This Man Craig

Total Seasons :2Total Episodes : 52

This Man Craig was a TV drama series produced by BBC Scotland and screened over 52 episodes in 1966 and 1967. It was set in a secondary school in the fictional Scottish town of Strathaird. Episodes were filmed at Glasgow’s Bellahouston Academy and Glenwood School. The series dealt with the everyday issues affecting both staff and pupils at Strathaird School, and in particular the titular charact...

Episodes(26)

With Luv from Rosie

1. With Luv from Rosie

Robertson, the Headmaster, gives Craig the unpleasant task of stopping an older woman teacher from using the strap on her pupils.

Air Date : 1966-01-07

Patterson

2. Patterson

When a boy is shoved down a flight of stairs and knocked out it falls to Craig to prove what everyone already knows - that the deed was done by the school 'hard case', Kenny Patterson.

Air Date : 1966-01-14

The Search

3. The Search

The death of a loved one is hard to accept at any age. For thirteen year old Hamish it is the beginning of a night of terror.

Air Date : 1966-01-21

A Wise Father

4. A Wise Father

Obsession can corrupt a man. Allied to jealousy it threatens to destroy Alec McGregor's whole way of life.

Air Date : 1966-01-28

Dougie

5. Dougie

The most popular boy at Strathaird School should have no problems, but Dougie Seaton has plenty. As a natural leader he does what he likes: shirks lessons, not pay his debts and lead others into trouble. Craig has the task of dragging the boy back to reality.

Air Date : 1966-02-04

Girl in a Thousand

6. Girl in a Thousand

Through her outrageous schemes for bending school discipline, Chris Elliott clashes head-on with Ian Craig and the rest of the teaching staff.

Air Date : 1966-02-11

Three's Company

7. Three's Company

The small American community at Strathaird becomes the focus of a 'Yanks - Go Home' campaign.

Air Date : 1966-02-18

Live Like a Man

8. Live Like a Man

Davy Murchie is a late developer, though hitherto he has been as much of a 'rough diamond' as the rest of Lower Four. Now, at fourteen, he is showing a passion for mathematics, coupled with a brilliant ability. He is confused and his family and friends don't understand what has happened to him. The only person who can help him is his Maths teacher, Miss Dougall.

Air Date : 1966-02-25

A Lower Deep

9. A Lower Deep

On the face of it Mr. Griffin seems a fine acquisition to the teaching staff. But before he can settle down he clashes violently with a bright boy called Innes. His savage reaction to the boy makes Ian Craig doubt his suitability.

Air Date : 1966-03-04

Sticks and Stones

10. Sticks and Stones

When Keith Mitchell keeps having one cold after another, Ian Craig's suspicions that he is playing truant are well founded - but the reasons go deeper than he suspects.

Air Date : 1966-03-11

Big Fall

11. Big Fall

The death of one of the pupils creates an atmosphere of suspicion and distrust at Strathaird School.

Air Date : 1966-03-18

The Bike

12. The Bike

Angus Galbraith works a neglected farm. Because his poverty is masked by pride he rejects as charity Craig's efforts to provide his son with a bicycle.

Air Date : 1966-03-25

Time For Protest

13. Time For Protest

Craig is in trouble after accepting an invitation to speak at a political meeting.

Air Date : 1966-04-01

The Key to it All

14. The Key to it All

A probationer teacher cannot control a difficult class. How far has the school the right to protect her from publicity?

Air Date : 1966-04-08

Tall, Fat and Ugly

15. Tall, Fat and Ugly

Wallace Welton is bullied by the other boys, given a nickname and generally knocked around.

Air Date : 1966-04-15

A Rough Passage

16. A Rough Passage

Charles Houston, an undergraduate, comes to Strathaird as a temporary teacher. He is given a rough passage before he learns how to translate his idealist theories into practice.

Air Date : 1966-04-22

The Expedition

17. The Expedition

Air Date : 1966-04-29

The Romantic

18. The Romantic

Sixteen-year-old Jane Brewer has a row with her history teacher which brings her to the notice of Ian Craig, her Housemaster. He treats her sympathetically, but in doing so becomes the victim of a crush.

Air Date : 1966-05-06

Certain Standards

19. Certain Standards

Brenda Graham returns to Strathaird as housekeeper at the Big House, once her family home. Extravagant and condescending, she insists on maintaining 'certain standards'.

Air Date : 1966-05-13

Two Thousand a Year

20. Two Thousand a Year

Alec McKinlay, a miner's son, is one of Craig's brighter pupils. Opposition to his going to University comes from an expected source - and an unexpected one.

Air Date : 1966-05-20

A Question of Biology

21. A Question of Biology

Sally Scott is both precocious and vulnerable, hiding her shyness behind a facade of extrovert gaiety. One day when she writes a poem she is surprised to find that it shocks Ian Craig. His show of puritan disapproval makes Sally withdraw into a shell of resentment.

Air Date : 1966-05-27

Mates

22. Mates

Francis Cook, nicknamed 'Wee Bonkers' by his classmates because of his bookishness and old-fashioned manner, is moved to another form. Here he teams up with Fisher, one of the School's wilder spirits, with surprising results.

Air Date : 1966-06-03

The Rubbing Rag

23. The Rubbing Rag

Air Date : 1966-06-10

Whose Pigeon?

24. Whose Pigeon?

Robin Kyle runs off to the Highlands. Who is responsible for his disappearance? His Parents? The garage where he has been sent on an educational scheme? Or the School itself?

Air Date : 1966-06-17

The Golden Key to Knowledge

25. The Golden Key to Knowledge

Arriving quietly in Strathaird, Ivor Fallon, an apparently charming man, singles out a woman teacher as his natural victim for a particularly ruthless venture.

Air Date : 1966-06-24

Old Flame

26. Old Flame

Kenneth Woodburn is preparing a glossy tourist film in Scotland. An old flame of Margaret Craig, he stirs up not only the school, but Craig's family life as well.

Air Date : 1966-07-01

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