Portrait of a MarriageThey both took lovers - of either sex.
Melodrama detailing the real-life love affair between feminist writer Vita Sackville-West and novelist Violet Keppel against the backdrop of post-World War I England and opposition by Vita's politician husband Harold Nicolson.
DirectorStephen Whittaker
WritersPenelope Mortimer, Nigel Nicolson
Episode 1
Sep 19, 1990
Five years into her marriage Vita Sackville-West has an affair with Violet Keppel.
Episode 2
Sep 26, 1990
Vita and her Violet cross to France, enjoying masquerading as a honeymooning couple.
Episode 3
Oct 3, 1990
Vita has returned to gossip. The affair seems doomed. At same time Violet is being pressured to marry Denys and the only alternative is elopment and a public scandal.
Episode 4
Oct 10, 1990
Vita and Violet run away to France pursued by their husbands, Harold and Denys.
