Episodes
1. Contact
January 6, 1985
66 min
A platoon of British soldiers aggressively descend upon a car on a Northern Irish border roadside and promptly execute the driver and apprehend the passenger.
Guest Stars:
Sean Chapman, Steve Sweeney, Gary Hailes, Graham Fletcher-Cook, John Blundell
2. Poppyland
January 13, 1985
He is a respectable pillar of London society who yearns for an idyllic existence away from the noise and the smoke. She feels hemmed in by the confines of an isolated fishing village and dreams of the bright lights, and even brighter people, of the great metropolis. On a hot August day in 1883, Clement Scott, the writer, and Louie Jermy, the miller's daughter, meet each other for the first time.
4. Knockback (1)
January 27, 1985
Guest Stars:
Peggy Aitchison, Howard Lew Lewis, Pauline Collins, T.R. Bowen, Kathleen Michael
6. Lent
February 10, 1985
It is the Easter holidays at Gorse Park Preparatory School. Everyone has gone home except four elderly members of staff and young Paul Blake, the orphaned son of the former headmaster. The weather is beautiful, the countryside is lovely, but all is far from peaceful as the adults quarrel and Paul grows up.
Guest Stars:
Graham McGrath, Harry Andrews, Fabia Drake, David Langton, Constance Chapman
8. The Burston Rebellion
February 24, 1985
On a chilly winter's day in 1911, Kitty and Tom Higdon arrived in the Norfolk village of Burston to take up positions in the village school. Their arrival was to irrevocably change the lives of the villagers and their children.
Guest Stars:
Eileen Atkins, Bernard Hill, John Shrapnel, John Abineri, Frank Mills
