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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October 19, 1997
September 14, 2009
August 25, 2014
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May 14, 1984
February 17, 1971
July 31, 2005
March 01, 1975
September 24, 1979
May 12, 1985
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February 24, 1985
April 12, 2023
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November 18, 1984
October 29, 2012
April 15, 2022
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March 03, 2023
October 24, 1979
