Seasons & episodes
14 seasons · 314 episodes
Episode 01
The Long Distance Piano Player
A man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing
Episode 02
The Right Prospectus
A couple look for the proper school, not for their children but for themselves.
Episode 03
The Lie
""The Lie"" refers to the 8-year marriage of a couple who are constantly hurting each other.
Episode 04
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 05
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 06
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 07
A Distant Thunder
A newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was witness to his treachery during the war.
Episode 08
Hearts and Flowers
A TV host and his architect brother attend their father's funeral
Episode 09
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
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