Series 3
28 episodes · Oct 8, 1972
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- S3E1
The Reporters
Oct 9, 197275mTwo provincial newspaper reporters - one a young idealist starting out on his career, the other an embittered man who previously wrote for a failed national daily - swap views.
- S3E2
A Life Is for Ever
Oct 16, 197275mThe story of a man serving a 30-year prison sentence for killing a cop
- S3E5
Triple Exposure
Nov 6, 197275mA hippie breaks into the house of a middle-aged couple and forms a relationship with them
- S3E6
Better than the Movies
Nov 13, 197275mA man celebrating his birthday comes to appreciate the difference between media fantasy and mundane reality.
- S3E9
Just Your Luck
Dec 4, 197275mA pregnant teenager sets about wooing a sailor in a sectarian council estate in Greenock.
- S3E10
The Bouncing Boy
Dec 11, 197275mA young couple have a baby boy. However, the new father doesn't take to his new position quite as well as expected.
- S3E11
Shakespeare or Bust
Jan 8, 197375mThe adventures of three Derbyshire miners going to Stratford-upon-Avon on a barge
- S3E12
Land of Green Ginger
Jan 15, 197375mFaced with the prospect of being sent to work abroad, Sally Brown returns home from London to Hull, to see if she still feels the same attachment for her home town - and for her old boyfriend Mike Thurlow. Will she decide to take the job abroad or return to live with Mike in Hull?
- S3E14
Highway Robbery
Jan 29, 197375mA man fights council plans to demolish his home to make way for a new bypass.
- S3E15
Song at Twilight
Feb 5, 197375mThe story of a defiant football manager in terminal decline
- S3E16
Only Make Believe
Feb 12, 197375mAs a playwright dictates notes about his newest play to his secretary, scenes from the play are acted out.
- S3E17
For Sylvia or The Air Show
Feb 19, 197375mWas this the finest hour? Sifting the truth and fiction about the Battle of Britain, Burrows and Harding give their own account of how the nation sees its heroes - and itself.
- S3E18
The Operation
Feb 26, 197375mDavid Adler is an operator. He strips assets, other men's wives, and his oldest friend's soul - anything for a cool million.
- S3E19
Access to the Children
Mar 5, 197375mMalcolmson spends every Sunday taking his children to the zoo, reflecting on the breakdown of his marriage and the events that brought about his divorce. Is there a chance the family can be brought back together?
- S3E21
Man Above Men
Mar 19, 197375m"I'm the judge's daughter - I think he's a monstrous old man. I think all men who say 'I'm only doing my job' are monstrous. I've despaired of changing him. But I'd stop short of killing him."
- S3E23
Steps Back
May 14, 197375m"Fifteen years since I was forced t' leave, forced t' leave me roots, the territory of me heart." When Gerry takes his fiancée Nita home to Brighouse, what will they find?
- S3E24
Three's One
Jun 4, 197375mAre Maggie and Tony using each other as a means of communicating with Dr Leafer? Or are they using Dr Leafer as a means of communicating with each other?
- S3E25
Edward G.--Like the Film Star
Jun 11, 197375mEdward G. is nothing like a film star; his life has been ordinary - until now. But he's just had a shattering experience. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
- S3E27
The Stretch
Jun 25, 197375mEveryone always looked after Maureen. But her husband comes home after two years in prison and finds she has grown up and he's not ready for the change.
- S3E28
Making the Play
Jul 2, 197375mThey no longer live together because, after 11 years, the marriage is over. So why is she always turning up to see him at the most embarrassing times? And why doesn't he send her away?