Seasons & Episodes
Catch As Catch Can
Based on the play "La foire d'empoigne" by Jean Anouilh.
A Crack in the Ice
A soldier named Postnikov rescues a drowning man.
In Camera
Three people find themselves sharing a room with no way out. As they talk, the nature of the room and how they came to b
Pale Horse, Pale Rider
A young woman's dreams of death but The Pale Rider fills her dreams along with her lover.
The Big Breaker
A lodger, recuperating from a heart attack, sets his sights on his landlady.
Mr. Douglas
Coronation Day, 1761: A merchant entertains a guest with an extraordinary secret.
Malatesta
Sigismondo Malatesta is a condottiere, a mercenary for hire and patron of the arts.
The July Plot
Dramatisation of the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in July 1944 by a conspiracy of high-ranking German Army of
First Love
A study of a boy's passion for an older girl as he discovers the difference between infatuation and true love.
Tap on the Shoulder
Archibald Cooper is a London gangster who is living the life of a country squire while running a criminal empire. He lea
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-ar
The Navigators
A tale of romance between two working class navvies.
Fable
In a parallel totalitarian Great Britain, those in authority are Black people, and white people are their social underdo
Dan, Dan the Charity Man
Dan Sankey, the charity knocker, has become a national celebrity but who is the man behind the image?
Ashes to Ashes
Barbara is an assertive, clever, liberated woman, her own boss. Who'd think she could be swept off her feet by a handsom
Wear a Very Big Hat
A young couple celebrate their wedding anniversary with a night on the town.
The Confidence Course
A trio of swindlers advertise a self-assertiveness seminar, lure a dozen victims to a hotel and attempt to persuade them
Campaign for One
Astronaut Osborne is stuck in a malfunctioning capsule. As he goes round and round the Earth, he starts telling jokes an
Horror of Darkness
Peter and Cathy are initially delighted to see their charismatic, subtly domineering friend Robin. But he outstays his w
A Little Temptation
A writer is having an affair with a married woman and gets embroiled with the other women in her life.
Moving On
A soldier faces a court-martial for killing his friend.
Cat's Cradle
A couple move to the country, but the wife feels isolated and finds companionship with her cat.
Three Clear Sundays
A dull witted young labourer from a criminal family is sent to gaol for a minor crime, leaving his pregnant girlfriend u
The Interior Decorator
An interior decorator takes a millionaire's wife on a guided tour of her new home.
Auto-Stop
A young couple go on a hitch-hiking tour of Europe.
The Good Shoe Maker and the Poor Fish Peddler
An account of the shocking Sacco-Vanzetti case of the 1920s, where two working-class Italian immigrants to the US were e
Cemented with Love
It is general election night in a constituency in Northern Ireland.
A Knight in Tarnished Armour
Tom is a working class Scots teenager, but he dreams of much more.
For the West
White mercenary forces prepare to attack rebel, pro-Lumumbist troops in the Congo
And Did Those Feet?
Lord Fountain hates his illegitimate twin boys as he does not seem to be able to produce legitimate heirs.
The Man Without Papers
Years ago, it was Roscoe who kept his friends alive in a Korean prison camp. Now, he's penniless and without papers in L
The Pistol
A young private with a pistol deals with the aftershock of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Women in Crisis: With Love and Tears
The Seven O'Clock Crunch
Martin has a mid-life crisis.
The War Game
Alice
In this look at Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), aka Lewis Carroll, Potter mixed biographical drama with a psycholo
The Girl Who Loved Robots
Night club girl Victory Ducann is found murdered, the main suspect is an astronaut, but police are prevented from approa
A Designing Woman
Milly has been at it again.
Up The Junction
Fragments of the life of three working-class women, and the people around them, in South London in the 1960s. Scenes in
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
An elderly right-wing politician is kidnapped, seemingly as part of a student prank. But his captors have a more alarmin
The End of Arthur's Marriage
A simple-minded man on the outs with his wife and her family must take a large amount of his father-in-law's hard-earned
Tomorrow, Just You Wait
Jimmy is young, earning good money and going out with a smashing girl. What more could a man wish for?
The Bond
Newlyweds Chris and Sally are young and attractive, with successful careers and a beautiful home. Their future is rosy.
Stand Up, Nigel Barton
It deals with the experiences of Nigel Barton, a young man from a poor mining community who wins a scholarship to Oxford
Vote, Vote, Vote For Nigel Barton
Candidate Nigel Barton goes from idealism to cynicism as he becomes disillusioned and suspicious of hollow campaign prom
The Coming Out Party
A boy begins a search in Notting Hill shortly before Christmas.
The Bone Yard
Mrs. Miller wants to know why her husband has been working nights. PC Miller claims that a statue of Jesus on the cross
A Man On Her Back
John is an aspiring composer and pianist at a club and Mary is a single girl that he meets there. When friendship turns
Rodney, Our Intrepid Hero
Anything Incorporated, an exclusive club devoted to providing the illegal and unattainable for its clients. Our intrepid
Calf Love
A young English exchange student staying with a German family falls for the daughters.
Silent Song
Life in a Trappist monastery offers a life of contemplation and hard labour.
Who's A Good Boy Then?
Billy Oates meets a lady in a market and, taken by his kindness, she invites him to lodge with her and her husband. A ri
A Game - Like - Only A Game
Two boys hatch a plan to get some money to go to the seaside.
Why Aren't You Famous?
A young Irish woman named Eileen comes to Britain with romantic ideas of fame and fortune and meets Toppet, a struggling
Macready's Gala
The Headmaster and governors of a boarding school are accidentally locked in the new memorial room with the convicted Gr
A Walk In The Sea
Author James Hanley, Irish by birth and Welsh by adoption, crafted a TV play about a lonely spinster having her cottage
Boy In The Smoke
Barlowe of the Car Park
We spend a day with Barlowe, a council car park attendant.
The Portsmouth Defence
After an assault a man tries to find justice in court only to find that his incompetent prosecution team and the attract
Pity About The Abbey
Satirical play in which businessmen want to destroy Westminster Abbey to make way for a bypass.
The Big Man Coughed and Died
Louie, a married factory worker, has just been made redundant when he meets a girl in a park and decides to change his l
The Snow Ball
A passionate, ambiguous relationship begins between two people who meet at a masked ball.
A Cheery Soul
When a bossy do-gooder becomes homeless, she is passed from home to home.
The Connoiseur
A cynical housemaster at a boarding school tries to feather his nest in advance of his forthcoming retirement.
The Retreat
A young priest, newly arrived in Dublin, is conducting a retreat for the first time.
Ape and Essence
Eighty years after a nuclear war ravaged the British Isles, a team of scientists from New Zealand come to conduct a surv
Toddler on the Run
Morris, a homunculus, is under suspicion of having stolen the swimming pool fund from a girls' school.
The Executioner
Follows the assassination of Leon Trotsky.
Way Off Beat
Arthur Bradshaw is a successful fixer, with plans to start a night club.
A Soiree at Blossom's Hotel
A police raid on Edna Bossom's discreet hotel would be most ill-advised, in the opinion of Superintendent Willow; but on
Cock, Hen and Counting Pit
A couple revisit a past love affair when they meet again ten years later.
Photo Finish
Eighty years old, Sam, a famous writer, looks back on his life and tempestuous marriage, and meets himself at the ages o
A Hero of our Time
A young Russian embarks on an affair as a relief from boredom but so brings about his doom.
The Frighteners
A Piece of Resistance
A retired colonel is enduring the invasion of the Channel Islands when his household is disrupted by the arrival of a Ge
Where the Buffalo Roam
A mentally disturbed Welsh teenager is obsessed with Westerns. His volatile temperament loses him the few people who mig
The Head Waiter
It is end of the season and the head waiter at the seaside hotel has some marvellous tales to tell a young boy.
Cathy Come Home
A play about a British woman's descent into poverty and homelessness because of her country's rigid and problem-ridden w
The Private Tutor
A mother, anxious to secure her daughter's admission to Oxford, invites a young male graduate to lodge with them.
A Pyre for Private James
A major faces a court martial, accused of the wilful murder of Private James.
A Tale of Two Wives
A tale of two wives: one a blonde living in a chic Parisian apartment and the other a brunette with a smart mews flat in
Little Master Mind
The Barking brothers dote on their parents and do a lot of good work for charity but the police are determined to bring
The Mayfly and the Frog
Following an accident, the rider of a rusting old scooter pursues the driver of a Rolls Royce to a Mayfair mansion and f
Person To Person
A twenty-two-year-old architecture student appears at the door of a divorced thirty-something journalist and asks to use
The Order
An inspector in Austria investigates the death, over twenty years earlier, of a teenage girl who fell into a canal and d
Everybody's Rich Except Us
Eddie Marble admires the lifestyles of the rich and wants a piece for himself.
The Lump
Yorky is considered a troublemaker by the building site manager. When they sack him a strike is called but lost after th
Who's Going to Take Me On?
The adventures of a knicker factory worker aspiring to be a sales representative.
Death of a Teddy Bear
Inspired by a real-life case, a woman encourages her lover to murder her older husband.
Days in the Trees
A frail old woman meets a middle-aged man - her estranged son, whom she hasn't seen for five years.
In Two Minds
In a series of small vignettes, we follow the course of a manic-depressive girl through high and low instances, slowly f
Another Day, Another Dollar
A new steward on a large passenger liner finds himself subject to "charges" levied by the senior bar steward.
Public Inquiry
A tired signalman waits to be relieved. However, there are four trains to be guided through and some of the equipment do
A Crucial Week in the Life of a Grocer's Assistant
John Joe Moran is pulled between the compulsion to leave his small town in Ireland and the desire to stay.
A Breach in the Wall
A parish church is undergoing restoration, when a coffin bearing the seal of Thomas à Becket, the martyred Archbishop o
The Voices in the Park
The life and passions of a speaker at Hyde Park Corner.
Dismissal Leading to Lustfulness
A young man, newly dismissed from his job, returns home to a party where the other partygoers seem determined that he an
A Brilliant Future Behind Him
A minor driving offence is being tried in court, but the case involves a rich young heiress, a dope peddler, and a Shado
Message for Posterity
An elderly painter, once radical and confrontational, is given a final commission - to paint the portrait of the former
A Way with the Ladies
Josh and Maisie come to Italy after the passing of the old lady who had been living in their sapre room but are soon dra
The Playground
Walter has three children, by his estranged wife and his current partner, so he is far too busy to get a job, preferring
Drums Along the Avon
A liberal white man becomes a Muslim to promote racial harmony.
Sleeping Dog
A black barman upsets a colonial Governor who has just retired and returned to England. He locks the barman in the cella
Wanted: Single Gentleman
The world of two simple-minded men living with a woman is disrupted by a new lodger.
A Black Candle for Mrs. Gogarty
Mrs. Gogarty agrees to pay off a stranger's debt to a loan-shark, on condition that he marry her.
The Devil a Monk Would Be
A community of monks decides to solve its financial predicament through the sale of a potent cure for rheumatism made fr
Fall of the Goat
A husband decides to impose a novel and outrageous arrangement on his wife.
The Profile of a Gentleman
A gentleman thief puts together a gang to commit a perfectly executed robbery.
Dial Rudolph Valentino One One
It is the morning of a notorious bachelor's wedding in this tale of marriage, friendship and non-communication between p
Kippers and Curtains
The Honourable Audrey is the latest arrival at a boarding-house in a working-class area of London.
Death of a Private
An army private is driven to murder when his wife falls in love with another man.
An Officer of the Court
Incompetent and corrupt defence barrister Plantagenet King dreams of a grand venture into commercial law.
The Fat of the Land
Five distinguished guests spend Christmas at a health farm.
Toggle
An adopted child's world falls apart when his mother decides to walk out on her marriage.
House of Character
Bisthorpe moves into a flat where a host of bizarre events occur: hands come through walls, light bulbs explode, furnitu
Jamie, On a Flying Visit
Jamie's flying visit is a somewhat sentimental one. Because Jamie is calling to see Lois, an old and dear flame he hasn'
Monsieur Barnett
An ageing millionaire reflects on his life while being pampered at a Parisian hairdressing salon.
The Drummer and the Bloke
An industrial dispute takes place in an isolated quarry while the Drummer and the Bloke look on.
Rebel in the Grave
A country squire and his late friend's nephew argue over the dead man's artistic legacy.
Coincidence
Three men who have avoided one another since violent events five years before meet unexpectedly one evening.
Light Blue
An African-American trumpet player spends a few hours in an English provincial town, with a girl who happens to be white
Let's Murder Vivaldi
Two couples, one fights all the time and the others let tensions in their relationship build until one stabs the other,
The Golden Vision
Story of a group of manual workers who live and breath watching Everton FC. The gang travel to London, to watch the team
The Man Behind You
The quiet head of a film company's dispatch department reacts violently to a practical joke.
Infidelity Took Place
A happily married couple divorce for tax purposes, but their lawyer, not knowing the real reason for their divorce, fall
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Mrs Lawrence Will Look After It
When an elderly woman is hospitalised, the truth behind her illegal adoption of 14 children is revealed.
Spoiled
A schoolmaster invites a nineteen-year-old student to stay with him and his wife to cram for imminent exams.
The Gorge
A teenage boy reluctantly accompanies his ghastly family on a coarse bank-holiday day out to local beauty spot and touri
A Night with Mrs. Da Tanka
A lonely bachelor, seeking his long-lost sweetheart at a boarding house, meets a serial divorcée.
Charlie
James has come in search of his feckless older brother, Charlie, to ask him to come home and settle down.
Anyone For Tennis?
Garry committed suicide to escape disgrace and imprisonment. Does he now have the chance to change the circumstances lea
Mooney and his Caravans
A couple move to a caravan park, where the owner is a petty dictator.
The Lower Largo Sequence
A man seeks his inner island.
