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Series 1
197024 episodes
Episode 1
The Long Distance Piano Player
Oct 15, 19701h 15m
A man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing
Episode 2
The Right Prospectus
Oct 22, 19701h 15m
A couple look for the proper school, not for their children but for themselves.
Episode 3
The Lie
Oct 29, 19701h 15m
""The Lie"" refers to the 8-year marriage of a couple who are constantly hurting each other.
Episode 4
Angels Are So Few
Nov 5, 19701h 15m
A man claiming to be an angel enters the household of a bored housewife and teaches the family a few lessons.
Episode 5
The Write-Off
Nov 12, 19701h 15m
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.
Episode 6
I Can't See My Little Willie
Nov 19, 19701h 15m
A man has a mid-life crisis in his brother's pub where sees life as a game show
Episode 7
A Distant Thunder
Nov 26, 19701h 15m
A newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was witness to his treachery during the war.
Episode 8
Hearts and Flowers
Dec 3, 19701h 15m
A TV host and his architect brother attend their father's funeral
Episode 9
Robin Redbreast
Dec 10, 19701h 15m
A woman living in a country cottage thinks that someone is trying to get her.
Episode 10
The Hallelujah Handshake
Dec 17, 19701h 15m
A petty thief and social misfit finagles his way into a church congregation
Episode 11
Alma Mater
Jan 7, 19711h 15m
A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school
Episode 12
Circle Line
Jan 14, 19711h 15m
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.
Episode 13
Hell's Angel
Jan 21, 19711h 15m
A couple are distressed by the changes in their adopted teenage son when he joins a biker gang.
Episode 14
The Piano
Jan 28, 19711h 15m
An old couple refuse to move when they find out that they can't take their piano with them
Episode 15
Billy's Last Stand
Feb 4, 19711h 15m
Billy, a self-employed coal-shoveller, gains a seedy business partner and competition in the form of a rival coal-shoveller.
Episode 16
The Rainbirds
Feb 11, 19711h 15m
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.
Episode 17
Reddick
Feb 18, 19711h 15m
Charges that the Rev 'Red' Reddick is exploiting his youth club members leads to an explosive confrontation.
Episode 18
The Foxtrot
Apr 29, 19711h 15m
An odd menage a trois results when a woman and her lover are visited by her long-lost husband
Episode 19
When the Bough Breaks
May 6, 19711h 15m
When an injured baby arrives at the hospital, a social worker looks for the parents
Episode 20
Orkney
May 13, 19711h 15m
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
Episode 21
The Rank and File
May 20, 19711h 15m
The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970
Episode 22
The Man in the Sidecar
May 27, 19711h 15m
A succesful novelist Edith lives with her husband and his friend, but she decides to ask the friend to leave.
Episode 23
Everybody Say Cheese
Jun 3, 19711h 15m
The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos
Episode 24
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
Jun 10, 1971