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Tender Is the Night

6.3
1 season
6 episodes
Ended
Drama

Plot Summary

Tender Is the Night is a 1985 television drama miniseries co-produced by Showtime, 20th Century Fox Television, BBC, and 7 Network. Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1934 novel of the same name, the six-part series focuses on themes of love, ambition, mental illness, and the decline of the American Dream. 1920s, the French Riviera: wealthy expatriate Nicole Warren's mental illness strains her marriage to psychiatrist Dick. A young American actress named Rosemary Hoyt arrives and is drawn into their circle, becoming romantically involved with the older, married Dick and disrupting the fragile balance of the group. The thought of Dick possibly being attracted to another sends Nicole on an emotional downward spiral that threatens to consume them all.

First Aired:September 23, 1985
Last Aired:October 28, 1985
Episode Runtime:30m
Networks:
BBC One, Showtime, Seven Network
Created By:
Dennis Potter

Cast & Characters

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Seasons (1)

Miniseries

Miniseries

6 episodes

Aired: 1985

1920s, the French Riviera: wealthy expatriate Nicole Warren's mental illness strains her marriage to psychiatrist Dick. A young American actress named Rosemary Hoyt arrives and is drawn into their circle, becoming romantically involved with the older, married Dick and disrupting the fragile balance of the group. The thought of Dick possibly being attracted to another sends Nicole on an emotional downward spiral that threatens to consume them all.

Production

20th Century Fox Television

BBC

Showtime Networks

Seven Network