Casanova: Season 1

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Season Details & Credits

BBC | BBC-3 | BBC Three | Season Premiere Date: March 13, 2005

Starring: Matt Lucas, Rupert Penry-Jones, David Tennant

Summary: This British take on the story of the legendary lover airs as part of PBS' "Masterpiece Theatre."

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E3. Part 3
Air Date: March 27, 2005
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S1:E2. Part 2
Air Date: March 20, 2005
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S1:E1. Part 1
Air Date: March 13, 2005

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Alynda Wheat

[O'Toole's] Casanova may have lust in his heart, but it's his love for Henriette... that guides his life and makes the tale worth the telling. [6 Oct 2006, p.64]

David Hinckley

A playful pastiche of clashing styles. Read full review

Anita Gates

It does have a lively pace, a warm spirit, a contagious sense of fun, some very pretty 18th-century European settings and Peter O’Toole as the title character in his later years. Read full review

John Leonard

When you’ve got Peter O’Toole in a Masterpiece Theatre mini-series, who cares how many liberties teleplaywright Russell T. Davies took with the confabulations of Giovanni Giacomo Casanova? Read full review

Robert Lloyd

"Casanova" only gets into trouble when it wants to mean something, and the more pointedly emotional moments seem cooked up to the point of hokum, but it's fun when it wants to be, and most of the time it just wants to be fun. Read full review

Laurence Vittes

A second half that bogs down and suspect chemistry will deter some viewers from finding out what really happened at the end of Casanova's days. Read full review

Matthew Gilbert

"Casanova" is a giddily unconventional tale of an adventurous youth, but then it's also a stock and inflated portrait of old age. Read full review

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carrif

Dec 4, 2006

i adored this mini-series. david tennant is brilliant as a young casanova. it really is a wonderful retelling of an interesting story.