Telling the story of the life of 18th century Italian adventurer Giacomo Casanova, based on his own twelve-volume memoirs, the one-hour episodes star Peter O'Toole as the older Casanova looking back on his life and David Tennant as the younger version.

Rose Byrne, Rupert Penry-Jones, Matt Lucas, Shaun Parkes, Nina Sosanya and Laura Fraser are also featured.

Comedians Matt Lucas, Mark Heap, Simon Day and Matthew Holness make cameo appearances.

The series was originally commissioned from Davies by Executive Producer Julie Gardner when she was working at Granada-owned London Weekend Television.

In The New York Times, Anita Gates noted its "lively pace, a warm spirit, [and] contagious sense of fun.