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Tomkinson's Schooldays

Episode number: 1

Overview: Set in the frontier days of British education, when upper lips were stiff with cold and corporal punishment was an A-level. A savage, searing indictment of something or other.

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

Episode number: 2

Overview: A boy becomes a man in the harsh world of the Depression. The rough, tough story of folk who couldn't afford to go on the Jarrow March.

Escape From Stalag Luft 112B

Episode number: 3

Overview: A tale of courage and valour behind the lines in the Kaiser's Germany. An inspiring story of camp life and a British officer who wouldn't lie down.

Murder at Moorstones Manor

Episode number: 4

Overview: Hugo and Dora drive down to see Mumsie and Dadsie-pie for a long weekend in the country. But their tophole weekend turns out to be longer than they thought.

Across the Andes by Frog

Episode number: 5

Overview: The epic story of one man and six frogs who tried to defy the world in the greatest gamble of all.

The Curse of the Claw

Episode number: 6

Overview: The terrifying story of a man who dabbled in the dark mysteries of the Orient, and lived to tell the tale. Or did he?