Hello, Good Evening and Welcome
A talk-show host is required to examine his conscience and also the ethics of "good television".
A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
A doctor advises a woman not to proceed with her latest pregnancy, contrary to her strict Catholic upbringing.
Nothing Will be The Same
A family becomes increasingly suspicious of the relationship between the mother and a mysterious stranger who starts to
A Beast With Two Backs
An isolated New Forest community in 19th Century Britain. A young local girl is murdered by a mentally disturbed youth,
On the Eve of Publication
An author hosts a dinner party to celebrate the publication of his new novel.
The Fabulous Frump
A fashion editor competes for the affections of a designer with their new male model.
Smoke Screen
A successful advertising executive who promotes a brand of cigarettes is reproached by his family when his mother contra
Dr. Aitkinson's Daughter
After a year as a Volunteer Service Overseas worker, a young woman returns home in search of love and understanding.
The Apprentices
A portrait of the life of some Northern apprentices.
Birthday
A woman unwittingly springs a surprise at her sister's 27th birthday party.
The Big Flame
Dock workers under the threat of redundancy, work day and night in an attempt to keep employed by running the workforce
A Serpent in Putney
An off-beat romance in bed-sitter land.
Bami Powl Zapl
A young man bitterly regrets his part in an attack on a bank cashier.
Cathy Come Home
A play about a British woman's descent into poverty and homelessness because of her country's rigid and problem-ridden w
Sling Your Hook
A group of coal miners from Nottingham go on their annual trip to Blackpool.
A Child and a Half
A man enters into a correspondence with his colleague's eight-year-old daughter.
Son of Man
Dennis Potter's controversial reading of the life of Christ, with Jesus portrayed as a hearty, fiery, well-meaning carpe
The Exiles
Three Trinidadians consider what it means to be exiles in an essentially white society.
Blodwen, Home from Rachel's Marriage
The daughter of a religious Welsh family becomes the centrepiece of a bizarre student festival.
The Parachute
Pitchi Poi
The Last Train through Harecastle Tunnel
A shy clerk suffers from his colleagues petty office politics and contemptuous treatment of him, but this weekend, as a
Patterson O.K.
A story about growing up, falling in love and settling old scores in the unfriendly environment of a big city.
The Mark II Wife
A woman who suspects her husband of having an affair reveals her suspicions at a party.
Close the Coalhouse Door
The history of the mining industry in the northeast of England is told through family drama, comedy sketches and song.
The Sad Decline of Arthur Maybury
A schoolmaster takes to drink.
All Out for Kangaroo Valley
Two young Australians on holiday in London find that the "old country" has its problems.
Happy
The story of an up-and-coming businessman.
There Is Also Tomorrow
The commanding officer of a regiment handling nuclear missiles is shocked to see his daughter Sally on television taking
The Compartment/Playmates
In the first part, an insane man boards a quiet railway coach and starts to annoy a patient man trying to read a paper w
Blood of the Lamb
A student architect and his black girlfriend set out from South Africa to Britain. On the voyage, the student shares a c
The Vortex
Young Nicky Lancaster must cope with the discovery that his socialite mother is a drug addict.
It Wasn't Me
A couple seek a desperate remedy to the problem of a burdensome parent.
The Season of the Witch
A young woman quits her dull job in the typing pool, and goes off on a search for personal freedom.
Mille Miglia
The Hunting of Lionel Crane
An army deserter hides out on a country estate but falls foul of the gamekeeper.
Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred
A tragi-comic study of a Northern funeral.
Mad Jack
Second Lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers protests the appalling and unnecessary sacrifice of men
Nathan and Tabileth
A young man befriends an elderly couple, claiming to be their grandson.
The Italian Table
A junk dealer is caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between a woman, her husband and his mistress when they sell a pie
The Boy Who Wanted Peace
Two Glaswegian youngsters are caught up in sectarian gang warfare.
The Cellar and the Almond Tree
A former poet, now a Communist Party official in the German Democratic Republic, becomes entangled in the political mach
The Year of the Sex Olympics
No Trams to Lime Street
Three young merchant seamen from Liverpool take shore leave in their home city after three years away.
To See How Far It Is 1: Murphy's Law
To See How Far It Is 2: The Curse of the Donkins
To See How Far It Is 3: To See How Far It Is
Wine of India
In the year 2050, advances in medicine have resulted in a need for population control. People reaching the age of 100 mu
Sovereign's Company
A young man from an army family with a long tradition of honour and distinction goes to a military academy as an officer
Party Games
Emma's Time
Emma, who lived with an author for the last two years of his life, is involved in a television film about him.
Chariot of Fire
A prison visitor becomes involved with a convicted sex offender.
Wind Vs. Polygamy
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