The Sextet Season 1 Episodes

Episode 1

The Gregorian Chant

An artist hires a new model but strains his relationship with his colleagues.

Episode 2

Night Duty

A night worker at a mental institution finds his job beginning to change.

Episode 3

A Question of Degree

A university lecturer becomes involved in a student revolt.

Episode 4

Follow the Yellow Brick Road

69 mins

Dennis Potter's contribution to 'The Sextet', a series of six BBC television plays on sexual themes. 'Follow the Yellow Brick Road' tells the story of actor Jack Black, who specialises in commercials because they are untouched by what he sees as the grime of the real world. Estranged from his wife, who he caught in bed with another man, his idea of purity is his agent's child-like wife. He is to be disappointed; his frustration with the world's dirt leads him into bitter confrontation with the medical consultants who try to reach the heart of his problem, and his wife, who would have a reconciliation.

Episode 5

Stoker Leishman's Diaries

87 mins

The family of a Polar explorer try to exploit his memory.

Episode 6

Stanley's Style

An unhappy city-dweller returns to the countryside he loved as a child.

Episode 7

Disappearing Trick

Episode 8

Blur and Blank via Cleckheaton