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Series 1

24 episodes · 1970

  1. 1

    The Long Distance Piano Player

    Oct 15, 197075 min★ 6.4

    A man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing

  2. 2

    The Right Prospectus

    Oct 22, 197075 min★ 6.3

    A couple look for the proper school, not for their children but for themselves.

  3. 3

    The Lie

    Oct 29, 197075 min★ 7.4

    ""The Lie"" refers to the 8-year marriage of a couple who are constantly hurting each other.

  4. 4

    Angels Are So Few

    Nov 5, 197075 min★ 7.8

    A man claiming to be an angel enters the household of a bored housewife and teaches the family a few lessons.

  5. 5

    The Write-Off

    Nov 12, 197075 min

    A man is made redundant but can't bring himself to let anyone know, plunging into a web of deceit as he keeps up the charade he is still in work.

  6. 6

    I Can't See My Little Willie

    Nov 19, 197075 min

    A man has a mid-life crisis in his brother's pub where sees life as a game show

  7. 7

    A Distant Thunder

    Nov 26, 197075 min

    A newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was witness to his treachery during the war.

  8. 8

    Hearts and Flowers

    Dec 3, 197075 min★ 6.5

    A TV host and his architect brother attend their father's funeral

  9. 9

    Robin Redbreast

    Dec 10, 197075 min★ 7.2

    A woman living in a country cottage thinks that someone is trying to get her.

  10. 10

    The Hallelujah Handshake

    Dec 17, 197075 min★ 7.4

    A petty thief and social misfit finagles his way into a church congregation

  11. 11

    Alma Mater

    Jan 7, 197175 min

    A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school

  12. 12

    Circle Line

    Jan 14, 197175 min

    A cynical student has a radically different view of life from his landlady, leading to conflict. Matters come to a head when he sleeps with her fourteen-year-old brother.

  13. 13

    Hell's Angel

    Jan 21, 197175 min

    A couple are distressed by the changes in their adopted teenage son when he joins a biker gang.

  14. 14

    The Piano

    Jan 28, 197175 min★ 7.5

    An old couple refuse to move when they find out that they can't take their piano with them

  15. 15

    Billy's Last Stand

    Feb 4, 197175 min

    Billy, a self-employed coal-shoveller, gains a seedy business partner and competition in the form of a rival coal-shoveller.

  16. 16

    The Rainbirds

    Feb 11, 197175 min★ 5.4

    A man who attempted suicide by jumping out a window is saved only to live in a coma, in which he has fantasies about his relatives and nightmare creatures.

  17. 17

    Reddick

    Feb 18, 197175 min

    Charges that the Rev 'Red' Reddick is exploiting his youth club members leads to an explosive confrontation.

  18. 18

    The Foxtrot

    Apr 29, 197175 min★ 5.6

    An odd menage a trois results when a woman and her lover are visited by her long-lost husband

  19. 19

    When the Bough Breaks

    May 6, 197175 min★ 7.8

    When an injured baby arrives at the hospital, a social worker looks for the parents

  20. 20

    Orkney

    May 13, 197175 min★ 6.8

    A trilogy of plays--A Time to Keep, The Whaler's Return, and Celia--exploring the life of the islanders in the past and present

  21. 21

    The Rank and File

    May 20, 197175 min★ 6.8

    The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970

  22. 22

    The Man in the Sidecar

    May 27, 197175 min

    A succesful novelist Edith lives with her husband and his friend, but she decides to ask the friend to leave.

  23. 23

    Everybody Say Cheese

    Jun 3, 197175 min

    The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos

  24. 24

    The Cellar and the Almond Tree

    Jun 10, 1971