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The Girls of Slender Means

50min

Drama

The Girls of Slender Means is a 1975 BBC television mini-series based on Muriel Spark's novel. The drama, aired in three parts, follows a group of young women living in a London boarding house in 1945, and is framed by a death that occurs in 1960.

Episodes

Cast

Season 1

Episode 1

1. Episode 1

50min

3rd May 1975

In London 1945, when a world and a war were winding up with a bang, all the nice people were poor - especially the girls of the May of Teck Club fighting it out to the last clothing coupon.

Episode 2

2. Episode 2

50min

10th May 1975

Poor, but savage, the girls of the May of Teck welcome Nicholas Farringdon , handsome anarchist and self-proclaimed genius, who is introduced to the club by Jane.

Episode 3

3. Episode 3

50min

17th May 1975

Selina has claimed Nicholas from Jane who is too big for the lavatory window, the gateway to romance on the roof. Soon it's to become a way of life or death.

First air date

3rd May 1975

Last air date

17th May 1975

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

en

Networks