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{ "se": "S01E01", "title": "The Fatal Attribution", "tt": 736639, "air_date": "1994-01-10", "description": "What defines a masterpiece: the fact that a renowned artist created it, or the merits of the work itself? Ben and Maggie are thrilled by the discovery of a possible 16th-century Bronzino--but the owner inherited the painting under suspicious circumstances.", "cast": [ { "name": "Richard Wilson", "nm": 934014, "roles": [ { "char": "Ben Glazier", "ch": 230282 } ] }, { "name": "Jan Francis", "nm": 290186, "roles": [ { "char": "Maggie Perowne", "ch": 220905 } ] }, { "name": "Robert Lang", "nm": 485894, "roles": [ { "char": "Lord Holloway" } ] }, { "name": "Michael Siberry", "nm": 796251, "roles": [ { "char": "Nick Roper" } ] }, { "name": "Marsha Fitzalan", "nm": 280149, "roles": [ { "char": "Camilla Mounsey" } ] }, { "name": "Stephen Boxer", "nm": 101540, "roles": [ { "char": "Keith Shrimsley" } ] }, { "name": "Rose Keegan", "nm": 444451, "roles": [ { "char": "Lucy Starr" } ] }, { "name": "Susan Engel", "nm": 257146, "roles": [ { "char": "Lady Holloway" } ] }, { "name": "Susan Wooldridge", "nm": 941096, "roles": [ { "char": "Sarah Napper" } ] }, { "name": "Alfred Burke", "nm": 121588, "roles": [ { "char": "Peter Pomfret" } ] }, { "name": "John Gielgud", "nm": 24, "roles": [ { "char": "Hugo Lunt" } ] }, { "name": "Frederick Treves", "nm": 872370, "roles": [ { "char": "Lord Saltery" } ] }, { "name": "John Grillo", "nm": 342038, "roles": [ { "char": "Oscar William Leonard 'Owly' Johnstone" } ] }, { "name": "David de Keyser", "nm": 209095, "roles": [ { "char": "Roy Deracott" } ] }, { "name": "Jay Villiers", "nm": 898377, "roles": [ { "char": "Dr. Hanley" } ] }, { "name": "David Hounslow", "nm": 396577, "roles": [ { "char": "Det Sgt Strachan" } ] }, { "name": "Cavada Humphrey", "nm": 401904, "roles": [ { "char": "Buyer at Auction" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E02", "title": "Wonders in the Deep", "tt": 736640, "air_date": "1994-01-17", "description": "Klinsky's resident wine expert has miraculously stumbled upon a reserve of Chateau Petrus '61, pricing the rare wine at £850 per bottle. Ben distrusts the windfall, as well as a superb silver piece brought to him by a shady antiques dealer.", "cast": [ { "name": "Richard Wilson", "nm": 934014, "roles": [ { "char": "Ben Glazier", "ch": 230282 } ] }, { "name": "Jan Francis", "nm": 290186, "roles": [ { "char": "Maggie Perowne", "ch": 220905 } ] }, { "name": "Robert Lang", "nm": 485894, "roles": [ { "char": "Lord Holloway" } ] }, { "name": "Susan Engel", "nm": 257146, "roles": [ { "char": "Lady Holloway" } ] }, { "name": "Michael Siberry", "nm": 796251, "roles": [ { "char": "Nick Roper" } ] }, { "name": "Marsha Fitzalan", "nm": 280149, "roles": [ { "char": "Camilla Mounsey" } ] }, { "name": "Stephen Boxer", "nm": 101540, "roles": [ { "char": "Keith Shrimsley" } ] }, { "name": "Rose Keegan", "nm": 444451, "roles": [ { "char": "Lucy Starr" } ] }, { "name": "Ian Carmichael", "nm": 138428, "roles": [ { "char": "Lord Bertie Wednesbury" } ] }, { "name": "Sylvia Barter", "nm": 58508, "roles": [ { "char": "Lady Pamela Wednesbury" } ] }, { "name": "John Wells", "nm": 920272, "roles": [ { "char": "Parsifal Mallows" } ] }, { "name": "Faith Brook", "nm": 