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18 Episodes 1971 - 1972
Episode 1
61 mins
Dishillusioned by his rich, aristocratic upbringing in Britain, top foreign office diplomat Adrian Harris became a spy for the Russians. He escaped to Moscow after being found out and it is there that, a few years later, a group of Western journalists come in search of his story. He disgusts them with his drunken ranting, but, unknown to them, he has good reason to conceal his true feelings.
Episode 2
90 mins
Edna is a drunk, and a homeless one. The play follows her through the streets, the police station, the psychiatric ward and a hostel, which for a while looks like it may become somewhere she can stay.
Episode 3
51 mins
Frank is worried that he's over the hill when he reaches his 38th birthday. Conversations with his wife, lover and best friend do nothing to allay his concerns.
Episode 4
67 mins
The wife of a headmaster discovers that he has been physically abusing his students.
Episode 5
39 mins
A social satire in which advertisers realise that having a blind beggar as the public face of charities would help make them seem more appealing to donors. This episode remains in the BBC archives only as a 16mm black-and-white film print.
Episode 6
70 mins
Michael Regan, a working-class Irishman, is humiliated when he takes his girl out to a posh restaurant. His desire for revenge against the owner gets out of control and dominates his life.
Episode 7
75 mins
An awkward relationship develops between the families of a trade unionist and the regional manager when the son of the former wins a university scholarship from their employer. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
Episode 8
75 mins
Two sworn enemies, one black and the other white, are forced to confront their prejudices when they are forced together by circumstance. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
Episode 9
68 mins
A retired miner devotes his waking hours to his racing pigeons. This edition remains in the BBC archives only as a 16mm black-and-white film print.
Episode 10
86 mins
In a mental home, two elderly men become unlikely friends.
Episode 11
55 mins
A marriage can be lonely when the children have left home, as Nelson and Maud find out. Maud leaves in the middle of a unloving picnic, and Nelson follows - both sharing their stories with a series of strangers.
Episode 12
86 mins
It's not easy being a striker with a strike-breaking policeman billeted in your home but Manuel Stocker and Herbert Griffith manage to make a go of it. Until events turn violent.
Episode 13
A married couple move into the house on Highbury Hill and find some eccentric neighbours. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
Episode 14
A story about unemployment and the Black Movement in Jamaica. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
Episode 15
A salesman learns a few lessons from the locals when he goes to Yorkshire for a business course.
Episode 16
75 mins
The parochial Lionel and Doris take their daughter on a holiday to Morocco, where they claim they'll make an effort to expand their horizons. But who is the mysterious house servant Ali, and how does he keep appearing and disappearing?
Episode 17
A social worker tries to help a painfully shy young man and takes him for a visit to a country farm. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
Episode 18
57 mins
Three miners plan a weekend fishing.