Masterpiece Theatre A Six-part BBC television adaptation of Henry James's last full-length novel. "The Golden Bowl" is set in England at the turn of the century and concerns three sophisticated Americans whose lives cross in London. This drama featu... (more)res the typical Jamesian convention of conveying the story from the perspective of one character. In part one, an American heiress (Maggie Verver) marries an impoverished Italian prince (Amerigo); but not before things get interesting with the arrival of Prince Amerigo's ex-fiance (Charlotte Stant).