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October 15, 1970

Season 1

01. The Long Distance Piano Player

A man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing

1h 15min
October 15, 1970

02. The Right Prospectus

A couple look for the proper school, not for their children but for themselves.

1h 15min
October 22, 1970

03. The Lie

""The Lie"" refers to the 8-year marriage of a couple who are constantly hurting each other.

1h 15min
October 29, 1970

04. 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.

1h 15min
November 5, 1970

05. 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.

1h 15min
November 12, 1970

06. 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

1h 15min
November 19, 1970

07. A Distant Thunder

A newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was witness to his treachery during the war.

1h 15min
November 26, 1970

08. Hearts and Flowers

A TV host and his architect brother attend their father's funeral

1h 15min
December 3, 1970

09. Robin Redbreast

A woman living in a country cottage thinks that someone is trying to get her.

1h 15min
December 10, 1970

10. The Hallelujah Handshake

A petty thief and social misfit finagles his way into a church congregation

1h 15min
December 17, 1970

11. Alma Mater

A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

1h 15min
February 11, 1971

17. Reddick

Charges that the Rev 'Red' Reddick is exploiting his youth club members leads to an explosive confrontation.

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

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

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

1h 15min
May 13, 1971

21. The Rank and File

The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970

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.

1h 15min
May 27, 1971

23. Everybody Say Cheese

The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos

1h 15min
June 3, 1971

24. The Cellar and the Almond Tree

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June 10, 1971