The Camomile Lawn

All Episodes 1992

  • Ended
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  • 1992-03-05T21:00:00Z
  • 53m
  • 5h (5 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Channel 4 Television + 2 more, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ZED
  • Drama
It is August 1939 and five young cousins gather on the Camomile Lawn behind Aunt Helena's house for one last terror run along the Cornish cliffs. The imminent outbreak of war brings with it a heady sense of exultation and freedom, and for Oliver, Calypso, Polly, Walter and young Sophy, the Camomile Lawn becomes the touchstone for their lost innocence.

5 episodes

Series Premiere

1992-03-05T21:00:00Z

1x01 Episode 1

Series Premiere

1x01 Episode 1

  • 1992-03-05T21:00:00Z1h

Oliver and Calypso fall out over politics and marriage and the cousins discuss the coming war with Aunt Helena. Calypso captures a rich husband and decides to get married in truly spectacular style, but Oliver turns up at the wedding and threatens to cause trouble

1992-03-12T21:00:00Z

1x02 Episode 2

1x02 Episode 2

  • 1992-03-12T21:00:00Z1h

Oliver pursues Calypso for his sexual 'comforts' - but the results are not all that he had hoped for...

1992-03-19T21:00:00Z

1x03 Episode 3

1x03 Episode 3

  • 1992-03-19T21:00:00Z1h

Uncle Richard's unexpected visit to London throws Helena's private life with Max into confusion and a young girl is traumatised by the harsh realities of war.

1992-03-26T21:00:00Z

1x04 Episode 4

1x04 Episode 4

  • 1992-03-26T21:00:00Z1h

Calypso receives good news about Hector but Max learns of his son's death. As the drama concludes in 1984, a final gathering on the camomile lawn reveals long-kept secrets.

Season Finale

1992-03-26T21:00:00Z

1x05 Part 5

Season Finale

1x05 Part 5

  • 1992-03-26T21:00:00Z1h

Sophy runs away from school, only to find that Helena and Polly have gone to Cornwall. Max hears that his son Pauli has died in Dachau - or has he? Hector is a POW. Richard dies. Calypso gives birth during an air raid, with Sophy as midwife. 1984. Sophy and Calypso meet in Cornwall for Max's funeral. Sophy hides from Pauli. Oliver arrives late for the funeral, in a rainstorm. At the wake, Calypso reveals that she grew to love Hector after all. Will Sophy and Oliver resolve their issues?

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