Season 1
Season 1 • 1979
0Episodes
1. Episode 1
First episode of the adaptation from the novel by Susan Howatch. Penmarric is the compelling story of the passionate loves and hatreds of a Cornish family.
1979-10-12 • ? min
2. Episode 2
1890: Mark, now aged 20, has learnt he is heir to Penmarric. Weary of Maud's obsession with the Inheritence, he quarrels with her.
1979-10-19 • ? min
3. Episode 3
1890: Janna has firmly rejected Mark's attentions. He finds his subsequent involvements with Rose Parrish brings its own problems.
1979-10-26 • ? min
4. Episode 4
1890: Janna and Mark have fallen in love. Janna tells Mark about her early life and about her love affair with his father.
1979-11-02 • ? min
5. Episode 5
1890: Janna and Mark have married and Mark has finally inherited Penmarric. They have moved, but Janna's frequent pregnancies have caused a rift between them.
1979-11-09 • ? min
6. Episode 6
1903: Although Mark has promised he will not see Rose Parrish again, he has left Penmarric to continue his studies, leaving Janna with the children.
1979-11-16 • ? min
7. Episode 7
1912: Janna has refused Mark a divorce. In turn, Mark has been granted custody of their children, who have gone to Oxford to live with him and the Parrish family.
1979-11-23 • ? min
8. Episode 8
1915: Mark has returned to Penmarric with the Parrish children. Philip tries to blackmail Mark.
1979-11-30 • ? min
9. Episode 9
1926: The demand for tin falls and the mine suffers critical setbacks. Mark decides to close Sennen Garth.
1979-12-07 • ? min
10. Episode 10
1927: Mark has died, making Philip the unexpected heir to Penmarric. He and Helena have married.
1979-12-14 • ? min
11. Episode 11
1932: Philip's relationship with Helena remains troubled. To Jan-Yves anger he has made Jonas, Rebecca's child, heir to Penmarric.
1979-12-21 • ? min
12. Episode 12
1937: Helena and Philip are subsequently reconciled. Rebecca has accused Philip of assaulting Jonas. As a result, Philip alters his will and Jan-Yves is heir to Penmarric.
1979-12-28 • ? min
