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Season 5

August 21, 1968

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Season 5
Mrs Lawrence Will Look After It

Mrs Lawrence Will Look After It

Aug 21, 19681h 15m0 votes
Director: John Mackenzie

When an elderly woman is hospitalised, the truth behind her illegal adoption of 14 children is revealed.

6 guest stars
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Spoiled

Spoiled

Aug 28, 19681h 15m0 votes
Director: Waris Hussein

A schoolmaster invites a nineteen-year-old student to stay with him and his wife to cram for imminent exams.

4 guest stars
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The Gorge

The Gorge

Sep 4, 19681h 15m0 votes
Director: Christopher Morahan

A teenage boy reluctantly accompanies his ghastly family on a coarse bank-holiday day out to local beauty spot and tourist trap, the Cheddar Gorge.

4 guest stars
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A Night with Mrs. Da Tanka

A Night with Mrs. Da Tanka

Sep 11, 19681h 15m0 votes
Director: John Gorrie

A lonely bachelor, seeking his long-lost sweetheart at a boarding house, meets a serial divorcée.

5 guest stars
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Charlie

Charlie

Sep 18, 19680 votes
Director: Michael Hayes

James has come in search of his feckless older brother, Charlie, to ask him to come home and settle down.

3 guest stars
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Anyone For Tennis?

Anyone For Tennis?

Sep 25, 19680 votes
Director: Claude Whatham

Garry committed suicide to escape disgrace and imprisonment. Does he now have the chance to change the circumstances leading to his downfall?

4 guest stars
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Mooney and his Caravans

Mooney and his Caravans

Oct 2, 19680 votes
Director: James Ferman

A couple move to a caravan park, where the owner is a petty dictator.

4 guest stars
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The Lower Largo Sequence

The Lower Largo Sequence

Oct 9, 19680 votes
Director: Pharic Maclaren

A man seeks his inner island.

4 guest stars
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Hello, Good Evening and Welcome

Hello, Good Evening and Welcome

Oct 16, 19680 votes
Director: Claude Whatham

A talk-show host is required to examine his conscience and also the ethics of "good television".

4 guest stars
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A Bit of Crucifixion, Father

A Bit of Crucifixion, Father

Oct 23, 19680 votes
Director: Geoffrey Nethercott

A doctor advises a woman not to proceed with her latest pregnancy, contrary to her strict Catholic upbringing.

4 guest stars
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Nothing Will be The Same

Nothing Will be The Same

Oct 30, 19680 votes
Director: Peter Hammond

A family becomes increasingly suspicious of the relationship between the mother and a mysterious stranger who starts to follow her around.

4 guest stars
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A Beast With Two Backs

A Beast With Two Backs

Nov 6, 19680 votes
Director: Lionel Harris

An isolated New Forest community in 19th Century Britain. A young local girl is murdered by a mentally disturbed youth, but the villagers blame a stranger, an Italian traveling showman and his bear, rather than see the rot in their own camp.

4 guest stars
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On the Eve of Publication

On the Eve of Publication

Nov 27, 19680 votes
Director: Alan Bridges

An author hosts a dinner party to celebrate the publication of his new novel.

4 guest stars
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The Fabulous Frump

The Fabulous Frump

Jan 8, 19690 votes
Director: Peter Hammond

A fashion editor competes for the affections of a designer with their new male model.

4 guest stars
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Smoke Screen

Smoke Screen

Jan 15, 19690 votes
Director: Donald McWhinnie

A successful advertising executive who promotes a brand of cigarettes is reproached by his family when his mother contracts terminal lung cancer.

5 guest stars
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Dr. Aitkinson's Daughter

Dr. Aitkinson's Daughter

Jan 21, 19690 votes
Director: Gilchrist Calder

After a year as a Volunteer Service Overseas worker, a young woman returns home in search of love and understanding.

6 guest stars
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The Apprentices

The Apprentices

Jan 29, 19690 votes
Director: James Ferman

A portrait of the life of some Northern apprentices.

3 guest stars
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Birthday

Birthday

Feb 5, 19690 votes
Director: Claude Whatham

A woman unwittingly springs a surprise at her sister's 27th birthday party.

4 guest stars
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The Big Flame

The Big Flame

Feb 12, 19690 votes
Director: Ken Loach

Dock workers under the threat of redundancy, work day and night in an attempt to keep employed by running the workforce themselves.

4 guest stars
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A Serpent in Putney

A Serpent in Putney

Feb 19, 19690 votes
Director: Geoffrey Nethercott

An off-beat romance in bed-sitter land.

4 guest stars
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Bami Powl Zapl

Bami Powl Zapl

Mar 5, 19690 votes
Director: William Slater

A young man bitterly regrets his part in an attack on a bank cashier.

4 guest stars
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Cathy Come Home

Cathy Come Home

Mar 28, 19690 votes
Director: Ken Loach

A play about a British woman's descent into poverty and homelessness because of her country's rigid and problem-ridden welfare system.

8 guest stars
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Sling Your Hook

Sling Your Hook

Apr 2, 19690 votes
Director: Michael Tuchner

A group of coal miners from Nottingham go on their annual trip to Blackpool.

4 guest stars
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A Child and a Half

A Child and a Half

Apr 9, 19690 votes
Director: Alan Bridges

A man enters into a correspondence with his colleague's eight-year-old daughter.

4 guest stars
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Son of Man

Son of Man

Apr 16, 19690 votes
Director: Gareth Davies

Dennis Potter's controversial reading of the life of Christ, with Jesus portrayed as a hearty, fiery, well-meaning carpenter who believes that people should try to love their enemies rather than fight all the time, but who is racked by self doubt as to whether or not he is the popularly anticipated Messiah.

7 guest stars
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The Exiles

The Exiles

Apr 23, 19690 votes
Director: Herbert Wise

Three Trinidadians consider what it means to be exiles in an essentially white society.

4 guest stars
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Blodwen, Home from Rachel's Marriage

Blodwen, Home from Rachel's Marriage

Apr 30, 19690 votes
Director: Alan Cooke

The daughter of a religious Welsh family becomes the centrepiece of a bizarre student festival.

4 guest stars
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