The Italian adventurer and libertine Giovanni Jacopo Casanova lived from 1725 to 1798, but in this six-part series Dennis Potter attempted to find a contemporary relevance through his central themes of sex and religion. He commented that Casanova "was concerned with religious and sexual freedom, and these are the things we have to address ourselves to now." Casanova was imprisoned in Venice in 1755, and Potter used that event as a central device, constantly inter-cutting to contrast Casanova's amorous escapades, radiant, joyful and brightly lit, with his oppressive solitary confinement in the gloom of a half-darkened cell.
Release Date: November 16, 1971
Last Aired: December 21, 1971
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February 03, 2019
May 01, 2020
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May 14, 2019
May 06, 2019
February 01, 2021
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January 18, 1987
January 20, 2014
November 24, 1996
April 25, 2013
October 17, 1980
November 04, 1998
November 04, 1995
April 02, 2022
February 18, 1990
October 10, 2015
September 05, 2005
January 02, 1986
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