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Tender Is the Night

Created by Dennis PotterPeter StraussMary Steenburgen
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23 Sep 1985First aired
1Season

The series

In the French Riviera of the 1920s, wealthy expatriate Nicole Warren's mental illness strains her marriage to psychiatrist Dick Diver. A young American actress named Rosemary Hoyt arrives and is drawn into their circle, becoming romantically involved with the older 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. 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.

Episodes

Season 1 · 6 episodes · 1985

  1. Episode 123 Sep 198555m

    1917

    Dick Diver is an American doctor studying in Switzerland. On the day he leaves to join the army, he meets heiress Nicole Warren, who is young and beautiful, but troubled.

  2. Episode 230 Sep 198554m

    1925

    Against all common sense, Dick and Nicole get married and settle on the Riviera where they have been living in style for some years, thanks to Nicole's money.

  3. Episode 37 Oct 198556m

    1925

    Young film star Rosemary Hoyt meets and fall in love with Dick. The Divers and friends, including Rosemary, take a holiday in Paris.

  4. Episode 414 Oct 198549m

    1925

    Following disastrous events in Paris, Rosemary Hoyt returns to Hollywood and the Divers to their life on the Riviera and then onto Gstaad for Christmas.

  5. Episode 521 Oct 198553m

    1928

    Dick's drinking is affecting his work. Running the clinic in Switzerland has disillusioned Dick as Nicole's disability continues to threaten. Stifled by her continuing dependence, Dick goes to Rome.

  6. Episode 628 Oct 198551m

    1929

    Dick's heavy drinking becomes an embarrassment to the clinic. The Divers return to the Riviera once again, as Dick and Nicole's lives begin to unravel.

Cast

Peter Strauss

Peter Strauss

Dick Diver
Mary Steenburgen

Mary Steenburgen

Nicole Diver (née Warren)
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