Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | The Heir Of Appuldurcombe | 20081103 | 20081104 (R4) | Rosamund Pike reads from Hallie Rubenhold's account of the marriage of Sir Richard and Lady Worsley, the details of whose private life scandalised 18th-century society when they were revealed in court. The trial in 1782 of Captain George Bisset for 'criminal conversation' with the wife of Sir Richard Worsley was one of the most sensational legal suits of the 18th century. The trial of George Bisset was one of the most sensational legal suits of the 18th century |
| 02 | The Escape | 20081104 | Lady Seymour Worsley and her lover Captain Bisset elope to London. | |
| 03 | Worsley V Bisset | 20081105 | 20081106 (R4) | Worsley v Bisset. The trial of George Bisset plays to a packed house. |
| 04 | The Aftermath | 20081106 | 20081107 (R4) | Rosamund Pike reads from Hallie Rubenhold's account of the marriage of Sir Richard and Lady Worsley, the details of whose private life scandalised 18th-century society when they were revealed in court. Lady Worsley celebrates her court victory and continues in her attempts to publicly humiliate Sir Richard, but Bisset leaves her when she is pregnant and she is left alone and in debt. Lady Worsley celebrates her court victory and continues to publicly humiliate Sir Richard. |
| 05 LAST | The Denouement | 20081107 | 20081108 (R4) | Having given birth to Bisset's child, Lady Worsley flees to Paris to escape her creditors. |