1. The Long Distance Piano Player

A man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing

Air Date : 1970-10-15

2. The Right Prospectus

A couple look for the proper school, not for their children but for themselves.

Air Date : 1970-10-22

3. The Lie

""The Lie"" refers to the 8-year marriage of a couple who are constantly hurting each other.

Air Date : 1970-10-29

4. Angels Are So Few

A man claiming to be an angel enters the household of a bored housewife and teaches the family a few lessons.

Air Date : 1970-11-05

5. The Write-Off

A man is made redundant but can't bring himself to let anyone know, plunging into a web of deceit as he keeps up the charade he is still in work.

Air Date : 1970-11-12

6. I Can't See My Little Willie

A man has a mid-life crisis in his brother's pub where sees life as a game show

Air Date : 1970-11-19

7. A Distant Thunder

A newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was witness to his treachery during the war.

Air Date : 1970-11-26

8. Hearts and Flowers

A TV host and his architect brother attend their father's funeral

Air Date : 1970-12-03

9. Robin Redbreast

A woman living in a country cottage thinks that someone is trying to get her.

Air Date : 1970-12-10

10. The Hallelujah Handshake

A petty thief and social misfit finagles his way into a church congregation

Air Date : 1970-12-17

11. Alma Mater

A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school

Air Date : 1971-01-07

12. Circle Line

A cynical student has a radically different view of life from his landlady, leading to conflict. Matters come to a head when he sleeps with her fourteen-year-old brother.

Air Date : 1971-01-14

13. Hell's Angel

A couple are distressed by the changes in their adopted teenage son when he joins a biker gang.

Air Date : 1971-01-21

14. The Piano

An old couple refuse to move when they find out that they can't take their piano with them

Air Date : 1971-01-28

15. Billy's Last Stand

Billy, a self-employed coal-shoveller, gains a seedy business partner and competition in the form of a rival coal-shoveller.

Air Date : 1971-02-04

16. The Rainbirds

A man who attempted suicide by jumping out a window is saved only to live in a coma, in which he has fantasies about his relatives and nightmare creatures.

Air Date : 1971-02-11

17. Reddick

Charges that the Rev 'Red' Reddick is exploiting his youth club members leads to an explosive confrontation.

Air Date : 1971-02-18

18. The Foxtrot

An odd menage a trois results when a woman and her lover are visited by her long-lost husband

Air Date : 1971-04-29

19. When the Bough Breaks

When an injured baby arrives at the hospital, a social worker looks for the parents

Air Date : 1971-05-06

20. Orkney

A trilogy of plays--A Time to Keep, The Whaler's Return, and Celia--exploring the life of the islanders in the past and present

Air Date : 1971-05-13

21. The Rank and File

The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970

Air Date : 1971-05-20

22. The Man in the Sidecar

A succesful novelist Edith lives with her husband and his friend, but she decides to ask the friend to leave.

Air Date : 1971-05-27

23. Everybody Say Cheese

The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos

Air Date : 1971-06-03

24. The Cellar and the Almond Tree

Air Date : 1971-06-10