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The Reporters
Episode number: 1
Overview: Two provincial newspaper reporters - one a young idealist starting out on his career, the other an embittered man who previously wrote for a failed national daily - swap views.
A Life Is for Ever
Episode number: 2
Overview: The story of a man serving a 30-year prison sentence for killing a cop
Carson Country
Episode number: 3
Overview: A story about the origin of the Stormont state
Man Friday
Episode number: 4
Overview: The story of Robinson Crusoe from Man Friday's viewpoint
Triple Exposure
Episode number: 5
Overview: A hippie breaks into the house of a middle-aged couple and forms a relationship with them
Better than the Movies
Episode number: 6
Overview: A man celebrating his birthday comes to appreciate the difference between media fantasy and mundane reality.
The General's Day
Episode number: 7
Overview: An elderly general woos a shy school teacher.
The Bankrupt
Episode number: 8
Overview: A washed-up executive is on the verge of bankruptcy.
Just Your Luck
Episode number: 9
Overview: A pregnant teenager sets about wooing a sailor in a sectarian council estate in Greenock.
The Bouncing Boy
Episode number: 10
Overview: A young couple have a baby boy. However, the new father doesn't take to his new position quite as well as expected.
Shakespeare or Bust
Episode number: 11
Overview: The adventures of three Derbyshire miners going to Stratford-upon-Avon on a barge
Land of Green Ginger
Episode number: 12
Overview: Faced with the prospect of being sent to work abroad, Sally Brown returns home from London to Hull, to see if she still feels the same attachment for her home town - and for her old boyfriend Mike Thurlow. Will she decide to take the job abroad or return to live with Mike in Hull?
Kisses at Fifty
Episode number: 13
Overview: A long-married husband leaves his family for a barmaid.
Highway Robbery
Episode number: 14
Overview: A man fights council plans to demolish his home to make way for a new bypass.
Song at Twilight
Episode number: 15
Overview: The story of a defiant football manager in terminal decline
Only Make Believe
Episode number: 16
Overview: As a playwright dictates notes about his newest play to his secretary, scenes from the play are acted out.
For Sylvia or The Air Show
Episode number: 17
Overview: Was this the finest hour? Sifting the truth and fiction about the Battle of Britain, Burrows and Harding give their own account of how the nation sees its heroes - and itself.
The Operation
Episode number: 18
Overview: David Adler is an operator. He strips assets, other men's wives, and his oldest friend's soul - anything for a cool million.
Access to the Children
Episode number: 19
Overview: Malcolmson spends every Sunday taking his children to the zoo, reflecting on the breakdown of his marriage and the events that brought about his divorce. Is there a chance the family can be brought back together?
Hard Labour
Episode number: 20
Overview: The trials of an overworked and underappreciated housecleaner
Man Above Men
Episode number: 21
Overview: "I'm the judge's daughter - I think he's a monstrous old man. I think all men who say 'I'm only doing my job' are monstrous. I've despaired of changing him. But I'd stop short of killing him."
Speech Day
Episode number: 22
Overview: Three underachievers have fun at a school speech day
Steps Back
Episode number: 23
Overview: "Fifteen years since I was forced t' leave, forced t' leave me roots, the territory of me heart." When Gerry takes his fiancée Nita home to Brighouse, what will they find?
Three's One
Episode number: 24
Overview: Are Maggie and Tony using each other as a means of communicating with Dr Leafer? Or are they using Dr Leafer as a means of communicating with each other?
Edward G.--Like the Film Star
Episode number: 25
Overview: Edward G. is nothing like a film star; his life has been ordinary - until now. But he's just had a shattering experience. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
Blooming Youth
Episode number: 26
Overview: The problems of four people sharing an apartment
The Stretch
Episode number: 27
Overview: Everyone always looked after Maureen. But her husband comes home after two years in prison and finds she has grown up and he's not ready for the change.
Making the Play
Episode number: 28
Overview: They no longer live together because, after 11 years, the marriage is over. So why is she always turning up to see him at the most embarrassing times? And why doesn't he send her away?