111623, "roles": [ { "char": "Betsy Pitt-Plummer" } ] }, { "name": "Antonia Pemberton", "nm": 671462, "roles": [ { "char": "Dorothy Entwhistle" } ] }, { "name": "John Grillo", "nm": 342038, "roles": [ { "char": "Oscar William Leonard 'Owly' Johnstone" } ] }, { "name": "Robert Putt", "nm": 701277, "roles": [ { "char": "Lenny" } ] }, { "name": "Nigel Pegram", "nm": 670424, "roles": [ { "char": "Martin" } ] }, { "name": "Michael Beint", "nm": 67258, "roles": [ { "char": "The Captain" } ] }, { "name": "Kate Rhodes", "nm": 722471, "roles": [ { "char": "Waitress" } ] }, { "name": "Tim Barker", "nm": 55001, "roles": [ { "char": "Vicar" } ] }, { "name": "Reginald Stewart", "nm": 829748, "roles": [ { "char": "Porter at Klinky's" } ] }, { "name": "Burt Kwouk", "nm": 477297, "roles": [ { "char": "Hong Kong Businessman" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E03", "title": "The Virgin of Vitebsk", "tt": 1349317, "air_date": "1994-01-24", "description": "Ben and Maggie visit Moscow to explore the possibility of opening an auction house there. Ben plans to make the most of his time with Maggie, but he's foiled by an amorous tour guide and a masterpiece that suddenly resurfaces after being lost for generations.", "cast": [ { "name": "Richard Wilson", "nm": 934014, "roles": [ { "char": "Ben Glazier", "ch": 230282 } ] }, { "name": "Jan Francis", "nm": 290186, "roles": [ { "char": "Maggie Perowne", "ch": 220905 } ] }, { "name": "Robert Lang", "nm": 485894, "roles": [ { "char": "Lord Holloway" } ] }, { "name": "Stephen Boxer", "nm": 101540, "roles": [ { "char": "Keith Shrimsley" } ] }, { "name": "James Cossins", "nm": 181980, "roles": [ { "char": "Meredith Bland" } ] }, { "name": "Judy Cornwell", "nm": 180498, "roles": [ { "char": "'Batty'" } ] }, { "name": "Emily Mortimer", "nm": 607865, "roles": [ { "char": "Angela" } ] }, { "name": "Rosalie Crutchley", "nm": 190194, "roles": [ { "char": "Olga Krupenskya" } ] }, { "name": "Ravil Isyanov", "nm": 411570, "roles": [ { "char": "Alyosha" } ] }, { "name": "Philip McGough", "nm": 569531, "roles": [ { "char": "Ivan Grekov" } ] }, { "name": "Oliver Haden", "nm": 352772, "roles": [ { "char": "Vassily Lubov" } ] }, { "name": "Harriet Earle", "nm": 2785479, "roles": [ { "char": "Ursula Mamentova" } ] }, { "name": "Andrey Panin", "nm": 659521, "roles": [ { "char": "Man in Green Overcoat", "as Andre Panin": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E04", "title": "The Jolly Joker", "tt": 1349315, "air_date": "1994-01-31", "description": "The Klinsky chairman purchases a piece from a modern painter, but Ben doubts the artwork is all it's purported to be. Through their keen instincts and a bit of luck, Maggie and Ben uncover a bold plot and finally begin to recognize their feelings for one another.", "cast": [ { "name": "Richard Wilson", "nm": 934014, "roles": [ { "char": "Ben Glazier", "ch": 230282 } ] }, { "name": "Jan Francis", "nm": 290186, "roles": [ { "char": "Maggie Perowne", "ch": 220905 } ] }, { "name": "Robert Lang", "nm": 485894, "roles": [ { "char": "Lord Holloway" } ] }, { "name": "Michael Siberry", "nm": 796251, "roles": [ { "char": "Nick Roper" } ] }, { "name": "Marsha Fitzalan", "nm": 280149, "roles": [ { "char": "Camilla Mounsey" } ] }, { "name": "Rose Keegan", "nm": 444451, "roles": [ { "char": "Lucy