An Englishwoman seeking to escape her marriage arrives at French hotel.
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Helen Mirren, Ralph Bates, Brad Davis, Jean Rougerie, Nancy Nevinson
A boy feels restless during a hot summer in prewar Cornwall.
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Billie Whitelaw, Anthony Bate, Marcus D'Amico, Chloe Franks, Keith Jayne
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Christopher Casson, Mary Larkin, Robert Hamilton, Thom Delaney, Finnuala O'Shannon
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Anthony Stewart Head, Mark Hudson, Nicholas Day, Ben Forster, Chris Jenkinson
Secure in her suburban home, Virginia Fly dreams of a life of unbridled passion and romance. She feels her fantasies are about to become reality when she is asked to take part in a TV documentary about pre-marital love - a subject about which she is sadly ignorant...
Guest Stars:
Anna Massey, Noel Dyson, Avis Bunnage, Bruce Boa, Bruce Montague
Gerald is on the edge of a complete breakdown. During an afternoon with his father, he starts to come to terms with the wounding confusions and mistakes of his past—his lies, his girlfriend's suicide, his mother's obsessive love of his younger brother, and her death in a hospital when he arrived too late to communicate his real feelings for her.
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John Nettles, Joss Ackland, Ann Firbank, Annette Ekblom, Dandy Nichols
The local country dancing team of old-age pensioners is forced to change its style when Jack, its leader, arrives with a new partner, one who is younger and prettier.
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John Junkin, Elsie Randolph, Nat Jackley, Pearl Hackney, Rosamund Greenwood
An apparently happy and privileged woman begins shoplifting.
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Margaret Tyzack, Pauline Jameson, Anna Nygh, Nicholas Farrell, Kim Taylforth
The story of Aubrey Beardsley, an English illustrator and author, whose black ink drawings were influenced by Japanese woodcuts, and depicted the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He was a leading figure in the aesthetic movement which also included Oscar Wilde and James McNeill Whistler.
Guest Stars:
John Dicks, Rula Lenska, Ronald Lacey, Christopher Strauli, Sandor Elès
Four television critics gather in a Wardour Street preview theatre to see a documentary and get the surprise of their lives.
Guest Stars:
Anton Rodgers, Anna Cropper, Cherie Lunghi, Will Knightley, Bill Wallis
A keen ballroom dancer becomes an alcoholic after discovering she's infertile.
Guest Stars:
Jacqueline Tong, Albert Welling, Gillian Raine, Carol Leader
A once-famous writer, now long out of fashion, is interviewed by a disconcerting young woman.
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Eric Porter, Julie Covington
In 1945, just a year since the allied troops entered Paris, Simone arrives for her first day at M. Leon's tailoring workshop.
Guest Stars:
Lynn Farleigh, Lee Montague, Sandy Ratcliff, Paul Freeman, Caroline Hutchison
Wealthy Alexander Moore and working-class Jerry Crowe are childhood friends and, in 1914, find themselves in the same Army unit – Alex as an officer and Jerry as a private. They still remain close, however, until Jerry is court-martialed for desertion, and Alex is put in charge of the firing squad.
Guest Stars:
Alan MacNaughtan, Christopher Fairbank, Siân Phillips, Barry Foster, Daniel Day-Lewis
In 1919, the carnage of WWI has left the country desperately short of young men. Maud, who runs the farm for her crippled father, decides that it is time for her young sister Clara to be married, and a husband could provide a strong pair of hands around the place. Stan the pigman seems to fix most things, why not this?
Guest Stars:
Victoria Fairbrother, Hilary Dawson, Patrick Troughton, Donald Gee, Simon Cowell-Parker
At the moment, money is scarce and times are hard for everyone—even villains like Charlie and Denny are feeling the pinch. But their luck could change when a chance encounter with a film crew provides them with an eccentric method of getting their hands on a lot of loot.
Guest Stars:
Michael Elphick, Philip Jackson, Wolfe Morris, Debbie Wheeler, James Marcus
When James pays one of his periodic visits to his mother, he finds her curiously resigned to the loneliness she's suffered for the years since her husband's death. Somehow, she has managed to keep all the family ties intact.
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Doug Fisher, Margery Mason, Frank Mills, Victoria Burton, Joel D'Arcy
Gerald fancies himself as a bit of a gourmet and a trip to the gastronomic delights of France promises well. His wife Hilary isn't so sure; she isn't sure of a lot of things about Gerald just recently, but the menu at the extravagantly recommended La Petite Chanson provides an unexpected solution.
Guest Stars:
Anton Rodgers, Judy Cornwell, Brewster Mason, Natalie Caron, Julian Wadham
Academic scavenger Shorty believes he's tracked down some letters that reveal an unexpected side to Miss Jane Austen's nature.
Guest Stars:
Philip O'Brien, Jane Wymark, Fiona Walker, Patience Collier, Marcella Markham
Nancy is the sole inhabitant of the Isle of Annagh off the west coast of Scotland. Although World War III is raging all around she sees little of it until Michael, a young pilot officer, pays an involuntary visit and is in danger of dragging the hostilities along with him.
Guest Stars:
Diane Fletcher, Eamon Boland, Trevor T. Smith
An anthropologist observed by one of his erstwhile victims — a sophisticated comedy.
Guest Stars:
Benjamin Whitrow, John Matshikiza, Pauline Yates, Lala Lloyd, Mary Wimbush
Two women meet for lunch every two weeks to swap news. But this week is different.
Guest Stars:
Jennifer Hilary, Rosemary Martin
At a railway public house, two strangers engage in a conversation and begin to open up about their life's. Richard is an alcoholic and former stockbroker is just been released from jail. Arthur works for the railway as a points operator.
Guest Stars:
Rosalie Crutchley, Lee Montague, Ian Richardson
Jake's a professional, a married man with a reputation to maintain—and a bank to rob.
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Maurice O'Connell, Coral Atkins, Christine Hargreaves, Derek Martin, Eric Mason
Her husband Gary is behind on the central heating installation. Eunice, her best friend, has a crush on the lodger — an actor appearing in a violent play at the local rep. No wonder Tina is anxious about the housewarming.
Guest Stars:
Nigel Bennett, Carolyn Moody, Penelope Nice, David Collings, Nicholas McArdle
At a concert, Marcia picked Terry out of the crowd. So he no longer feels alone. Until he learns about her secret life and dare not tell his friends.
Guest Stars:
Kim Thomson, Gary Shail, Norman Beaton, Trevor Laird, Derek Smith
Stan McVay has given up smoking, gone on a diet and feels like hell. He's also abandoned the Ulster spud and just learned that his teenage daughter is having an affair with a married man.
Guest Stars:
Tony Rohr, Fay Howard, Valerie Lilley, Ian McElhinney, Michael McKnight
Three short stories by Irwin Shaw.
Guest Stars:
Claudine Auger, Bob Sherman, Pierre Santini, Katherine Kath, Olivier Pierre
Eddie's 40th birthday party reunites friends not seen since the old days of ton-up bikes and early rock and roll. It could be a chance to relive those 'good times', if the others can only match Eddie's enthusiasm.
Guest Stars:
Michael Elphick, Geraldine James, Karen Craig, Nicola Davies, Nicky Henson
A henpecked American visiting Europe is able to throw off his ghastly wife and find love.
Guest Stars:
Paul Scofield, Geraldine McEwan, Toby Robins, Bruce Lidington
A famous writer finds that a long-suppressed secret is about to be revealed by his former mistress.
Guest Stars:
Bruce Lidington, Paul Scofield, Deborah Kerr, June Tobin

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