Dombey And Son

All 13 episodes of the 1969 BBC adaptation of the classic novel by Charles Dickens. Paul Dombey (John Carson) owns a reputable shipping company and yearns for a son who can take over the business. When his wife gives birth to a boy but dies shortly after, the baby is left fighting for his life and Dombey distraught once more.

With only a daughter, Florence (Kara Wilson), to call his own, he seeks a second wife who could provide him with the male heir he desires. The episodes are: 'Dombey and Son, and Daughter', 'Money and Mr. Dombey', 'Blimber's Academy', 'A Voyage for Walter', 'Edith Granger', 'Love and Mr.

Dombey', 'The Second Mrs. Dombey', 'The Woman from Beyond the Seas', 'Mr. Dombey Rides for a Fall', 'Flight', 'The Survivor', 'Vengeance' and 'Dombey and Daughter'.