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Series 6

25 episodes · Oct 13, 1975

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  • S6E1

    Plaintiffs and Defendants

    Oct 14, 197575m

    A married barrister's life begins to unravel when it seems that his high-strung mistress may reveal all.

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  • S6E2

    Two Sundays

    Oct 21, 197575m

    An author tells an old school chum that he is about to publish a novel revealing their old relationship.

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  • S6E3

    Moss

    Oct 28, 197575m

    Moss is a miser whose only love is his grandson. Then tragedy strikes, and Moss is "reborn."

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  • S6E4

    84 Charing Cross Road

    Nov 4, 197575m

    An American woman corresponds with a London bookshop owner over a period of 20 years

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  • S6E5

    Keep an Eye on Albert

    Nov 11, 197575m

    Terry has begun to neglect his wife for a life of drinking, weight lifting, pigeon racing and other women. But when his best friend Albert returns from the navy and begins to pay Terry's wife some attention, what will be the outcome?

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  • S6E6

    Children of the Sun

    Nov 18, 197575m

    "You expect to face a bit of danger when you travel. Half the fun of it. But you keep cool and bluff your way out. After all, we're all British aren't we?"

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  • S6E7

    After the Solo

    Nov 25, 197575m

    A boy enjoys success in the choir until his voice breaks at puberty.

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  • S6E8

    Through the Night

    Dec 2, 197575m

    A woman goes into hospital to receive treatment for breast cancer.

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  • S6E9

    A Passage to England

    Dec 9, 197575m

    A group of Asians plans to sneak into England using a fishing boat

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  • Rumpole of the Bailey
    S6E10

    Rumpole of the Bailey

    Dec 16, 197575m

    Rumpole defends a young West Indian boy accused of attempted murder.

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  • S6E11

    The Other Woman

    Jan 6, 197671m

    An aggressive lesbian disrupts the lives of those around her.

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  • Nuts in May
    S6E12

    Nuts in May

    Jan 13, 197675m

    Smug married couple Keith and Candice Marie “keen exponents of their belief in organic health food, exercise and the environment” are on a camping holiday, where they find that it is not always easy to be tolerant of others when they don't share the same enthusiasms.

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  • S6E13

    Doran's Box

    Jan 20, 197675m

    A long-distance lorry driver; a spaceman; a volunteer under reduced environmental conditions; a man in solitary confinement: the discomfort of these people is shared by Doran - when he can't put his finger on the panic button.

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  • S6E14

    Packman's Barn

    Jan 27, 197675m

    John Barrett returns to his remote hill farm after 20 years to deal with some unfinished business, and finds himself once again in conflict with the locals.

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  • S6E15

    A Story to Frighten the Children

    Feb 3, 197675m

    A woman encounters trouble when she arrives home late at night, but her neighbors on a nearby estate claim to have seen and heard nothing.

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  • S6E16

    The Happy Hunting Ground

    Feb 10, 197675m

    The fish quay is a happy hunting ground for an ambitious young rogue like Bob, who has an eye on the boss's business - and all that goes with it.

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  • S6E17

    The Jumping Bean Bag

    Feb 17, 197675m

    An end-of-term play with a difference as Ozzie and the boys break into a hard rock number. But even though they make the big time, success has its darker side.

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  • S6E18

    Clay, Smeddum and Greenden

    Feb 24, 197675m

    A play based on three short stories about the Scottish people and their relationship with the land: ""Clay"" concerns a farmer's obsession with his fields to the exclusion of his dying wife; ""Smeddum"" is about an indomitable woman and her large family; and ""Greenden"" tells the story of an unhappy woman from the city living with her indifferent husband in the country.

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  • S6E19

    Love Letters on Blue Paper

    Mar 2, 197675m

    Why has Sonia taken to writing letters to her husband, posted to him in the letter-box just outside their house - love letters, on blue paper, recalling with increasing vividness the early days of their courtship and marriage?

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  • S6E20

    Willie Rough

    Mar 9, 197675m

    A story depicting life in a shipyard

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  • S6E21

    Tiptoe through the Tulips

    Mar 16, 197675m

    A divorced woman is introduced to a separated man at an awkward dinner party.

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  • S6E22

    The Peddler

    Mar 23, 197675m

    One pill, and you're floating on air. A different one, and you're full of lead. Married, mortgaged, broke, a love-affair gone sour - which drug can help Alec?

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  • S6E23

    Early Struggles

    Mar 30, 197675m

    A story about a father's attempts at single parenthood

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  • S6E24

    Double Dare

    Apr 6, 197675m

    A playwright spends an afternoon in a hotel room with an actress who takes on the role of call girl for research purposes.

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  • S6E25

    The House of Bernarda Alba

    Jul 28, 197675m

    The eldest daughter of a domineering, overprotective mother becomes engaged to an unprincipled young man who has money.

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