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Episode 2

The Right Prospectus

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

Episode 3

The Lie

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

Episode 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.

Episode 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.

Episode 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

Episode 7

A Distant Thunder

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

Episode 8

Hearts and Flowers

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

Episode 9

Robin Redbreast

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

Episode 10

The Hallelujah Handshake

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

Episode 11

Alma Mater

A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school

Episode 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.

Episode 13

Hell's Angel

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

Episode 14

The Piano

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

Episode 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.

Episode 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.

Episode 17

Reddick

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

Episode 18

The Foxtrot

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

Episode 19

When the Bough Breaks

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

Episode 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

Episode 21

The Rank and File

The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970

Episode 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.

Episode 23

Everybody Say Cheese

The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos

Episode 24

The Cellar and the Almond Tree