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Season 41973

Series 4

October 17, 1973

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22 episodes
Season 4
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

Oct 18, 19731h 15m0 votes
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Mrs Palfrey tries hard to be accepted by the other residents at the Claremont. But then she meets Ludo and a real friendship begins.

5 guest stars
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Her Majesty's Pleasure

Her Majesty's Pleasure

Oct 25, 19731h 15m0 votes

They are all 'in' for life so the pleasures are sparse, and strictly of their own making. Their really big event is the Christmas pantomime, only this year they have lost their star. Mother Bear has escaped. Still, there is some consolation. The new arrival looks a likely Goldilocks. 'There's one or two who'll be after him,' says Woodbine - and he knows all their weaknesses.

4 guest stars
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Jack Point

Jack Point

Nov 1, 19731h 15m0 votes
Director: Michael Apted

An amateur operatic society is preparing a Gilbert and Sullivan production, and someone new is needed for the role of Jack Point - but who will break this to the veteran who's always done it?

4 guest stars
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The Emergency Channel

The Emergency Channel

Nov 8, 19731h 15m0 votes
Director: Robert Knights

Dean has a rare talent. He can be made happy. He exudes happiness and confidence like a rare blossom. Both Sarah in the past, and Julia now, could do this for him. But where are they now that he is alone in Battersea Park with two suitcases and no memory?

4 guest stars
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Mummy and Daddy

Mummy and Daddy

Nov 15, 19731h 15m0 votes

An early retirement and a seaside bungalow-for Arthur and Marion it's not a chance to miss, especially since their son is buying the bungalow. Arthur's full of plans - GCE, garden, beach-not to mention his own "bit of an interesting diversion." But after a year the delight is beginning to tarnish.

2 guest stars
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Private Practice

Private Practice

Nov 22, 19731h 15m0 votes
Director: Peter Cregeen

Why does Sylvia Payne , with her successful husband and luxurious home, get in such a flap about her daughter's school friend coming to visit?

2 guest stars
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Shutdown

Shutdown

Nov 29, 19731h 15m0 votes
Director: John Mackenzie

Bernie gets a temporary job as an electrician during a factory's annual minimal workforce period. But what secrets is Bernie hiding, and is he really all he claims?

2 guest stars
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Baby Blues

Baby Blues

Dec 6, 19731h 15m0 votes

After ten years of trying, Lavinia, and a large team of medics, finally manage to produce a live baby. She should now be able to start living her dream, but what happens next is not at all the paradise she has been looking forward to.

4 guest stars
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Jingle Bells

Jingle Bells

Dec 13, 19731h 15m0 votes
Director: Claude Whatham

Family Christmas, presents, drink, Christmas Eve at the club, Boxing Day football - but, among the celebrations, some hard home-truths.

3 guest stars
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The Lonely Man's Lover

The Lonely Man's Lover

Jan 17, 19741h 15m0 votes

A young farmgirl begins a romance with an artist

1 guest star
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All Good Men

All Good Men

Jan 31, 19741h 15m0 votes
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg

An elderly politician looks back over his career while being interviewed by a TV producer.

4 guest stars
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Joe's Ark

Joe's Ark

Feb 14, 19741h 15m0 votes
Director: Alan Bridges

A pet shop owner forsakes his religious beliefs when his daughter gets cancer

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Hot Fat

Hot Fat

Feb 21, 19741h 15m0 votes

Sauna baths are supposed to relax you, but it rather depends who you meet in there.

2 guest stars
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Easy Go

Easy Go

Mar 7, 19741h 15m0 votes
Director: Michael Tuchner

A group of Deptford youngsters hang about by the River Thames on a hot day. When they and some nearby dockers spot a valuable copper boiler floating in the river the two rival factions try to get at it first. The youngsters succeed, but on their way to the totter's yard they are waylaid by the adults, who take the copper off them.

5 guest stars
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Headmaster

Headmaster

Mar 14, 19741h 15m0 votes
Director: Anthony Page

Fisher is good at his job but in new circumstances that isn't enough: he has to face the risks of competition for something bigger.

5 guest stars
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Penda's Fen
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Penda's Fen

Mar 21, 19741h 15m1 votes
Director: Alan Clarke

Summer 1955, and pastor's son Stephen must come to terms with his own identity amid societal pressure, religious guilt and his own imaginings. Penda's Fen is a British television play which was written by David Rudkin and directed by Alan Clarke. Commissioned by BBC producer David Rose, it was transmitted as part of the corporation's Play for Today series.

7 guest stars
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Pigeon--Hawk or Dove?

Pigeon--Hawk or Dove?

Mar 28, 19741h 15m0 votes

At the climax of the School Sports something went drastically wrong. Now, Wallace Pidgeon faces the contradictory demands of the bird-watching headmaster, his pupils, his pork-magnate father-in-law and his "child bride."

4 guest stars
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Three for the Fancy

Three for the Fancy

Apr 11, 19741h 15m0 votes
Director: Michael Simpson

Further adventures of three Derbyshire miners

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The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil

Jun 6, 19741h 15m0 votes
Director: John Mackenzie

The exploitation of the Scottish land and its people from the 18th century to the present

1 guest star
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Schmoedipus

Schmoedipus

Jun 20, 19741h 15m0 votes

A young man persuades a woman that he is her son.

3 guest stars
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The Childhood Friend

The Childhood Friend

Jun 27, 19741h 15m0 votes
Director: Mike Newell

On holiday, with his family, nothing to do and his wife ill, Sasha is only too pleased to meet again the girl he loved at 17.

5 guest stars
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A Follower for Emily

A Follower for Emily

Jul 4, 19741h 15m0 votes
Director: Alan Clarke

The friendship of two residents of a retirement home ends up in marriage

1 guest star
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