A married barrister's life begins to unravel when it seems that his high-strung mistress may reveal all.
An author tells an old school chum that he is about to publish a novel revealing their old relationship.
Moss is a miser whose only love is his grandson. Then tragedy strikes, and Moss is "reborn."
Guest Stars:
Warren Mitchell, Stephen Greif, John Lyons
An American woman corresponds with a London bookshop owner over a period of 20 years
Guest Stars:
Frank Finlay, Hilary Mason, Anne Jackson, Ann Penfold, Connie Booth
Terry has begun to neglect his wife for a life of drinking, weight lifting, pigeon racing and other women. But when his best friend Albert returns from the navy and begins to pay Terry's wife some attention, what will be the outcome?
Guest Stars:
David Daker, Gordon Rollings, Liz Smith, Susan Tracy, Derrick O'Connor
"You expect to face a bit of danger when you travel. Half the fun of it. But you keep cool and bluff your way out. After all, we're all British aren't we?"
Guest Stars:
Albert Moses, Georgina Hale, Godfrey James, Gerry Cowper
A boy enjoys success in the choir until his voice breaks at puberty.
Guest Stars:
Leonard Rossiter
A woman goes into hospital to receive treatment for breast cancer.
A group of Asians plans to sneak into England using a fishing boat
Guest Stars:
Tariq Yunus
Rumpole defends a young West Indian boy accused of attempted murder.
Guest Stars:
Vernon Dobtcheff, George Sweeney, Leo McKern, Peter Spraggon
An aggressive lesbian disrupts the lives of those around her.
Guest Stars:
Jane Lapotaire, Lynne Frederick, Benedict Taylor, Michael Gambon, Eve Pearce
Smug married couple Keith and Candice Marie “keen exponents of their belief in organic health food, exercise and the environment” are on a camping holiday, where they find that it is not always easy to be tolerant of others when they don't share the same enthusiasms.
A long-distance lorry driver; a spaceman; a volunteer under reduced environmental conditions; a man in solitary confinement: the discomfort of these people is shared by Doran - when he can't put his finger on the panic button.
Guest Stars:
Peter Eyre, Susan Glanville, Frederick Treves, Tony Robinson
John Barrett returns to his remote hill farm after 20 years to deal with some unfinished business, and finds himself once again in conflict with the locals.
Guest Stars:
Ian Gelder
A woman encounters trouble when she arrives home late at night, but her neighbors on a nearby estate claim to have seen and heard nothing.
Guest Stars:
Geoffrey Hinsliff, Geoffrey Palmer, Allan Surtees, Graham Ashley, Eve Pearce
The fish quay is a happy hunting ground for an ambitious young rogue like Bob, who has an eye on the boss's business - and all that goes with it.
Guest Stars:
Neil Phillips, Tim Healy
An end-of-term play with a difference as Ozzie and the boys break into a hard rock number. But even though they make the big time, success has its darker side.
Guest Stars:
Linda Robson, David Dixon, Denis Lawson, Candace Glendenning, Sylvia Kay
A play based on three short stories about the Scottish people and their relationship with the land: ""Clay"" concerns a farmer's obsession with his fields to the exclusion of his dying wife; ""Smeddum"" is about an indomitable woman and her large family; and ""Greenden"" tells the story of an unhappy woman from the city living with her indifferent husband in the country.
Guest Stars:
Fulton Mackay, Anne Kristen, Angus Lennie
Why has Sonia taken to writing letters to her husband, posted to him in the letter-box just outside their house - love letters, on blue paper, recalling with increasing vividness the early days of their courtship and marriage?
Guest Stars:
Richard Pasco, Patrick Troughton, Elizabeth Spriggs
A divorced woman is introduced to a separated man at an awkward dinner party.
Guest Stars:
Joan Hickson, Rosemary Leach, Michael Gambon
One pill, and you're floating on air. A different one, and you're full of lead. Married, mortgaged, broke, a love-affair gone sour - which drug can help Alec?
Guest Stars:
Leslie Dwyer, John Hurt, Kim Hartman, Louise Jameson, Bernard Hill
A story about a father's attempts at single parenthood
Guest Stars:
Amanda Barrie, Gwyneth Strong
A playwright spends an afternoon in a hotel room with an actress who takes on the role of call girl for research purposes.
Guest Stars:
Alan Dobie, Malcolm Terris, Stanley Lebor

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