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Great Performances (Season 27)
Episode 1 (Episode 1)
Air date: 1996-01-01
Les Misérables in Concert (Episode 2) 9.0
Air date: 1996-03-01
Overview: The story of the fall and redemption of Jean Valjean, arrested for stealing some bread for his starving family. In prison he's constantly bothered by the hard-nosed lawman Javert. Valjean is paroled, but runs away and becomes the mayor of a small town. He meets a dying woman named Fantine and swears to raise her daughter. Javert catches up to him, but Valjean escapes. The daughter, Cosette, grows up and falls in love with Marius, a student. An ill-fated, student-led revolution makes the mother of all climaxes for this beauty of a production. And the end with the 50 or so Valjeans is pretty impressive!
Episode 3 (Episode 3)
Air date: 1996-04-03
Episode 4 (Episode 4)
Air date: 1996-12-02
Episode 5 (Episode 5) 9.0
Air date: 1996-12-10
