Episodes
1. The Love Girl and the Innocent
September 16, 1973
127 min
Nemov is an honest man serving a term of 10 years for violations of Article 58. Nemov falls in love with Lyuba, who is having sex with the camp doctor Mereshchun, in exchange for better food and living conditions.
Guest Stars:
David Leland, Gabrielle Lloyd, Richard Durden, Patrick Stewart, Allan Surtees
2. The Common
October 27, 1973
An exploration of the relationship between two couples from different social classes: one wealthy and Conservative, one poor and socialist.
Guest Stars:
Vivien Merchant, Peter Jeffrey, Dennis Waterman, Gwen Taylor, Shelagh Fraser
3. The Recruiting Officer
October 18, 1973
Scoundrels are put on notice and women (literally) wear the pants in this uproarious comedy. Recruiting officers travel from port to port wooing men into service at sea, and women into their beds. Two such men, Worthy and Plume, land in Shrewsbury each in love with a woman who lives there.
Guest Stars:
David Battley, Jane Asher, Ian McKellen, Brian Blessed, George Merritt
4. Pygmalion
December 16, 1973
120 min
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
Guest Stars:
James Villiers, Lynn Redgrave, Ronald Fraser, Emrys Jones, Lally Bowers
5. The Changeling
January 20, 1974
103 min
A woman falls in love with a sea captain, and plots to kill her fiance.
Guest Stars:
Helen Mirren, Stanley Baker, Brian Cox, Alan Webb, T. P. McKenna
6. The Importance of Being Earnest
February 17, 1974
100 min
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.
Guest Stars:
Julian Holloway, Michael Jayston, Coral Browne, Gemma Jones, Celia Bannerman
7. The Deep Blue Sea
March 17, 1974
A woman unhappy in her passionless marriage leaves her husband for a younger and more ardent lover.
Guest Stars:
Virginia McKenna, Peter Egan, Stephen Murray, Vladek Sheybal, Joseph Blatchley
8. The Skin Game
May 19, 1974
The rivalry between a wealthy businessman and his lower-class, self-made rival gets very personal indeed.
Guest Stars:
Paul Rogers, Barbara Jefford, Bernard Lee, Judy Geeson, Simon MacCorkindale
