1970

S4.E1 ∙ Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

Wed, Oct 17, 1973

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

7.9 /10

S4.E2 ∙ Her Majesty's Pleasure

Wed, Oct 24, 1973

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.

0 /10

S4.E3 ∙ Jack Point

Wed, Oct 31, 1973

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?

5.8 /10

S4.E4 ∙ The Emergency Channel

Wed, Nov 07, 1973

This edition is missing from the BBC archives.

0 /10

S4.E5 ∙ Mummy and Daddy

Wed, Nov 14, 1973

This edition is missing from the BBC archives.

0 /10

S4.E6 ∙ Private Practice

Wed, Nov 21, 1973

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? This edition is missing from the BBC archives.

0 /10

S4.E7 ∙ Shutdown

Wed, Nov 28, 1973

Bernie (Freddie Fletcher) 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?

7.4 /10

S4.E8 ∙ Baby Blues

Wed, Dec 05, 1973

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.

5.5 /10

S4.E9 ∙ Jingle Bells

Wed, Dec 12, 1973

Family Christmas, presents, drink, Christmas Eve at the club, Boxing Day football - but, among the celebrations, some hard home-truths. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.

0 /10

S4.E10 ∙ The Lonely Man's Lover

Wed, Jan 16, 1974

A young farm-girl begins a romance with an artist.

7.1 /10

S4.E11 ∙ All Good Men

Wed, Jan 30, 1974

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

7.3 /10

S4.E12 ∙ Joe's Ark

Wed, Feb 13, 1974

The religious beliefs of pet shop owner Joe (Freddie Jones) are shaken by the terminal illness of his daughter Lucy (Angharad Rees). For Potter, this play "makes more than a wry nod at possibilities which can comprehend pain, or disgust, or the implacable presence of death itself."

7.3 /10

S4.E13 ∙ Hot Fat

Wed, Feb 20, 1974

Sauna baths are supposed to relax you, but it rather depends who you meet in there. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.

0 /10

S4.E14 ∙ Easy Go

Wed, Mar 06, 1974

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.

6.8 /10

S4.E15 ∙ Headmaster

Wed, Mar 13, 1974

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.

5.7 /10

S4.E16 ∙ Penda's Fen

Wed, Mar 20, 1974

Summer 1955, and pastor's son Stephen must come to terms with his own identity amid societal pressure, religious guilt and his own imaginings.

7.1 /10

S4.E17 ∙ Pidgeon - Hawk or Dove?

Wed, Mar 27, 1974

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."

5.8 /10

S4.E18 ∙ Three for the Fancy

Wed, Apr 10, 1974

The further adventures of three Derbyshire miners on holiday.

0 /10

S4.E19 ∙ The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black Black Oil

Wed, Jun 05, 1974

Drama documentary adaptation of John McGrath's play staged by the 7:84 theatre company dealing with the exploitation of the Scottish people throughout history, from the brutal evictions of the Highland crofters by landowners to make way for the more economically viable Cheviot sheep in the 18th century, the development of stag hunts in Highland game parks in the 19th century and finally the exploitation of resources during the oil boom of the 1970's.

8.6 /10

S4.E20 ∙ Schmoedipus

Wed, Jun 19, 1974

When a stranger, Glen, appears at the door of middle-aged Elizabeth Carter, he claims to be the illegitimate son she gave away at birth, and she accepts his story.

8 /10