Season 1 (1970)
Back to main1. The Long Distance Piano Player
A man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing
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1h 15min
October 15, 1970
2. The Right Prospectus
A couple look for the proper school, not for their children but for themselves.
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1h 15min
October 22, 1970
3. The Lie
""The Lie"" refers to the 8-year marriage of a couple who are constantly hurting each other.
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1h 15min
October 29, 1970
4. Angels Are So Few
A man claiming to be an angel enters the household of a bored housewife and teaches the family a few lessons.
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1h 15min
November 5, 1970
5. The Write-Off
A man is made redundant but can't bring himself to let anyone know, plunging into a web of deceit as he keeps up the charade he is still in work.
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1h 15min
November 12, 1970
6. I Can't See My Little Willie
A man has a mid-life crisis in his brother's pub where sees life as a game show
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1h 15min
November 19, 1970
7. A Distant Thunder
A newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was witness to his treachery during the war.
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1h 15min
November 26, 1970
8. Hearts and Flowers
A TV host and his architect brother attend their father's funeral
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1h 15min
December 3, 1970
9. Robin Redbreast
A woman living in a country cottage thinks that someone is trying to get her.
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1h 15min
December 10, 1970
10. The Hallelujah Handshake
A petty thief and social misfit finagles his way into a church congregation
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1h 15min
December 17, 1970
11. Alma Mater
A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school
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1h 15min
January 7, 1971
12. Circle Line
A cynical student has a radically different view of life from his landlady, leading to conflict. Matters come to a head when he sleeps with her fourteen-year-old brother.
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1h 15min
January 14, 1971
13. Hell's Angel
A couple are distressed by the changes in their adopted teenage son when he joins a biker gang.
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1h 15min
January 21, 1971
14. The Piano
An old couple refuse to move when they find out that they can't take their piano with them
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1h 15min
January 28, 1971
15. Billy's Last Stand
Billy, a self-employed coal-shoveller, gains a seedy business partner and competition in the form of a rival coal-shoveller.
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1h 15min
February 4, 1971
16. The Rainbirds
A man who attempted suicide by jumping out a window is saved only to live in a coma, in which he has fantasies about his relatives and nightmare creatures.
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1h 15min
February 11, 1971
17. Reddick
Charges that the Rev 'Red' Reddick is exploiting his youth club members leads to an explosive confrontation.
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1h 15min
February 18, 1971
18. The Foxtrot
An odd menage a trois results when a woman and her lover are visited by her long-lost husband
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1h 15min
April 29, 1971
19. When the Bough Breaks
When an injured baby arrives at the hospital, a social worker looks for the parents
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1h 15min
May 6, 1971
20. Orkney
A trilogy of plays--A Time to Keep, The Whaler's Return, and Celia--exploring the life of the islanders in the past and present
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1h 15min
May 13, 1971
21. The Rank and File
The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970
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1h 15min
May 20, 1971
22. The Man in the Sidecar
A succesful novelist Edith lives with her husband and his friend, but she decides to ask the friend to leave.
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1h 15min
May 27, 1971
23. Everybody Say Cheese
The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos
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1h 15min
June 3, 1971
24. The Cellar and the Almond Tree
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June 10, 1971