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28 Episodes 1972 - 1973
Episode 1
77 mins
Two provincial newspaper reporters - one a young idealist starting out on his career, the other an embittered man who previously wrote for a failed national daily - swap views.
Episode 2
Johnson begins his life sentence for the murder of a policeman. It is not long before he will experience the harsh realities of the brutality and day to day drudgery of prison life. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
Episode 3
63 mins
The origin of Northern Ireland.
Episode 4
The familiar story of Robinson Crusoe - this time told from the viewpoint of his companion, Friday. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
Episode 5
A hippie breaks into the house of a middle-aged couple and forms a relationship with them.
Episode 6
A man celebrating his birthday comes to appreciate the difference between media fantasy and mundane reality. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
Episode 7
59 mins
An elderly general woos a shy school teacher.
Episode 8
76 mins
Ellis is 50, bankrupt and showing signs of psychosis. He fantasises about killing his father, has dreams of the occult, and feels the only thing he can communicate with in life is a garden worm.
Episode 9
64 mins
A pregnant teenager sets about wooing a sailor in a sectarian council estate in Greenock.
Episode 10
70 mins
A young couple have a baby boy. However, the new father doesn't take to his new position quite as well as expected.
Episode 11
82 mins
Three miners take a boat trip to Stratford-on-Avon.
Episode 12
49 mins
Faced with the prospect of being sent to work abroad, Sally Brown returns home from London to Hull, to see if she still feels the same attachment for her home town - and for her old boyfriend Mike Thurlow. Will she decide to take the job abroad or return to live with Mike in Hull?
Episode 13
69 mins
A fifty-year-old factory worker leaves his wife of many years for another woman.
Episode 14
A man fights council plans to demolish his home to make way for a new bypass. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
Episode 15
The story of a defiant football manager in terminal decline. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
Episode 16
74 mins
Playwright Christopher Hudson finds his medical problem hinders his writing. He employs secretary Sandra George and dictates his new play to her, but tensions soon develop between the two. As Hudson creates, scenes from his play are dramatized and interpolated. The play being created is Dennis Potter's Angels Are So Few, seen with a totally different cast from the 1970 BBC production.
Episode 17
Was this the finest hour? Sifting the truth and fiction about the Battle of Britain, Burrows and Harding give their own account of how the nation sees its heroes - and itself. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
Episode 18
81 mins
David Adler is an operator. He strips assets, other men's wives, and his oldest friend's soul - anything for a cool million.
Episode 19
64 mins
Malcolmson (Joss Ackland) spends every Sunday taking his children to the zoo, reflecting on the breakdown of his marriage and the events that brought about his divorce. Is there a chance the family can be brought back together?
Episode 20
71 mins
Mrs. Thornley works very hard without notice or appreciation. Every day she keeps her own house clean, attends to her husband and unmarried daughter, Ann, then cleans other women's houses. She looks tired and has little affect. She does have a married son and a daughter-in-law who's chatty and pleasant. Mrs. Thornley's husband works nights, except for Saturdays, when he expects conjugal attention. Ann's worried about pregnancy and talks to her mum about labor and childbirth. Later, Mrs. Thornley goes to confession at her parish church, and she makes an extraordinary revelation.
Episode 21
"I'm the judge's daughter - I think he's a monstrous old man. I think all men who say 'I'm only doing my job' are monstrous. I've despaired of changing him. But I'd stop short of killing him." This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
Episode 22
50 mins
Three underachievers have fun at a school speech day.
Episode 23
"Fifteen years since I was forced t' leave, forced t' leave me roots, the territory of me heart." When Gerry takes his fiancée Nita home to Brighouse, what will they find?
Episode 24
Are Maggie and Tony using each other as a means of communicating with Dr Leafer? Or are they using Dr Leafer as a means of communicating with each other? This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
Episode 25
Edward G. is nothing like a film star; his life has been ordinary - until now. But he's just had a shattering experience. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
Episode 26
70 mins
Four students go through their third year studying literature at a polytechnic, and trying to live peacefully together. This includes Jeff and Jim, who have a very opposing dedication towards their study.
Episode 27
Everyone always looked after Maureen. But her husband comes home after two years in prison and finds she has grown up and he's not ready for the change. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
Episode 28
They no longer live together because, after 11 years, the marriage is over. So why is she always turning up to see him at the most embarrassing times? And why doesn't he send her away? This edition is missing from the BBC archives.