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Season 11970

Series 1

October 14, 1970

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24 episodes
Season 1
The Long Distance Piano Player

The Long Distance Piano Player

Oct 15, 19701h 15m0 votes
Director: Philip Saville

A man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing

3 guest stars
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The Right Prospectus

The Right Prospectus

Oct 22, 19701h 15m0 votes
Director: Alan Cooke

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

2 guest stars
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The Lie

The Lie

Oct 29, 19701h 15m0 votes
Director: Alan Bridges

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

15 guest stars
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Angels Are So Few

Angels Are So Few

Nov 5, 19701h 15m0 votes
Director: Gareth Davies

A man claiming to be an angel enters the household of a bored housewife and teaches the family a few lessons.

3 guest stars
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The Write-Off

The Write-Off

Nov 12, 19701h 15m0 votes

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.

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I Can't See My Little Willie

I Can't See My Little Willie

Nov 19, 19701h 15m0 votes
Director: Alan Clarke

A man has a mid-life crisis in his brother's pub where sees life as a game show

8 guest stars
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A Distant Thunder

A Distant Thunder

Nov 26, 19701h 15m0 votes
Director: James Ferman

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

4 guest stars
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Hearts and Flowers

Hearts and Flowers

Dec 3, 19701h 15m0 votes
Director: Christopher Morahan

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

5 guest stars
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Robin Redbreast

Robin Redbreast

Dec 10, 19701h 15m0 votes

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

4 guest stars
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The Hallelujah Handshake

The Hallelujah Handshake

Dec 17, 19701h 15m0 votes
Director: Alan Clarke

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

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Alma Mater

Alma Mater

Jan 7, 19711h 15m0 votes
Director: James Ferman

A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school

5 guest stars
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Circle Line

Circle Line

Jan 14, 19711h 15m0 votes
Director: Claude Whatham

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.

3 guest stars
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Hell's Angel

Hell's Angel

Jan 21, 19711h 15m0 votes

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

5 guest stars
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The Piano

The Piano

Jan 28, 19711h 15m0 votes

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

2 guest stars
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Billy's Last Stand

Billy's Last Stand

Feb 4, 19711h 15m0 votes
Director: John Glenister

Billy, a self-employed coal-shoveller, gains a seedy business partner and competition in the form of a rival coal-shoveller.

2 guest stars
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The Rainbirds

The Rainbirds

Feb 11, 19711h 15m0 votes
Director: Philip Saville

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.

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Reddick

Reddick

Feb 18, 19711h 15m0 votes

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

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The Foxtrot

The Foxtrot

Apr 29, 19711h 15m0 votes
Director: Philip Saville

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

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When the Bough Breaks

When the Bough Breaks

May 6, 19711h 15m0 votes
Director: James Ferman

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

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Orkney

Orkney

May 13, 19711h 15m0 votes

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

4 guest stars
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The Rank and File

The Rank and File

May 20, 19711h 15m0 votes
Director: Ken Loach

The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970

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The Man in the Sidecar

The Man in the Sidecar

May 27, 19711h 15m0 votes

A succesful novelist Edith lives with her husband and his friend, but she decides to ask the friend to leave.

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Everybody Say Cheese

Everybody Say Cheese

Jun 3, 19711h 15m0 votes
Director: Alan Clarke

The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos

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The Cellar and the Almond Tree

The Cellar and the Almond Tree

Jun 10, 19710 votes

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