Starr" } ] }, { "name": "Keith Barron", "nm": 57685, "roles": [ { "char": "Ned Nunelly" } ] }, { "name": "Gillian Raine", "nm": 706974, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Perowne" } ] }, { "name": "Phyllida Law", "nm": 492373, "roles": [ { "char": "Liz Hardcastle" } ] }, { "name": "Greg Hicks", "nm": 382854, "roles": [ { "char": "Piers Frobisher" } ] }, { "name": "David de Keyser", "nm": 209095, "roles": [ { "char": "Roy Deracott" } ] }, { "name": "Annemarie Lawless", "nm": 492496, "roles": [ { "char": "Patty Dupray", "as Ann-Marie Zola": true } ] }, { "name": "Arthur Blake", "nm": 86479, "roles": [ { "char": "Harry Lomax" } ] }, { "name": "Garrick Hagon", "nm": 353796, "roles": [ { "char": "Gary Fanner" } ] }, { "name": "William Tapley", "nm": 850035, "roles": [ { "char": "Lester" } ] }, { "name": "Raymond Johnson", "nm": 426035, "roles": [ { "char": "Winston Mazenze" } ] }, { "name": "Lloyd McGuire", "nm": 570247, "roles": [ { "char": "Best Man" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E05", "title": "After Titian", "tt": 1349314, "air_date": "1994-02-07", "description": "A bidder at Klinsky's New York branch mysteriously dies, and Ben suspects that a rare Titian masterwork has something to do with it. After making some unexpected discoveries, Ben must make a choice between what's best for his career and his conscience.", "cast": [ { "name": "Richard Wilson", "nm": 934014, "roles": [ { "char": "Ben Glazier", "ch": 230282 } ] }, { "name": "Jan Francis", "nm": 290186, "roles": [ { "char": "Maggie Perowne", "ch": 220905 } ] }, { "name": "Robert Lang", "nm": 485894, "roles": [ { "char": "Lord Holloway" } ] }, { "name": "Michael Shannon", "nm": 788332, "roles": [ { "char": "Charles B. Whiteside", "as Michael J. Shannon": true } ] }, { "name": "Dan O'Herlihy", "nm": 641397, "roles": [ { "char": "John T. Flecknow" } ] }, { "name": "Briony Glassco", "nm": 322035, "roles": [ { "char": "Barbara Flecknow" } ] }, { "name": "Ralph Nossek", "nm": 636497, "roles": [ { "char": "Emanuel Klinsky" } ] }, { "name": "Corey Johnson", "nm": 424819, "roles": [ { "char": "Peter Pollack" } ] }, { "name": "Debora Weston", "nm": 922937, "roles": [ { "char": "Gloria Shallum" } ] }, { "name": "Todd Boyce", "nm": 101668, "roles": [ { "char": "Walt Wenzel" } ] }, { "name": "Jason Shepherd", "nm": 2740025, "roles": [ { "char": "Don Estover" } ] }, { "name": "Regina Reagan", "nm": 713983, "roles": [ { "char": "Receptionist" } ] }, { "name": "Trudy Weiss", "nm": 919189, "roles": [ { "char": "Woman on Phone" } ] }, { "name": "Vasek Simek", "nm": 799436, "roles": [ { "char": "Taxi Driver" } ] }, { "name": "Peter Banks", "nm": 52227, "roles": [ { "char": "Paramedic" } ] }, { "name": "Okon Jones", "nm": 428954, "roles": [ { "char": "Bid Caller" } ] }, { "name": "Ruddy L. Davis", "nm": 205404, "roles": [ { "char": "Bid Caller" } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E06", "title": "The Spectre at the Feast", "tt": 1349316, "air_date": "1994-02-14", "description": "A lost manuscript containing an unpublished story from Charles Dickens presents a tantalizing prospect, but it might be too good to be true. When the manuscript is stolen, Ben finds himself the prime suspect, with much more than his reputation at stake.", "cast": [ { "name": "Richard Wilson", "nm": 