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Groundbreaking one-off plays in late 1960s, launching careers of Potter, Loach, Mercer and Hopkins. Notable works like "Cathy Come Home" and "Up the Junction" tackled social issues like homelessness and abortion.

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34 Episodes

  • Catch As Catch Can
    E1
    Catch As Catch CanBased on the play "La foire d'empoigne" by Jean Anouilh.
  • A Crack in the Ice
    E2
    A Crack in the IceA soldier named Postnikov rescues a drowning man.
  • In Camera
    E3
    In CameraThree people find themselves sharing a room with no way out. As they talk, the nature of the room and how they came to be there is gradually revealed.
  • Pale Horse, Pale Rider
    E4
    Pale Horse, Pale RiderA young woman's dreams of death but The Pale Rider fills her dreams along with her lover.
  • The Big Breaker
    E5
    The Big BreakerA lodger, recuperating from a heart attack, sets his sights on his landlady.
  • Mr. Douglas
    E6
    Mr. DouglasCoronation Day, 1761: A merchant entertains a guest with an extraordinary secret.
  • Malatesta
    E7
    MalatestaSigismondo Malatesta is a condottiere, a mercenary for hire and patron of the arts.
  • The July Plot
    E8
    The July PlotDramatisation of the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in July 1944 by a conspiracy of high-ranking German Army officers.
  • First Love
    E9
    First LoveA study of a boy's passion for an older girl as he discovers the difference between infatuation and true love.
  • Tap on the Shoulder
    E10
    Tap on the ShoulderArchibald Cooper is a London gangster who is living the life of a country squire while running a criminal empire. He learns that he's getting a knighthood so invites some old associates to country house unaware they are planning a robbery.
  • Sir Jocelyn, the Minister Would Like a Word...
    E11
    Sir Jocelyn, the Minister Would Like a Word...A group of politicians and university dons argue over whether a new university should have a chapel or a state-of-the-art lecture hall.
  • The Navigators
    E12
    The NavigatorsA tale of romance between two working class navvies.
  • Fable
    E13
    FableIn a parallel totalitarian Great Britain, those in authority are Black people, and white people are their social underdogs — a reversal of the situation in then-contemporary apartheid South Africa.
  • Dan, Dan the Charity Man
    E14
    Dan, Dan the Charity ManDan Sankey, the charity knocker, has become a national celebrity but who is the man behind the image?
  • Ashes to Ashes
    E15
    Ashes to AshesBarbara is an assertive, clever, liberated woman, her own boss. Who'd think she could be swept off her feet by a handsome stranger for whom she'd give up her career, London, everything? Especially as her new husband maybe wants to kill her.
  • Wear a Very Big Hat
    E16
    Wear a Very Big HatA young couple celebrate their wedding anniversary with a night on the town.
  • The Confidence Course
    E17
    The Confidence CourseA trio of swindlers advertise a self-assertiveness seminar, lure a dozen victims to a hotel and attempt to persuade them to enroll in their course. However, a man claiming to be 18th century critic-essayist William Hazlitt attacks the consumerist values outlined by the motivational speaker.
  • Campaign for One
    E18
    Campaign for OneAstronaut Osborne is stuck in a malfunctioning capsule. As he goes round and round the Earth, he starts telling jokes and secrets. When the time comes to bring him down to Earth, he can't face it as he feels like a sexual failure.
  • Horror of Darkness
    E19
    Horror of DarknessPeter and Cathy are initially delighted to see their charismatic, subtly domineering friend Robin. But he outstays his welcome, and that's to say the least of it.
  • A Little Temptation
    E20
    A Little TemptationA writer is having an affair with a married woman and gets embroiled with the other women in her life.
  • Moving On
    E21
    Moving On
  • Cat's Cradle
    E22
    Cat's Cradle
  • Three Clear Sundays
    E23
    Three Clear SundaysThe story is of a young man, Danny Lee, imprisoned for six months after attacking a police officer. In prison he is talked into attacking a warden by two more experienced criminals so that they can come to the warden's rescue and obtain an early release. The warden dies, and the protagonist is sentenced to death by hanging. Three clear Sundays refers to the time that must elapse between a sentence to death and execution. The writer, James O'Connor, had previously been sentenced to death but was given a reprieve.
  • The Interior Decorator
    E24
    The Interior Decorator
  • Auto-Stop
    E25
    Auto-Stop
  • The Good Shoe Maker and the Poor Fish Peddler
    E26
    The Good Shoe Maker and the Poor Fish Peddler
  • Cemented with Love
    E27
    Cemented with Love
  • A Knight in Tarnished Armour
    E28
    A Knight in Tarnished Armour
  • For the West
    E29
    For the West
  • And Did Those Feet?
    E30
    And Did Those Feet?
  • The Man Without Papers
    E31
    The Man Without Papers
  • The Pistol
    E32
    The Pistol
  • Women in Crisis: With Love and Tears
    E33
    Women in Crisis: With Love and Tears
  • The Seven O'Clock Crunch
    E34
    The Seven O'Clock Crunch

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