Season 1
26 episodes · Jan 1, 1976
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- S1E1
Last of a Schoolboy
Jan 1, 197660mJuly 1872. It is Edwin Clayhanger's last day at school. Everyone expects that he will enter his father's printing business, but Edwin has very different ideas about his future.
- S1E2
The Architect
Jan 8, 197660mEdwin becomes a hero - he wins his fathers admiration, but is no nearer to the realisation of his own ambitions to become an architect.
- S1E3
HIlda
Jan 15, 197660mEdwin has written to his father reminding him that he wants to train as an architect. Darius is curious, while Edwin realises that a summons from his aunt means the battle has come to a head...
- S1E4
The Five Towns Chronicle and Turnhill Guardian
Jan 22, 197660mWhile Edwin continues to work as an assistant at his father's printing works, eyebrows are raised when Hilda Lessways becomes the first woman in the Five Towns to learn shorthand - in order to work for George Cannon.
- S1E5
Sin and Romance
Jan 29, 197660mHilda receives a telegram from London informing her that her mother is ill. Instead of leaving at once, she continues to work on the first edition of Cannon's newspaper.
- S1E6
Escape to Bleakridge
Feb 5, 197660mHilda's feeling of responsibility for her mother's death has led her to a nervous breakdown. While still recovering in Miss Gailey's boarding house, she hears that Cannon is insisting on visiting her.
- S1E7
Centenary
Feb 12, 197660mEdwin spends an evening with the Orgreaves. He takes an instant dislike to Hilda, but when he leaves to take another look at the new Clayhanger house, she secretly follows him...
- S1E8
Taking a Share
Feb 19, 197660mAfter their day together at the Sunday School Centenary celebrations, Hilda and Edwin have become fascinated with each other. Edwin is both excited and unnerved at the prospect of their becoming neighbours.
- S1E9
Brighton
Feb 26, 197660mMiss Gailey tells Hilda that Cannon has taken a boarding house in Brighton, and expects them all to go and live there.
- S1E10
Marriage
Mar 4, 197660mHilda has accepted George's proposal, but she's nervous of breaking the news to Miss Gailey, who is now a semi-permanent invalid.
- S1E11
Love
Mar 11, 197660mHilda's secret marriage to George has ended disastrously with the discovery that it was bigamous. Deserted by him, she returns to Bursley to stay with the Orgreaves. On the night of her arrival, there is a visitor — Edwin.
- S1E12
Punishment
Mar 18, 197660mHilda and Edwin declare their love for each other. But when she's forced to return to Brighton, Hilda has still not found the courage to tell Edwin about her past.
- S1E13
Laid Aside
Mar 25, 197660mEdwin knows nothing of the role that Mr Shushions played in Darius's life, and is puzzled when Darius returns from his funeral in a state of shock. But subsequent events force new responsibilities on Edwin...
- S1E14
The Glorious Jubilee
Apr 1, 197660mEdwin has been told that his father had no more than two years to live. More than one of those years has now passed - and Edwin has assumed complete control of the family business.
- S1E15
The Chain Is Broken
Apr 8, 197660mClose to death, Darius lets it be known that Edwin will inherit the whole of his business. As one chapter closes in Edwin's life, another opens as he meets Hilda's son.
- S1E16
The Adventure
Apr 15, 197660mHilda's son arrives to stay with the Orgreaves. Janet tells Edwin that Hilda is now a widow.... and all his old feelings for Hilda are re-awakened.
- S1E17
Epidemic
Apr 22, 197660mEdwin visits Hilda in Brighton, where he learns that her husband is, in fact, still alive.
- S1E18
The Exquisite Burden
Apr 29, 197660mHilda has told Edwin that she was never married to Cannon. Ignoring the hostility of Five Towns 'society', Edwin asks her to marry him.
- S1E19
Possessions
May 6, 197660mEdwin and Hilda have finally given a formal 'At Home' to celebrate their marriage - and Bursley seems to have accepted them. Hilda feels safe and financially secure, but Edwin is already making new plans for the business....
- S1E20
A Musical Evening
May 13, 197660mHilda and Edwin have quarrelled about Edwin's plans to build a new printing works - he has not yet told her that he already made an offer for the land.
- S1E21
The Orgreave Calamity
May 20, 197660mHilda is continuing to oppose Edwin's plans to extend the printing business.
- S1E22
Dartmoor
May 27, 197660mHilda once again sees the man she thought she loved, but they cannot speak. George Cannon is a prisoner in Dartmoor.
- S1E23
Prisoners
Jun 3, 197660mAfter their brief glimpse of George Cannon in Dartmoor prison, Edwin and Hilda return to the Five Towns. Not long after, George Cannon is released....
- S1E24
Fall from Glory
Jun 10, 197660mEdwin is furious when Hilda insists on taking her son to London to visit an eye specialist. All the Clayhanger servants have left, and Edwin is forced to stay with Auntie Hamps.
- S1E25
Death and Dreams
Jun 17, 197660mHilda remains in London while Edwin stays on with a seriously ill Auntie Hamps. To add to Edwin's gloom, Ingpen has had a serious accident at the Benbow works and is not expected to live.
- S1E26
The Discovery
Jun 24, 197660mHilda is determined that she and Edwin should live in the country. And unbeknown to Edwin, she has already decided on their future home....