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Series 10

28 episodes · Oct 10, 1979

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  • S10E1

    Long Distance Information

    Oct 11, 197975m

    A fanatical Elvis Presley fan is working as a disc jockey when his idol dies

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  • S10E2

    Cries from a Watchtower

    Oct 18, 197975m

    A watchmaker finds his livelihood is threatened by cheaply imported digital watches.

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  • S10E3

    Comedians

    Oct 25, 197975m

    Budding comedians take an evening class taught by a retired performer and, for their final exam, must perform for an impresario in a nightclub.

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  • Even Solomon
    S10E4

    Even Solomon

    Nov 1, 197975m

    Stephen Piper is a quiet young man. A virgin, he shows no interest in sex, and is cruelly scorned by an aggressive female neighbour when he rebuffs her advances. He lives with his mother, an overbearing woman who mocks him for being wet. But Stephen has a secret. An accurate and heartfelt depiction of the challenges he faces and a fascinating glimpse at the gender politics of the day.

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  • S10E5

    Just a Boy's Game

    Nov 8, 197975m

    In Glasgow, a young man's sole aim is to be as tough as his dying grandfather once was

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  • S10E6

    Billy

    Nov 15, 197975m

    A 4-year-old boy is abused by his father

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  • S10E7

    A Hole in Babylon

    Nov 29, 197975m

    Exploration of the events leading up to 1975 Spaghetti House siege in London and the motivation of its three protagonists, T-Bone Wilson, Archie Pool, and Trevor Thomas.

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  • S10E8

    The Slab-Boys

    Dec 6, 197975m

    The story of a young man who works in a carpet factory

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  • S10E9

    Katie: The Year of a Child

    Dec 13, 197975m

    A teenage girl from a family of Irish Travellers is left to look after her brothers and sisters while her father is away.

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  • S10E10

    The Network

    Dec 20, 197975m

    What do Rose from Devon and Christina from Stuttgart have in common? And in what way is their fate linked to that of wealthy Fiona Dunkerley?

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  • S10E11

    Chance of a Lifetime

    Jan 3, 198075m

    A young man quits school and joins the army.

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  • S10E12

    Keep Smiling

    Jan 10, 198075m

    Family picnics should not be like this: bugging devices, men with X-ray eyes. Mary doesn't understand what terrifies Simon, nor the bizarre events of the next six months.

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  • S10E13

    Dreams of Leaving

    Jan 17, 198075m

    A journalist moves to London and gets caught up in the big city and his romance with a rich debutante.

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  • S10E14

    Thicker Than Water

    Jan 24, 198075m

    Various characters have adventures on the way to a black pudding festival in Normandy.

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  • S10E15

    Murder Rap

    Jan 31, 198075m

    An Englishman's home is his castle, and Wally aims to prove it.

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  • S10E16

    Instant Enlightenment Including VAT

    Feb 7, 198075m

    Weekend enlightenment seminars serve as a form of brainwashing.

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  • S10E17

    No Defence

    Feb 14, 198075m

    Mr. Germanou arrives from Cyprus with his family to settle in England. But on his arrival he's arrested for an historical rape with seemingly no defence.

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  • S10E18

    That Crazy Woman

    Feb 21, 198075m

    Twenty years ago, at the age of 56, this extraordinary woman became a national hero by walking from John O'Groats to Land's End. One of the last great English eccentrics (even though she was Russian) in the last days of English innocence.

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  • S10E19

    A Gift from Nessus

    Feb 28, 198075m

    The marital and career problems of a middle-aged, middle-class man in Glasgow in the 1960s

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  • S10E20

    Kate, the Good Neighbour

    Mar 6, 198075m

    A compassionate elderly woman comes to the realization that she can no longer care for herself or others.

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  • S10E21

    Buses

    Mar 13, 198075m

    A story about the regulation of the bus industry in 1930

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  • S10E22

    Shadows on Our Skin

    Mar 20, 198075m

    The problems of an 11-year-old boy living in the Catholic part of Londonderry

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  • S10E23

    Ladies

    Mar 27, 198075m

    The A Shift at the MHS department store are organising a wedding gift presentation for Elaine. But what's on Miriam's mind, and why does she seem so out of sorts?

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  • S10E24

    The Vanishing Army

    Apr 3, 198075m

    A story about the highs and lows of peacetime army life

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  • S10E25

    Not for the Likes of Us

    Apr 10, 198075m

    "I dunno, years of putting up with it, waiting on you all, for what? Eh? To become a 14-stone invisible woman?"

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  • S10E26

    The Executioner

    Apr 17, 198075m

    Jan and Meg Citron are on holiday in Germany. Their car is stopped by the police. A simple traffic offence? But their seemingly innocent past is ripped open and life will never be the same again.

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  • S10E27

    The Imitation Game

    Apr 24, 198075m

    During World War II, an idealistic young woman joins the Army Transport Service

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  • S10E28

    A Walk in the Forest

    May 14, 198075m

    A writer gets involved with a Soviet dissident

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