Oscar Wilde renewal. He immediately wrote to the Society of Jesus requesting a six-month Catholic retreat; when the request was denied, Wilde wept. "I intend to be received into the Catholic Church before long", Wilde told a journalist who asked about his religious intentions. He spent his last three years impoverished and in exile. He took the name "Sebastian Melmoth", after Saint Sebastian and the titular character of "Melmoth the Wanderer" (a Gothic novel by Charles Maturin, Wilde's great-uncle). Wilde wrote two long letters to the editor of the "Daily Chronicle", describing the brutal conditions of English prisons and advocating penal reform.
Belle and Sebastian (French TV series) the BBC and 'Sébastien et la Mary-Morgane' (Sebastian and the Mary Morgan) (1970) which was not broadcast by the BBC. The Scottish indie pop band Belle & Sebastian took their name from the TV series. Belle and Sebastian (French TV series) Belle and Sebastian is a TV children's serial based on the novel "Belle et Sébastien" by Cécile Aubry. It is about a young boy Sebastian and a (Pyrenees Mountain dog) Belle set in the French alps and their adventures as they grow together. It was filmed as a live action show in black-and-white in France under its original name