Season 1
Episodes
1. Catch As Catch Can
1964-09-30
Based on the play "La foire d'empoigne" by Jean Anouilh.
2. A Crack in the Ice
1964-10-28
A soldier named Postnikov rescues a drowning man.
3. In Camera
1964-11-04
Three people find themselves sharing a room with no way out. As they talk, the nature of the room and how they came to be there is gradually revealed.
4. Pale Horse, Pale Rider
1964-11-11
A young woman's dreams of death but The Pale Rider fills her dreams along with her lover.
5. The Big Breaker
1964-11-18
A lodger, recuperating from a heart attack, sets his sights on his landlady.
6. Mr. Douglas
1964-11-25
Coronation Day, 1761: A merchant entertains a guest with an extraordinary secret.
7. Malatesta
1964-12-02
Sigismondo Malatesta is a condottiere, a mercenary for hire and patron of the arts.
8. The July Plot
1964-12-09
Dramatisation of the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in July 1944 by a conspiracy of high-ranking German Army officers.
9. First Love
1964-12-16
A study of a boy's passion for an older girl as he discovers the difference between infatuation and true love.
10. Tap on the Shoulder
1965-01-06
Archibald Cooper is a London gangster who is living the life of a country squire while running a criminal empire. He learns that he's getting a knighthood so invites some old associates to country house unaware they are planning a robbery.
11. Sir Jocelyn, the Minister Would Like a Word...
1965-01-13
A group of politicians and university dons argue over whether a new university should have a chapel or a state-of-the-art lecture hall.
12. The Navigators
1965-01-20
A tale of romance between two working class navvies.
13. Fable
1965-01-27
In a parallel totalitarian Great Britain, those in authority are Black people, and white people are their social underdogs — a reversal of the situation in then-contemporary apartheid South Africa.
14. Dan, Dan the Charity Man
1965-02-03
Dan Sankey, the charity knocker, has become a national celebrity but who is the man behind the image?
15. Ashes to Ashes
1965-02-10
Barbara is an assertive, clever, liberated woman, her own boss. Who'd think she could be swept off her feet by a handsome stranger for whom she'd give up her career, London, everything? Especially as her new husband maybe wants to kill her.
16. Wear a Very Big Hat
1965-02-17
A young couple celebrate their wedding anniversary with a night on the town.
17. The Confidence Course
1965-02-24
A trio of swindlers advertise a self-assertiveness seminar, lure a dozen victims to a hotel and attempt to persuade them to enroll in their course. However, a man claiming to be 18th century critic-essayist William Hazlitt attacks the consumerist values outlined by the motivational speaker.
18. Campaign for One
1965-03-03
Astronaut Osborne is stuck in a malfunctioning capsule. As he goes round and round the Earth, he starts telling jokes and secrets. When the time comes to bring him down to Earth, he can't face it as he feels like a sexual failure.
19. Horror of Darkness
1965-03-10
Peter and Cathy are initially delighted to see their charismatic, subtly domineering friend Robin. But he outstays his welcome, and that's to say the least of it.
20. A Little Temptation
1965-03-17
No overview available.
21. Moving On
1965-03-24
No overview available.
22. Cat's Cradle
1965-03-31
No overview available.
23. Three Clear Sundays
1965-04-07
No overview available.
24. The Interior Decorator
1965-04-14
No overview available.
25. Auto-Stop
1965-04-21
No overview available.
26. The Good Shoe Maker and the Poor Fish Peddler
1965-04-28
No overview available.
27. Cemented with Love
1965-05-05
No overview available.
28. A Knight in Tarnished Armour
1965-05-12
No overview available.
29. For the West
1965-05-26
No overview available.
30. And Did Those Feet?
1965-06-02
No overview available.
31. The Man Without Papers
1965-06-09
No overview available.
32. The Pistol
1965-06-16
No overview available.
33. Women in Crisis: With Love and Tears
1965-06-23
No overview available.
34. The Seven O'Clock Crunch
1965-06-30
No overview available.