934014, "roles": [ { "char": "Ben Glazier", "ch": 230282 } ] }, { "name": "Jan Francis", "nm": 290186, "roles": [ { "char": "Maggie Perowne", "ch": 220905 } ] }, { "name": "Robert Lang", "nm": 485894, "roles": [ { "char": "Lord Holloway" } ] }, { "name": "Michael Siberry", "nm": 796251, "roles": [ { "char": "Nick Roper" } ] }, { "name": "Marsha Fitzalan", "nm": 280149, "roles": [ { "char": "Camilla Mounsey" } ] }, { "name": "Stephen Boxer", "nm": 101540, "roles": [ { "char": "Keith Shrimsley" } ] }, { "name": "Susan Engel", "nm": 257146, "roles": [ { "char": "Lady Holloway" } ] }, { "name": "Kate McKenzie", "nm": 571551, "roles": [ { "char": "Annabelle Straddling-Smith" } ] }, { "name": "Thora Hird", "nm": 386331, "roles": [ { "char": "Nanny Tucker" } ] }, { "name": "Rosemary Harris", "nm": 365281, "roles": [ { "char": "Hester Bovington" } ] }, { "name": "Martin Clunes", "nm": 167340, "roles": [ { "char": "Hector Bovington" } ] }, { "name": "Richard Huw", "nm": 404711, "roles": [ { "char": "Mike Bovington" } ] }, { "name": "Barbara Barnes", "nm": 55502, "roles": [ { "char": "Janet Bovington" } ] }, { "name": "Hermione Norris", "nm": 635820, "roles": [ { "char": "Anthea Bovington" } ] }, { "name": "Philip Fox", "nm": 289194, "roles": [ { "char": "Henry Quarles", "as Phil Fox": true } ] } ] }, { "se": "S01E07", "title": "Treasure Trove", "tt": 1349318, "air_date": "1994-02-21", "description": "The prickly, imperious head of Klinsky's antiquities department is causing trouble for Maggie, but it's nothing compared to her personal life. She must decide once and for all where her heart lies: with the dashing wine expert, her career, or a certain third party.", "cast": [ { "name": "Richard Wilson", "nm": 934014, "roles": [ { "char": "Ben Glazier", "ch": 230282 } ] }, { "name": "Jan Francis", "nm": 290186, "roles": [ { "char": "Maggie Perowne", "ch": 220905 } ] }, { "name": "Robert Lang", "nm": 485894, "roles": [ { "char": "Lord Holloway" } ] }, { "name": "Michael Siberry", "nm": 796251, "roles": [ { "char": "Nick Roper" } ] }, { "name": "Marsha Fitzalan", "nm": 280149, "roles": [ { "char": "Camilla Mounsey" } ] }, { "name": "Stephen Boxer", "nm": 101540, "roles": [ { "char": "Keith Shrimsley" } ] }, { "name": "Rose Keegan", "nm": 444451, "roles": [ { "char": "Lucy Starr" } ] }, { "name": "Kate McKenzie", "nm": 571551, "roles": [ { "char": "Annabelle Straddling-Smith" } ] }, { "name": "Susan Fleetwood", "nm": 281453, "roles": [ { "char": "Calpurnia Beacon" } ] }, { "name": "Gillian Raine", "nm": 706974, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Perowne" } ] }, { "name": "Ursula Howells", "nm": 398102, "roles": [ { "char": "Mrs. Roper" } ] }, { "name": "Ian Redford", "nm": 714852, "roles": [ { "char": "Digby" } ] }, { "name": "Tricia George", "nm": 313633, "roles": [ { "char": "Antoinette" } ] }, { "name": "James Warrior", "nm": 913136, "roles": [ { "char": "Leonard Tickell" } ] }, { "name": "Gawn Grainger", "nm": 334438, "roles": [ { "char": "Tim Warboys" } ] }, { "name": "Sally Spencer-Harris", "nm": 5033158, "roles": [ { "char": "Francesca" } ] }, { "name": "Howard Attfield", "nm": 41033, "roles": [ { "char": "Neighbour" } ] }, { "name": "Eddie Folcarelli", "nm": 3550238, "roles": [ { "char": "Milovan" } ] } ] }
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