Series 1
24 episodes · Oct 14, 1970
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S1E1The Long Distance Piano Player
Oct 15, 197075mA man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing
S1E2The Right Prospectus
Oct 22, 197075mA couple look for the proper school, not for their children but for themselves.
S1E3The Lie
Oct 29, 197075m""The Lie"" refers to the 8-year marriage of a couple who are constantly hurting each other.
S1E4Angels Are So Few
Nov 5, 197075mA man claiming to be an angel enters the household of a bored housewife and teaches the family a few lessons.
- S1E5
The Write-Off
Nov 12, 197075mA 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.
- S1E6
I Can't See My Little Willie
Nov 19, 197075mA man has a mid-life crisis in his brother's pub where sees life as a game show
- S1E7
A Distant Thunder
Nov 26, 197075mA newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was witness to his treachery during the war.
- S1E8
Hearts and Flowers
Dec 3, 197075mA TV host and his architect brother attend their father's funeral
- S1E9
Robin Redbreast
Dec 10, 197075mA woman living in a country cottage thinks that someone is trying to get her.
- S1E10
The Hallelujah Handshake
Dec 17, 197075mA petty thief and social misfit finagles his way into a church congregation
- S1E12
Circle Line
Jan 14, 197175mA 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.
- S1E13
Hell's Angel
Jan 21, 197175mA couple are distressed by the changes in their adopted teenage son when he joins a biker gang.
- S1E14
The Piano
Jan 28, 197175mAn old couple refuse to move when they find out that they can't take their piano with them
- S1E15
Billy's Last Stand
Feb 4, 197175mBilly, a self-employed coal-shoveller, gains a seedy business partner and competition in the form of a rival coal-shoveller.
- S1E16
The Rainbirds
Feb 11, 197175mA 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.
- S1E17
Reddick
Feb 18, 197175mCharges that the Rev 'Red' Reddick is exploiting his youth club members leads to an explosive confrontation.
- S1E18
The Foxtrot
Apr 29, 197175mAn odd menage a trois results when a woman and her lover are visited by her long-lost husband
- S1E19
When the Bough Breaks
May 6, 197175mWhen an injured baby arrives at the hospital, a social worker looks for the parents
- S1E20
Orkney
May 13, 197175mA trilogy of plays--A Time to Keep, The Whaler's Return, and Celia--exploring the life of the islanders in the past and present
- S1E21
The Rank and File
May 20, 197175mThe story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970
- S1E22
The Man in the Sidecar
May 27, 197175mA succesful novelist Edith lives with her husband and his friend, but she decides to ask the friend to leave.
- S1E23
Everybody Say Cheese
Jun 3, 197175mThe story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos