Laurence Olivier Presents

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  • 1h 30m

1. The Collection - Four elegant lives are suddenly shaken by the tremors of sexual jealousy. Laurence Olivier stars with Alan Bates, Malcolm McDowell and Helen Mirren in Harold Pinter's masterly play of suspense, set in the fashionable world of Chelsea boutique owners.

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Series 1

1. The Collection

Four elegant lives are suddenly shaken by the tremors of sexual jealousy. Laurence Olivier stars with Alan Bates, Malcolm McDowell and Helen Mirren in Harold Pinter's masterly play of suspense, set in the fashionable world of Chelsea boutique owners.

2. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Laurence Olivier, Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood star in a sumptuous production of Tennessee Williams' play of a wealthy, Deep South family in crisis, focusing on the unhappy marriage of the alcoholic Brick and his wife Maggie.

3. Hindle Wakes

A picture of morals and manners in a Lancashire town at the turn of the century. Chris Hawthorn is shocked to discover that his daughter, Fanny, spent a holiday weekend in Wales with the son of the owner of the mill where they work.

4. Saturday, Sunday, Monday

The story of a Neapolitan family, with all their temperamental clashes, hidden resentments and strong loyalties, who meet every Sunday for a gigantic lunch cooked by Donna Rosa (Joan Plowright), who is famed for the excellence of her ragout.

5. Come Back Little Sheba

Joanne Woodward plays Lola and Laurence Olivier plays Doc in William Inge's 1950 tragic comedy of the heartaches of ordinary people overwhelmed by huge problems.

6. Daphne Laureola

Romantic comedy about a young Polish refugee's infatuation with the mysterious, middle-aged Lady Pitts (Joan Plowright).