Episodes
1. The Long Distance Piano Player
October 15, 1970
75 min
A man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing
Guest Stars:
Norman Rossington, Bert Palmer, Ken Hutchison
2. The Right Prospectus
October 22, 1970
75 min
A couple look for the proper school, not for their children but for themselves.
Guest Stars:
George Cole, Brian Pettifer
3. The Lie
October 29, 1970
75 min
""The Lie"" refers to the 8-year marriage of a couple who are constantly hurting each other.
Guest Stars:
Jennifer Daniel, Terence Bayler, Frank Finlay, John Carson, John Nettleton
4. Angels Are So Few
November 5, 1970
75 min
A man claiming to be an angel enters the household of a bored housewife and teaches the family a few lessons.
Guest Stars:
Tom Bell, Erik Chitty, Gilly Flower
5. The Write-Off
November 12, 1970
75 min
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.
6. I Can't See My Little Willie
November 19, 1970
75 min
A man has a mid-life crisis in his brother's pub where sees life as a game show
Guest Stars:
Patsy Smart, John Scott Martin, Jo Rowbottom, Nigel Stock, Avril Elgar
7. A Distant Thunder
November 26, 1970
75 min
A newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was witness to his treachery during the war.
Guest Stars:
Adrienne Corri, Vladek Sheybal, Tony Steedman, Clive Morton
8. Hearts and Flowers
December 3, 1970
75 min
A TV host and his architect brother attend their father's funeral
Guest Stars:
Anthony Hopkins, Freda Bamford, Constance Chapman, Donald Churchill, Priscilla Morgan
9. Robin Redbreast
December 10, 1970
75 min
A woman living in a country cottage thinks that someone is trying to get her.
Guest Stars:
Anna Cropper, Amanda Walker, Julian Holloway, Bernard Hepton
10. The Hallelujah Handshake
December 17, 1970
75 min
A petty thief and social misfit finagles his way into a church congregation
11. Alma Mater
January 7, 1971
75 min
A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school
Guest Stars:
Dinah Sheridan, Hilda Braid, Max Adrian, John Woodvine, Nigel Hawthorne
12. Circle Line
January 14, 1971
75 min
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.
Guest Stars:
Michael Feast, Margo Andrew, Kiffer Weisselberg
13. Hell's Angel
January 21, 1971
75 min
A couple are distressed by the changes in their adopted teenage son when he joins a biker gang.
Guest Stars:
André Morell, Michael Kitchen, Katharine Blake, Richard Morant, Angharad Rees
14. The Piano
January 28, 1971
75 min
An old couple refuse to move when they find out that they can't take their piano with them
Guest Stars:
Janet Munro, Brian Wilde
15. Billy's Last Stand
February 4, 1971
75 min
Billy, a self-employed coal-shoveller, gains a seedy business partner and competition in the form of a rival coal-shoveller.
Guest Stars:
John Barrett, Dudley Foster
16. The Rainbirds
February 11, 1971
75 min
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.
17. Reddick
February 18, 1971
75 min
Charges that the Rev 'Red' Reddick is exploiting his youth club members leads to an explosive confrontation.
18. The Foxtrot
April 29, 1971
75 min
An odd menage a trois results when a woman and her lover are visited by her long-lost husband
19. When the Bough Breaks
May 6, 1971
75 min
When an injured baby arrives at the hospital, a social worker looks for the parents
20. Orkney
May 13, 1971
75 min
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
Guest Stars:
Maurice Roëves, Fulton Mackay, Robert James, Donald Douglas
21. The Rank and File
May 20, 1971
75 min
The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970
22. The Man in the Sidecar
May 27, 1971
75 min
A succesful novelist Edith lives with her husband and his friend, but she decides to ask the friend to leave.
23. Everybody Say Cheese
June 3, 1971
75 min
The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos
