Two provincial newspaper reporters - one a young idealist starting out on his career, the other an embittered man who previously wrote for a failed national daily - swap views.
Guest Stars:
Michael Kitchen, Barbara Young, Stephanie Turner, Robert Urquhart
The story of a man serving a 30-year prison sentence for killing a cop
Guest Stars:
Roy Boyd, Maurice O'Connell
A story about the origin of the Stormont state
Guest Stars:
Harry Towb
A hippie breaks into the house of a middle-aged couple and forms a relationship with them
Guest Stars:
Tom Chadbon, Alec McCowen, Sheila Allen, Marguerite Hardiman
A man celebrating his birthday comes to appreciate the difference between media fantasy and mundane reality.
Guest Stars:
Bryan Marshall, Christine Hargreaves, Julie Britton, Rosalind Ayres
An elderly general woos a shy school teacher.
Guest Stars:
Alastair Sim
A washed-up executive is on the verge of bankruptcy.
Guest Stars:
Peter Cellier, John Woodnutt, Joss Ackland, David Waller, Bob Hoskins
A pregnant teenager sets about wooing a sailor in a sectarian council estate in Greenock.
Guest Stars:
Lesley Mackie, David Hayman
A young couple have a baby boy. However, the new father doesn't take to his new position quite as well as expected.
Guest Stars:
Tony Haygarth, George A. Cooper, Norman Eshley, Patricia Brake
The adventures of three Derbyshire miners going to Stratford-upon-Avon on a barge
Faced with the prospect of being sent to work abroad, Sally Brown returns home from London to Hull, to see if she still feels the same attachment for her home town - and for her old boyfriend Mike Thurlow. Will she decide to take the job abroad or return to live with Mike in Hull?
Guest Stars:
Gwen Taylor, John Flanagan, Jean Heywood, Michael Elwyn
A long-married husband leaves his family for a barmaid.
Guest Stars:
Bill Maynard, Rosemarie Dunham, Marjorie Yates, Lori Wells, Maureen Callaghan
A man fights council plans to demolish his home to make way for a new bypass.
Guest Stars:
Maggie Jones, David Swift, Graham Ashley, June Brown, John Collin
The story of a defiant football manager in terminal decline
Guest Stars:
Peter Sallis, Michael Barrington
As a playwright dictates notes about his newest play to his secretary, scenes from the play are acted out.
Was this the finest hour? Sifting the truth and fiction about the Battle of Britain, Burrows and Harding give their own account of how the nation sees its heroes - and itself.
David Adler is an operator. He strips assets, other men's wives, and his oldest friend's soul - anything for a cool million.
Guest Stars:
Maurice Roëves, Patsy Smart, George Lazenby, Tony Caunter, Tom Kempinski
Malcolmson spends every Sunday taking his children to the zoo, reflecting on the breakdown of his marriage and the events that brought about his divorce. Is there a chance the family can be brought back together?
Guest Stars:
Hildegard Neil, Joss Ackland, Mary Peach
The trials of an overworked and underappreciated housecleaner
Guest Stars:
Liz Smith, Alison Steadman, Bernard Hill
"I'm the judge's daughter - I think he's a monstrous old man. I think all men who say 'I'm only doing my job' are monstrous. I've despaired of changing him. But I'd stop short of killing him."
Guest Stars:
Alexander Knox, Gwen Watford, John Salthouse
Three underachievers have fun at a school speech day
Guest Stars:
David Smith
"Fifteen years since I was forced t' leave, forced t' leave me roots, the territory of me heart." When Gerry takes his fiancée Nita home to Brighouse, what will they find?
Guest Stars:
Dave Hill, Harriet Harper
Are Maggie and Tony using each other as a means of communicating with Dr Leafer? Or are they using Dr Leafer as a means of communicating with each other?
Guest Stars:
Hywel Bennett, Fulton Mackay, Peter Marshall, Caroline Mortimer
Edward G. is nothing like a film star; his life has been ordinary - until now. But he's just had a shattering experience. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
Guest Stars:
Anne Reid, Robert Lang, Trevor Peacock
Everyone always looked after Maureen. But her husband comes home after two years in prison and finds she has grown up and he's not ready for the change.
Guest Stars:
John Cater, Patsy Smart, Rosalind Ayres, Andrew McCulloch

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