Arena Season 1, Episode 316

ScreenPlay: Cariani and the Courtesans · BBC Four · Wednesday, August 5

by Leslie Megahey A story of intrigue and romance in 16th-century Venice. Starring Paul McGann, Simon Callow, Michael Gough, Diana Quick When Cariani the painter falls in love with the beautiful girl who receives mysterious visitors in the rooms below, he is drawn into a web of danger and deceit. With Louiza Livingstone, Robert Goodman and the voice of Charles Gray as the storyteller A Screenplay/Arena presentation