Madame Bovary (1975)

Season 1

TV-14
Flaubert's story of the quest for fulfillment in love is an enduring classic. By marrying a local doctor, Emma Bovary feels that she will escape her provincial upbringing. But it is not long before she feels constrained and frustrated by married life, ignoring her devoted husband and daughter and immersing herself in romantic thoughts which lead, inevitably, to affairs.

4 Episodes

  • Marriage
    E1
    MarriageFollowing the death of her mother, Emma Rouault spends her days dreaming of romance. A focus for her romantic ideals arrives in the form of Dr Charles Bovary and he is soon captivated by her youthful charms.
  • First Love
    E2
    First LoveA new start in Yonville coincides with the discovery that Emma is pregnant and the introduction of Leon, a handsome and passionate young law student who quickly becomes Emma's close companion and confidant.
  • Lost Love
    E3
    Lost LoveEmma has a passionate affair with a patient of her husband but it ends with her getting unceremoniously dumped.
  • Judgement
    E4
    JudgementHaving mortgaged her husband's estate with her extravagant spending, Emma becomes desperate for money to pay her debts.

Cast of Season 1

  • Francesca AnnisEmma Bovary
  • Tom ContiCharles Bovary
  • David WallerFather Bournisien
  • Ray SmithHomais
  • Gabrielle LloydFelicite
  • Brian StirnerLeon Dupuis
  • Kathleen HelmeMadame Bovary ; Charles's Mother
  • Michael PooleDr. Canivet
  • Bernard TaylorGirard
  • John TordoffHippolyte
  • Richard BealeM. Rouault
  • Elizabeth ProudNastasie
  • James BreeBeadle
  • Amanda GrinlingMadame Homais
  • Jack Le WhiteLouis
  • Mike SavageBertrand
  • William ThomasAlbert
  • Ysanne ChurchmanHeloise
  • Rodney BennettDirector
  • Gustave FlaubertWriter
  • Richard BeynonProducer

 

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