Performance: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Performance is a UK television anthology series produced by Simon Curtis for the BBC. Twenty-six episodes aired on the BBC from 1991–98, almost all of which were productions of classic and contemporary plays, including Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, A Doll's House and Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello, King Lear by William Shakespeare, and The Deep Blue Sea by Terence Rattigan.

Series details

• Title: Performance
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1991-10-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 1998-03-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC Two
• Network country: United Kingdom
• TVMaze ID: 51712

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1991-10-05; final listed air date 1991-11-09.
• Season 2: premiered 1992-11-14; final listed air date 1992-12-12.
• Season 3: premiered 1993-11-13; final listed air date 1993-12-11.
• Season 4: premiered 1994-10-29; final listed air date 1994-11-26.
• Season 5: premiered 1995-10-07; final listed air date 1995-11-04.
• Season 6: premiered 1998-03-21; final listed air date 1998-03-21.

Source and licence

Adapted from Performance on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.