1.E9 ∙ P and O

Is it better to be lucky than clever? A not-very-bright young man with too much money falls prey to an adventuress on the Riviera - but he's lucky.

S1.E10 ∙ The Facts of Life

S1.E11 ∙ The Voice of the Turtle/The Outstation

S1.E12 ∙ The Three Fat Women of Antibes/A Marriage of Convenience

Max Kelada is a very knowledgeable fellow - perhaps he knows rather more about a young married woman than he ought to.

S1.E13 ∙ Winter Cruise/Mr. Know-All

S2.E1 ∙ The Four Dutchmen

Young Herbert's only passion seems to be flying his kite - but then he meets a girl.

S2.E2 ∙ The Kite

S2.E3 ∙ Before the Party

S2.E4 ∙ Gigolo and Gigolette

The Ramsay brothers couldn't be more different - one is hard-working, quiet, and fearfully proper, the other an indolent spendthrift playboy. But appearances can be deceptive.

S2.E5 ∙ The Ant and the Grasshopper

The inability to read seems a setback for the verger - but it's not such a disadvantage as people suppose.

S2.E6 ∙ The Verger

S2.E7 ∙ A Man with a Conscience

S2.E8 ∙ The Human Element

The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death and claims it was self-defense; a letter in her own hand may prove her undoing.

S2.E9 ∙ The Letter

S2.E10 ∙ The Romantic Young Lady

S2.E11 ∙ The Door of Opportunity

S2.E12 ∙ The Mother

S2.E13 ∙ A Woman of Fifty

S3.E1 ∙ Appearance and Reality

S3.E2 ∙ The Point of Honour

The Colonel doesn't have much time for poetry, and when his wife publishes a volume of distinctly rather erotic verses, he is greatly embarrassed - who can she be writing about?

S3.E3 ∙ The Colonel's Lady

S3.E4 ∙ The Book Bag

S3.E5 ∙ The Treasure

Wilson's a bit of a dull stick, people think - but he's determined to live the good life, and he's come to Capri to do so.

The Best Seasons of Somerset Maugham Hour

The Best Seasons of Somerset Maugham Hour

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3