Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20070903 | Richard Yates' Pulitzer Prize-winning novel paints a vivid picture of the postwar generation of Americans trying to adjust to family life in the 1950s. Read by Trevor White and abridged by Elizabeth Burke.Frank and April Wheeler are a young couple whose boredom, love affairs, and dashed hopes are turning the American dream to ashes. |
| 02 | 20070904 | Following the disastrous performance of the play and their fight afterwards, Frank and April's marriage is struggling. |
| 03 | 20070905 | Struggling with an unhappy marriage and a hopelessly dull job, Frank finds solace in the arms of secretary Maureen Grube. |
| 04 | 20070906 | Frank has started an affair with a secretary at work. But April has come up with an idea to change their lives. |
| 05 | 20070907 | Frank and April have hit on a plan of escaping to Europe with their children. Now they must break the news to their neighbours and friends. |
| 06 | 20070910 | Frank and April Wheeler plan to go and live in Paris, but April's news puts an end to their dream of escape. |
| 07 | 20070911 | April discovers she is pregnant. Frank is shocked by her proposed solution. |
| 08 | 20070912 | The Wheelers have to tell everyone that they are not forsaking the New York suburbs after all. |
| 09 | 20070913 | Frank ends his affair with Maureen and decides to confess all to April. |
| 10 LAST | 20070914 | The morning after Frank's confession, all is calm in the Wheeler household until the tragic horror of April's plan unfolds. |