Series 5
22 episodes · Oct 30, 1974
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- S5E2
Baby Love
Nov 7, 197475mAfter the stillbirth of her illegitimate baby, a woman steals a baby at random and is sentenced to 9 months in prison.
- S5E3
Back of Beyond
Nov 14, 197475mOlwen 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.'
- S5E4
The Bevellers
Nov 21, 197475mThe first (and last) day at work of a young apprentice in a bevelling shop at a Glasgow glass factory
- 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.
- S5E6
Fugitive
Dec 5, 197475mAfter 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.
- S5E7
Eleanor
Dec 12, 197475mEleanor 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?
- S5E9
The After Dinner Game
Jan 16, 197575mVice-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.
- S5E11
The Death of a Young, Young Man
Jan 30, 197575mThree young students suspended from school face various problems.
- S5E12
Sunset Across the Bay
Feb 20, 197575mA elderly couple become disillusioned when they retire to their favorite holiday resort.
- 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.
- S5E15
Just Another Saturday
Mar 13, 197575mA 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.
- S5E16
A Child of Hope
Apr 24, 197575mThirty-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.
- S5E17
The Saturday Party
May 1, 197575mWhen a stockbroker loses his job, he decides to throw a party.
- S5E18
Wednesday Love
May 8, 197575mTwo women, looking for amusement on their afternoons off, visit a drinking club.
- S5E19
The Dandelion Clock
May 15, 197575mIn Belfast, a girl awaits the return of her missing father.
- S5E20
Brassneck
May 22, 197575mEngland, 1945-75: Builder Alfred Bagley makes a fortune, with a little help from his friends.
- S5E21
The Floater
May 29, 197575mA 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.