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25 Episodes 1966 - 1966
Episode 1
60 mins
Mrs. Miller wants to know why her husband has been working nights. PC Miller claims that a statue of Jesus on the cross has spoken to him in the graveyard. When senior officers and the church get involved, is he a prophet or a fraud?
Episode 2
Fri, Jul 4, 196975 mins
John is an aspiring composer and pianist at a club and Mary is a single girl that he meets there. When friendship turns to romance, John has to contend with Colin, a charming ladies' man who turns to Mary in times of trouble.
Episode 3
75 mins
Anything Incorporated, an exclusive club devoted to providing the illegal and unattainable for its clients. Our intrepid hero, Rodney, is a newspaper journalist determined to expose the venture.
Episode 4
75 mins
A young English exchange student staying with a German family falls for the daughters.
Episode 5
Fri, Jan 24, 196975 mins
Life in a Trappist monastery offers a life of contemplation and hard labour.
Episode 6
75 mins
Billy Oates meets a lady in a market and, taken by his kindness, she invites him to lodge with her and her husband. A rivalry soon develops between the young man and his landlord.
Episode 7
75 mins
The story begins with the death of a cat. For Mrs Everton, the owner, it climaxes four months of terror during which she has been paying two young brothers £1 a week to keep them from carrying out their threats against her two cats.Although Mrs Everton is aware that the two boys aren't responsible for the cat's death, she nevertheless sets out to wreak revenge.
Episode 8
75 mins
A young Irish woman named Eileen comes to Britain with romantic ideas of fame and fortune and meets Toppet, a struggling artist with a spare room.
Episode 9
70 mins
The Headmaster and governors of a boarding school are accidentally locked in the new memorial room with the convicted Great Train Robbers.
Episode 10
75 mins
Miss Bealby's home is all she ever wanted: Her parents lived there and she was born there. But one day, as she sets out on her daily walk with her cat, she is stalked by sinister Mr. Jones from local council. He has to break the news that she has to leave. Her cottage is in the middle of a redevelopment area and must be demolished. The mental shock to Miss Bealby is enormous but she decides to stay until the bailiffs arrive.
Episode 11
A rescreening of the "Londoners" episode Boy in the Smoke, repeated on BBC1 under the "Wednesday Play" label.
Episode 12
75 mins
We spend a day with Barlowe, a council car park attendant.
Episode 13
75 mins
After an assault a man tries to find justice in court only to find that his incompetent prosecution team and the attractive female defense lawyer who wows the court, conspire against him.
Episode 14
A rescreening of the "Londoners" episode Pity about the Abbey, repeated on BBC1 under the "Wednesday Play" label.
Episode 15
75 mins
Louie, a married factory worker, has just been made redundant when he meets a girl in a park and decides to change his life.
Episode 16
75 mins
A passionate, ambiguous relationship begins between two people who meet at a masked ball.
Episode 17
75 mins
When a bossy do-gooder becomes homeless, she is passed from home to home.
Episode 18
75 mins
A house captain (played by Richard O'Sullivan) at a Bath public school tries to expose the sexual abuse of younger boys by a senior boy (played by Ian Ogilvy). The pompous house master (played by Derek Francis) is more concerned with collecting antiques at auction and tries to brush the allegation under the carpet.
Episode 19
50 mins
A young priest, newly arrived in Dublin, is conducting a retreat for the first time.
Episode 20
75 mins
Eighty years after a nuclear war ravaged the British Isles, a team of scientists from New Zealand come to conduct a survey.
Episode 21
75 mins
This is the story of a dwarf called Morris Todd - the 'toddler' - who is on the run from police, and looking for a hideout. Despite his size, Morris is irresistible to many women in his life, and among these are Elaine, who ends up in a nursing home; Deirdre, a failed hockey player who Morris deserts; then Leda, his true love, and, when he gets separated from her, Carol, a lonely lady whose husband is conveniently away.
Episode 22
75 mins
Follows the assassination of Leon Trotsky.
Episode 23
75 mins
Arthur Bradshaw is a successful fixer, with plans to start a night club.
Episode 24
75 mins
A police raid on Edna Bossom's discreet hotel would be most ill-advised, in the opinion of Superintendent Willow; but one of his younger officers is determined to go ahead with one.
Episode 25
75 mins
A couple revisit a past love affair when they meet again ten years later.