Casanova Episode Guide

Episode Guide

• Season 1 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

  The famed libertine works his way up to become a leading light of English society, but remains tormented by the need to clear his name. Arch-enemy Grimani hatches a plot to ensure his rival's downfall once and for all - but Casanova quickly becomes aware that his foe will do anything to stop him. Last in series of the drama, starring Peter O'Toole, David Tennant, Rupert Penry-Jones and Laura Fraser

• Season 1 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

  Henriette rejects Casanova because of his poor financial status, prompting the devastated libertine to confess his sins to a priest - but the accounts of his exploits are more excitement than the poor cleric can handle, and he suffers a heart attack. His subsequent kindness to the elderly man is rewarded with enough wealth to woo his beloved once more - but Grimani is determined to be rid of his rival, and arranges a lengthy prison sentence. David Tennant and Rupert Penry-Jones star

• Season 1 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

  Drama series, following the life of the 18th-century libertine. Peter O'Toole plays the great lover as an old man, who is persuaded by a parlour maid to share tales of his youthful exploits. He regales her with stories of his introduction to Venetian high society as a young scholar, where he proves popular with the women of the court and falls madly in love with the fiancee of a powerful and rich patrician. However, his life takes an unexpected turn when he becomes smitten with a castrato singer from Bologna. David Tennant stars as the younger Casanova, alongside Dervla Kirwan and Laura Fraser