The Black Tulip Mini-series

First Air Date: September 13, 1970

First Aired on	:	1970
Episodes	:	6 episodes

Episodes

1x06 Episode 6 (October 18, 1970)

In Dort, Rosa , has met Van Systens , President of the Tulip Society, and failed to prove to him that she, not Boxtel, is the rightful owner of the black tulip. Meanwhile, at Loevenstein, Cornelius has been sentenced to death for attacking Gryphus.

1x05 Episode 5 (October 11, 1970)

Rosa has frustrated the attempts of Boxtel, alias ' mynheer Jacob,' to steal the bulb of the black tulip, and secretly brought it to flower in her room. Believing that they are alone in the prison, she has taken Cornelius from his cell to show it to him.

1x04 Episode 4 (October 04, 1970)

Cornelius has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the grim fortress of Loevenstein. Rosa has taken charge of the precious bulbs and promised Cornelius that he will see them again.

1x03 Episode 3 (September 27, 1970)

Through Boxtel 's treachery, Cornelius has been arrested for being in possession of treasonous letters and taken under guard to The Hague. Boxtel, realising he must have taken the bulbs of the black tulip with him, and determined to have them, has followed.

1x02 Episode 2 (September 20, 1970)

Cornelius has grown the bulb of a black tulip. De Witt , in prison for treason, has given him important papers for safe keeping. Unknown to Cornelius, his neighbour Isaac Boxtel , a rival tulipomaniac. has been watching events in the house through a telescope.

1x01 Episode 1 (September 13, 1970)

Although it has its full share of the excitement and suspense that one tends to associate with Dumas, this is a story that touches the heart as much as it tingles the nerve. It is also unique in that the principal character is not a man or a woman, but a flower - the fateful Tulipa Negra.