War & Peace
1972–1973 · BBC One · 45 min · 1 season
S01E20 · An Epilogue
Fri, 9 Feb, 7:30 am
About
The classic BBC dramatisation of Tolstoy's epic story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. Anthony Hopkins heads the cast as Pierre Bezuhov (a role for which he won the 1972 Best Actor BAFTA); Morag Hood is the impulsive and beautiful Natasha Rostova; Alan Dobie is the dour but heroic Andrei Bolkonsky; and David Swift is Napoleon, whose decision to invade Russia in 1812 has far-reaching consequences for Pierre and the Rostov and Bolkonsky families. The twenty-part serial was the vision of producer David Conroy whose principle aim was to transfer the rich characterisation and incident from Tolstoy's greatest novel to a television drama. Scripted by Jack Pulman and directed by John Davies, Conroy's War & Peace boasts superb acting, award-winning design (1972 Best Design BAFTA) and breathtaking battle sequences which were filmed in former Yugoslavia.
Episodes
- E01
Name Day
Fri, 29 Sept· 45 min - E02
Sounds of War
Fri, 6 Oct· 45 min - E03
Skirmish at Schongraben
Fri, 13 Oct· 45 min - E04
A Letter and Two Proposals
Fri, 20 Oct· 45 min - E05
Austerlitz
Fri, 27 Oct· 45 min - E06
Reunions
Fri, 3 Nov· 45 min - E07
New Beginnings
Fri, 10 Nov· 45 min - E08
A Beautiful Tale
Sun, 19 Nov· 45 min - E09
Leave of Absence
Fri, 24 Nov· 45 min - E10
Madness
Fri, 1 Dec· 45 min - E11
Men of Destiny
Fri, 8 Dec· 45 min - E12
Fortunes of War
Fri, 15 Dec· 45 min - E13
Borodino
Fri, 22 Dec· 45 min - E14
Escape
Fri, 29 Dec· 45 min - E15
Moscow!
Fri, 5 Jan· 45 min - E16
Two Meetings
Fri, 12 Jan· 45 min - E17
Of Life and Death
Fri, 19 Jan· 45 min - E18
The Retreat
Wed, 24 Jan· 45 min - E19
The Road to Life
Fri, 2 Feb· 45 min - E20
An Epilogue
Fri, 9 Feb· 45 min
Cast
Anthony Hopkins
Pierre Bezukhov
Morag Hood
Nastasha Rostova
David Swift
Napoleon
Alan Dobie
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky