Series 2

Series 2

1962-08-13
6 Episodes

Episodes

Doctor Korczak and the Children

1. Doctor Korczak and the Children

1962-08-13

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Revered Polish-Jewish educator, pediatrician, and writer Janusz Korczak chose to die with nearly 200 orphans from his Warsaw Ghetto orphanage, leading them calmly to the Treblinka extermination camp in August 1942 rather than abandoning them.

The Weather in the Streets

2. The Weather in the Streets

1962-08-20

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Olivia Curtis, a woman in a failing marriage, begins a passionate, illicit affair with her childhood crush, Rollo Spencer, after they reconnect on a trai

Summer Storm

3. Summer Storm

1962-08-27

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Wnen the nude body of a beautiful girl washes up on the beach of an exclusive Spanish resort on the Costa Brava, it is discovered one morning by a group of children from the summer colony. The unknown victim soon haunts the imagination of the community; the sheltered but undisciplined children have encountered for the first time the naked facts of life while the townspeople and fishermen seek desperately to convince themselves that this is just another shameful crime perpetrated against their Spain by the depraved foreign vacationers in the tent camp on the outskirts of the colony.

Address Unknown

4. Address Unknown

1962-09-03

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A powerful story told via letters between a Jewish art dealer in San Francisco and his former business partner who returns to Germany as the Nazis rise to power.

Stamboul Train

5. Stamboul Train

1962-09-10

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As a diverse group of passengers on the Orient Express journey from Ostend to Istanbul, their lives intertwine. Among them are chorus girl Coral Musker, businessman Carleton Myatt, and revolutionary Dr. John, exploring themes of identity, politics, and human connection through a suspenseful thriller.

Comrade Jacob

6. Comrade Jacob

1962-09-17

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The rise and fall of the Diggers, a radical religious group during the English Civil War, focusing on their leader Gerrard Winstanley and the challenges of their communal living and ideals.