This documentary series uses drama and commentary to shed light on the lives and works of Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, T. S. Eliot, Henrik Ibsen, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Luigi Pirandello, Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf. Written by RK . Season 1 Season 1, Episode 1: James Joyce's 'Ulysses' Original Air Date—10 January 1988 Season 1, Episode 2: Joseph Conrad's 'The Secret Agent' Original Air Date—17 January 1988 Season 1, Episode 3: Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' Original Air Date—24 January 1988 Season 1, Episode 4: Marcel Proust's 'A la recherche du temps perdu' Original Air Date—31 January 1988 Season 1, Episode 5: Thomas Mann's 'The Magic Mountain' Original Air Date—7 February 1988 Season 1, Episode 6: Henrik Ibsen Original Air Date—14 February 1988 Season 1, Episode 7: Virginia Woolf's 'Mrs. Dalloway' Original Air Date—21 February 1988 Season 1, Episode 8: Luigi Pirandello Original Air Date—28 February 1988 Season 1, Episode 9: T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land' Original Air Date—6 March 1988 Season 1, Episode 10: Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' Original Air Date—13 March 1988 Season 1, Episode 11: Ten Great Writers: The Seminar Original Air Date—20 March 1988