Season 1
Episodes
1. The Long Distance Piano Player
1970-10-15
A man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing
2. The Right Prospectus
1970-10-22
A couple look for the proper school, not for their children but for themselves.
3. The Lie
1970-10-29
""The Lie"" refers to the 8-year marriage of a couple who are constantly hurting each other.
4. Angels Are So Few
1970-11-05
A man claiming to be an angel enters the household of a bored housewife and teaches the family a few lessons.
5. The Write-Off
1970-11-12
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. I Can't See My Little Willie
1970-11-19
A man has a mid-life crisis in his brother's pub where sees life as a game show
7. A Distant Thunder
1970-11-26
A newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was witness to his treachery during the war.
8. Hearts and Flowers
1970-12-03
A TV host and his architect brother attend their father's funeral
9. Robin Redbreast
1970-12-10
A woman living in a country cottage thinks that someone is trying to get her.
10. The Hallelujah Handshake
1970-12-17
A petty thief and social misfit finagles his way into a church congregation
11. Alma Mater
1971-01-07
A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school
12. Circle Line
1971-01-14
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. Hell's Angel
1971-01-21
A couple are distressed by the changes in their adopted teenage son when he joins a biker gang.
14. The Piano
1971-01-28
An old couple refuse to move when they find out that they can't take their piano with them
15. Billy's Last Stand
1971-02-04
Billy, a self-employed coal-shoveller, gains a seedy business partner and competition in the form of a rival coal-shoveller.
16. The Rainbirds
1971-02-11
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. Reddick
1971-02-18
Charges that the Rev 'Red' Reddick is exploiting his youth club members leads to an explosive confrontation.
18. The Foxtrot
1971-04-29
An odd menage a trois results when a woman and her lover are visited by her long-lost husband
19. When the Bough Breaks
1971-05-06
When an injured baby arrives at the hospital, a social worker looks for the parents
20. Orkney
1971-05-13
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. The Rank and File
1971-05-20
The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970
22. The Man in the Sidecar
1971-05-27
A succesful novelist Edith lives with her husband and his friend, but she decides to ask the friend to leave.
23. Everybody Say Cheese
1971-06-03
The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos
24. The Cellar and the Almond Tree
1971-06-10
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