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Series 5

22 episodes · Oct 30, 1974

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  • S5E1

    Leeds--United!

    Oct 31, 197475m

    About a strike in a textile factory, based on a true story

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  • S5E2

    Baby Love

    Nov 7, 197475m

    After the stillbirth of her illegitimate baby, a woman steals a baby at random and is sentenced to 9 months in prison.

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  • S5E3

    Back of Beyond

    Nov 14, 197475m

    Olwen lives in a tumbledown farm up in the mountains - a lonely widow, virtually a recluse. Her only human contact is with the occasional shopkeeper and young Rachel, who delivers her papers. For Rachel, her visits to Olwen are half adventure, half honest friendship. But they also mean a time to 'put aside childish things.'

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  • S5E4

    The Bevellers

    Nov 21, 197475m

    The first (and last) day at work of a young apprentice in a bevelling shop at a Glasgow glass factory

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  • S5E5

    Taking Leave

    Nov 28, 197475m

    "Well, I hope I won'be seeing you come home in that uniform much more. Six years - that's long enough out of any man's life." Mike's time is nearly up. The army gives him a weekend pass so he's home from Ulster to decide whether to sign on again. His parents want him to stay but he's wondering whether the family's own flare-ups aren't a bit too like the Troubles he has left behind.

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  • S5E6

    Fugitive

    Dec 5, 197475m

    After 18 years as a friar, Peter is no longer sure of his vocation. It is a happy life, maybe too much so, and now he has met Clare. Will his doubts run away with him? Runaway friars are officially "fugitives" who must be persuaded back to their order.

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  • S5E7

    Eleanor

    Dec 12, 197475m

    Eleanor is unable to communicate her inner thoughts as she's bullied at school and virtually ignored by her parents. With a mundane working existence awaiting her, she desires a chance at another life - but at what cost?

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  • S5E8

    Gangsters

    Jan 9, 197575m

    A story exploring the Birmingham underworld

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  • S5E9

    The After Dinner Game

    Jan 16, 197575m

    Vice-Chancellor Bartley Humbolt has problems. His young university is almost bankrupt, his wife is threatening to leave him, his protége professor from industry is threatening to overshadow him, and his prestigious professor of history is threatening to resign. But Bartley is a born manipulator. And when he gives a dinner party, he has something very special in mind - for afters.

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  • S5E10

    Breath

    Jan 23, 197575m

    A story about an asthma sufferer

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  • S5E11

    The Death of a Young, Young Man

    Jan 30, 197575m

    Three young students suspended from school face various problems.

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  • S5E12

    Sunset Across the Bay

    Feb 20, 197575m

    A elderly couple become disillusioned when they retire to their favorite holiday resort.

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  • S5E13

    Funny Farm

    Feb 27, 197575m

    One day in the life a nurse in a mental hospital

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  • S5E14

    Goodbye

    Mar 6, 197575m

    "All I said was the gramophone's too loud." Tony and Zoe Lyle 's silly row starts like any other, but Tony finds that Zoe means it this time. She's walking out and he's got a week to save a marriage that he hasn't looked at in 18 years, and with it all the trappings of a good life in Maida Vale.

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  • S5E15

    Just Another Saturday

    Mar 13, 197575m

    A young man participating in the Orange Parade in Glasgow becomes disillusioned with the pageant when he discovers its unpleasant and violent history and witnesses the participants' attacks on Catholics.

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  • S5E16

    A Child of Hope

    Apr 24, 197575m

    Thirty-seven men from the disputed territory of South West Africa are on trial for their lives in Pretoria, 1,000 miles from their home. They are to be tried under South Africa's Terrorism Act despite the UN ruling that South Africa must abandon its "illegal administration" of their country.

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  • S5E17

    The Saturday Party

    May 1, 197575m

    When a stockbroker loses his job, he decides to throw a party.

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  • S5E18

    Wednesday Love

    May 8, 197575m

    Two women, looking for amusement on their afternoons off, visit a drinking club.

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  • S5E19

    The Dandelion Clock

    May 15, 197575m

    In Belfast, a girl awaits the return of her missing father.

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  • S5E20

    Brassneck

    May 22, 197575m

    England, 1945-75: Builder Alfred Bagley makes a fortune, with a little help from his friends.

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  • S5E21

    The Floater

    May 29, 197575m

    A comedy about the law - seen from the inside. All formality and procedure on the surface but not quite so convincing when you see the works.

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  • S5E22

    By Common Consent

    Jun 5, 197575m

    Political fantasy about a fascist regime

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