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Oscar Wilde's classic and much loved comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest, is brought to The Forum screen in this new production broadcast live from the Vaudeville Theatre in London's West End.

Two young gents have taken to bending the truth in order to put some excitement into their lives. Worthing has invented a brother, Earnest, whom he uses as an excuse to leave his dull life behind to visit Gwendolyn. Montcrieff decides to take the name Earnest when visiting Worthing's young and beautiful ward, Cecily. Things start to go awry when they end up together in the country and their deceptions are discovered.