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An Ideal Husband

Adaptation of Oscar Wilde's comedy of manners. An MP's idyllic marriage is threatened by a blackmail plot.

Sir Robert Chiltern, a brilliant politician and a perfect gentleman, is the ideal husband for the morally upstanding Lady Chiltern. They have a widely envied marriage until charming Mrs Cheveley appears with the intention of revealing a dark secret from Chiltern's past.

Adaptation of Oscar Wilde's famous play.

6 months left to watch

1 hour, 31 minutes

Last on

Mon 22 Dec 202511:50
BBC Two

Credits

Lady Gertrude ChilternCate Blanchett
Mabel ChilternMinnie Driver
Lord Arthur GoringRupert Everett
Mrs Laura CheveleyJulianne Moore
Sir Robert ChilternJeremy Northam
Earl of CavershamJohn Wood
Lady MarkbyLindsay Duncan
PhippsPeter Vaughan
Baron ArnheimJeroen Krabbe
Tommy TraffordBen Pullen
CountessMarsha Fitzalan
MasonNeville Phillips
Vicomte de NanjacNickolas Grace
Sir EdwardSimon Russell Beale
Miss DanversAnna Patrick
Miss PrismJanet Henfrey
BrackpoolDouglas Bradley
Young MotherSusannah Wise
Sir Hugo DanforthOliver Ford Davies
ProducerNicky Kentish Barnes
ProducerBruce Davey
DirectorOliver Parker
WriterOliver Parker
AuthorOscar Wilde

Broadcasts

  • Sun 11 May 201413:00
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland
  • Sat 12 Mar 201614:00
    BBC Two except Scotland & Wales
  • Sat 12 Mar 201616:30
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Sat 18 Feb 201713:30
    BBC Two except Wales
  • Fri 22 Dec 201713:20
    BBC Two
  • Sat 14 Jul 201814:45
    BBC Two
  • Sun 22 Oct 202311:30
    BBC Two Wales & Wales HD only
  • Sun 22 Oct 202314:00
    BBC Two except Scotland & Wales
  • Sat 8 Jun 202414:00
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Sun 29 Dec 202410:20
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Sat 2 Aug 202514:25
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Mon 22 Dec 202511:50
    BBC Two except Scotland

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