Trials Oscar : Season 1 Episode 2
BBC Two 2h 00m int(0)
Aired: March 27th, 1985 @ 7:00 PM EST on BBC Two
By 1894 Oscar Wilde was flourishing - acknowledged as the greatest wit and one of the finest playwrights in Britain. His close friendship with Bosie Douglas , however, had provoked a quarrel with Bosie's father, Lord Queensberry, which in the following spring came to a head when Oscar charged Queensberry with criminal libel.