About a strike in a textile factory, based on a true story
Guest Stars:
Peter Cellier, Elizabeth Dawn, Lynne Perrie, Bernard Archard, Elizabeth Spriggs
After the stillbirth of her illegitimate baby, a woman steals a baby at random and is sentenced to 9 months in prison.
Guest Stars:
Donald Gee, Tony Melody, Rowena Cooper, Roger Hammond, Rita Davies
Olwen lives in a tumbledown farm up in the mountains - a lonely widow, virtually a recluse. Her only human contact is with the occasional shopkeeper and young Rachel, who delivers her papers. For Rachel, her visits to Olwen are half adventure, half honest friendship. But they also mean a time to 'put aside childish things.'
Guest Stars:
Edward Hardwicke, Rachel Roberts
The first (and last) day at work of a young apprentice in a bevelling shop at a Glasgow glass factory
"Well, I hope I won'be seeing you come home in that uniform much more. Six years - that's long enough out of any man's life." Mike's time is nearly up. The army gives him a weekend pass so he's home from Ulster to decide whether to sign on again. His parents want him to stay but he's wondering whether the family's own flare-ups aren't a bit too like the Troubles he has left behind.
Guest Stars:
Alison Steadman, George Sewell, Brian Capron, Doreen Keogh, Liz Smith
After 18 years as a friar, Peter is no longer sure of his vocation. It is a happy life, maybe too much so, and now he has met Clare. Will his doubts run away with him? Runaway friars are officially "fugitives" who must be persuaded back to their order.
Guest Stars:
Stephen Rea, Eve Belton, Liam Redmond, David Kelly
Eleanor is unable to communicate her inner thoughts as she's bullied at school and virtually ignored by her parents. With a mundane working existence awaiting her, she desires a chance at another life - but at what cost?
Guest Stars:
Pauline Quirke, Martin Boddey, Doreen Mantle, James Greene, Colin Douglas
A story exploring the Birmingham underworld
Guest Stars:
Joanne White, Saeed Jaffrey, Tariq Yunus, Maurice Colbourne, Philip Martin
Vice-Chancellor Bartley Humbolt has problems. His young university is almost bankrupt, his wife is threatening to leave him, his protége professor from industry is threatening to overshadow him, and his prestigious professor of history is threatening to resign. But Bartley is a born manipulator. And when he gives a dinner party, he has something very special in mind - for afters.
Guest Stars:
Timothy West, Rupert Davies, Connie Booth, Ian Gelder, Georgine Anderson
A story about an asthma sufferer
Guest Stars:
Gareth Thomas, Angela Pleasence, Liz Smith
Three young students suspended from school face various problems.
A elderly couple become disillusioned when they retire to their favorite holiday resort.
One day in the life a nurse in a mental hospital
Guest Stars:
Michael Bilton, Tim Preece
"All I said was the gramophone's too loud." Tony and Zoe Lyle 's silly row starts like any other, but Tony finds that Zoe means it this time. She's walking out and he's got a week to save a marriage that he hasn't looked at in 18 years, and with it all the trappings of a good life in Maida Vale.
Guest Stars:
Deborah Fairfax, Jeremy Kemp, Joanna Dunham, Clive Swift, Bridget Armstrong
A young man participating in the Orange Parade in Glasgow becomes disillusioned with the pageant when he discovers its unpleasant and violent history and witnesses the participants' attacks on Catholics.
Guest Stars:
Billy Connolly
Thirty-seven men from the disputed territory of South West Africa are on trial for their lives in Pretoria, 1,000 miles from their home. They are to be tried under South Africa's Terrorism Act despite the UN ruling that South Africa must abandon its "illegal administration" of their country.
Guest Stars:
Leon Gluckman, Alton Kumalo, Nigel Hawthorne
When a stockbroker loses his job, he decides to throw a party.
Guest Stars:
Peter Barkworth, Sheila Gish, Jan Waters, John Welsh
Two women, looking for amusement on their afternoons off, visit a drinking club.
Guest Stars:
Lois Daine, Simon Rouse, Jane Lowe, Michael Byrne
In Belfast, a girl awaits the return of her missing father.
England, 1945-75: Builder Alfred Bagley makes a fortune, with a little help from his friends.
Guest Stars:
Jeremy Kemp, Andrew Ray, Paul Dawkins, Roger Lloyd Pack, Susan Penhaligon
A comedy about the law - seen from the inside. All formality and procedure on the surface but not quite so convincing when you see the works.
Guest Stars:
Richard Beckinsale, Carmen Silvera, Floella Benjamin, Royston Tickner, Nigel Hawthorne

18 Episodes