Episodes
2. To Be a Farmer's Boy
January 18, 1975
Victor Cheiney is a farmworker, married with two children. He is under notice to quit his tied cottage. The bailiff is due in days, and Cheiney has nowhere to go. This true story of what happened is painful and shocking. The series of events that followed the eviction reached a point of tragedy that threatened to engulf the Cheineys, divide the family, and shatter the marriage.
3. To Celia a Son
February 2, 1975
The little bull calf Celia bore In winter 1974 was slaughtered so that human beings could drink her milk. But to keep that milk flowing it was crucial that she should calve again quickly. There was need for expert stockman-ship, the skill of the artificial inseminator and the services of Cliftonmill Olympus II.
4. The Appeal
February 16, 1975
The story of one man's attempt to reunite under one roof the woman he claims is his wife, and the child he claims is his daughter. The action of this documentary moves from Lyallpur in North Pakistan, to Islamabad, to Bradford and Leeds as Mohammed Akram tries to prove to British Immigration Officers that Rafiqa is his wife and entitled to live in Britain. Finally it is up to the adjudicator of an immigration appeals hearing in Leeds to exercise the wisdom of Solomon. Is Mohammed Akram a liar, and Rafiqa an impostor? Or are they, in fact, man and wife?
5. Muscle Men
February 25, 1975
Who is the most beautiful man in the whole of Britain? This year's Mr United Kingdom Championship in Liverpool resolved the question. This Inside Story is about the three most likely muscle men and their trainers, the men who mastermind the sculpting of bodies into living works of art.
