5.8/109 votes#1 - Ghosts
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/4/1988
1899: Ursula Brangwen, a schoolgirl of 16, lives with her family in the village of Cossethay in the Erewash Valley. Nearby lies Marsh Farm, the Brangwens's ancestral home and source of so many family memories. Haunted by these and the ghosts of her grandparents, Ursula's adolescent awareness grows as she is strongly drawn to the son of a family friend, Anton Skrebensky, an army cadet.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.8/107 votes
#2 - The Widening Circle
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/11/1988
Summer 1900 to 1902: Anton Skrebensky has left for South Africa and the Boer War. Ursula, nearing the end of her schooldays, forms a close attachment with her teacher, Winifred Inger.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 4.8/107 votes
#3 - The Darkness of Paradise
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/18/1988
Spring to autumn, 1904. The Brangwens have moved from the country to Beldover, a mining town. Ursula is at college. The Boer War is over. Ursula gets a letter from Anton, and the final stage of her youthful journey begins.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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Ursula Brangwen is the beautiful, naive daughter of a wealthy country squire, one of five children living in the Nottinghamshire mining heartland at the turn...
Genre:Drama
Network:BBC One
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Ghosts" is the best rated episode of "The Rainbow" season 1. It scored 5.8/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/4/1988. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Widening Circle".