1970

S5.E1 ∙ Leeds United!

Wed, Oct 30, 1974

The true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds who wanted to be paid the same as their male colleagues, but whose efforts were undermined by the trade union that they belonged to.

8.1 /10

S5.E2 ∙ Baby Love

Wed, Nov 06, 1974

After the stillbirth of her illegitimate baby, a woman steals a baby at random and is sentenced to nine months in prison.

0 /10

S5.E3 ∙ Back of Beyond

Wed, Nov 13, 1974

Olwen lives in a tumbledown farm up in the mountains - a lonely widow, virtually a recluse. Her only human contact is with the occasional shopkeeper and young Rachel, who delivers her papers. For Rachel, her visits to Olwen are half adventure, half honest friendship. But they also mean a time to 'put aside childish things.'

7.4 /10

S5.E4 ∙ The Bevellers

Wed, Nov 20, 1974

"Ye spend yer days grindin glass an' at the finish yer life's like slurry at the bottom o' the wheel. The damp gets intae the soles o' yer feet. Yer face turns tae the colour o' pomas an' ye cannae stop it. Somethin' breaks down in the ciest an' the sound o' yer voice gets thin an' one day ye're an old man, bent an' brittle. Don'stay at it, Norrie, get intae the sun an' the fresh air. Don'stay at this trade. For if ye do, it'll bend ye."

6.5 /10

S5.E5 ∙ Taking Leave

Wed, Nov 27, 1974

"Well, I hope I won'be seeing you come home in that uniform much more. Six years - that's long enough out of any man's life." Mike's time is nearly up. The army gives him a weekend pass so he's home from Ulster to decide whether to sign on again. His parents want him to stay but he's wondering whether the family's own flare-ups aren't a bit too like the Troubles he has left behind.

7.2 /10

S5.E6 ∙ Fugitive

Wed, Dec 04, 1974

After 18 years as a friar, Peter is no longer sure of his vocation. It is a happy life, maybe too much so, and now he has met Clare. Will his doubts run away with him? Runaway friars are officially "fugitives" who must be persuaded back to their order.

0 /10

S5.E7 ∙ Eleanor

Wed, Dec 11, 1974

Eleanor is unable to communicate her inner thoughts as she's bullied at school and virtually ignored by her parents. With a mundane working existence awaiting her, she desires a chance at another life - but at what cost?

6.8 /10

S5.E8 ∙ Gangsters

Wed, Jan 08, 1975

Birmingham is a melting pot of races and every community has a stake in the city's underworld. When John Kline is released from prison after serving a sentence for murder, he becomes the unwilling catalyst in a gang war.

8.1 /10

S5.E9 ∙ The After Dinner Game

Wed, Jan 15, 1975

Vice-Chancellor Bartley Humbolt has problems. His young university is almost bankrupt, his wife is threatening to leave him, his protége professor from industry is threatening to overshadow him, and his prestigious professor of history is threatening to resign. But Bartley is a born manipulator. And when he gives a dinner party, he has something very special in mind - for afters.

0 /10

S5.E10 ∙ Breath

Wed, Jan 22, 1975

Nell tries hard to cope with her husband, family and friends - but her asthma creates problems. Everyone seems to be helpful - but are they? Is there something sinister about Mrs Pritchett, the new housekeeper, or is it Nell's imagination? Who knows where reality ends and fantasy begins?

0 /10

S5.E11 ∙ The Death of a Young, Young Man

Wed, Jan 29, 1975

Billy gets a job on a farm while suspended from school. The fields offer an escape from his tower block, but his friends think he's daft. Billy can see a different kind of life ahead, doing a job he could really enjoy-but events conspire against him.

5.8 /10

S5.E12 ∙ Sunset Across the Bay

Wed, Feb 19, 1975

A married couple, after a life time of work and bringing up a family, retire and awaken to the fast changing world around them, the habitual nature of their relationship, and what they have left.

7.6 /10

S5.E13 ∙ Funny Farm

Wed, Feb 26, 1975

The working day of nurse Alan Welbeck at a psychiatric ward. Points out the conditions in UK mental hospitals - understaffing, overwork, bad pay, old inadequate buildings and unsatisfactory patient treatment and cure.

7 /10

S5.E14 ∙ Goodbye

Wed, Mar 05, 1975

"All I said was the gramophone's too loud." Tony and Zoe Lyle 's silly row starts like any other, but Tony finds that Zoe means it this time. She's walking out and he's got a week to save a marriage that he hasn't looked at in 18 years, and with it all the trappings of a good life in Maida Vale.

7.7 /10

S5.E15 ∙ Just Another Saturday

Wed, Mar 12, 1975

It's the day of the Orange Parade in Glasgow, but for Jon, the thrill of leading the parade and swinging the mace soon turns to horror as he learns the truth behind the costumes and songs.

7.8 /10

S5.E16 ∙ Child of Hope

Wed, Apr 23, 1975

Thirty-seven men from the disputed territory of South West Africa are on trial for their lives in Pretoria, 1,000 miles from their home. They are to be tried under South Africa's Terrorism Act despite the UN ruling that South Africa must abandon its "illegal administration" of their country.

0 /10

S5.E17 ∙ The Saturday Party

Wed, Apr 30, 1975

The invitations are out for Richard and Jane Elkinson's annual Christmas party. Only trouble is stockbroker Richard is out of a job.

8.2 /10

S5.E18 ∙ Wednesday Love

Wed, May 07, 1975

Two women, looking for amusement on their afternoons off, visit a drinking club.

7.4 /10

S5.E19 ∙ The Dandelion Clock

Wed, May 14, 1975

Belfast: 'On the hike' from school, her day controlled by the unreal time of the dandelion clock, Suzy embarks on an increasingly desperate search for her absent father. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.

0 /10

S5.E20 ∙ Brassneck

Wed, May 21, 1975

England, 1945-75: Builder Alfred Bagley makes a fortune, with a little help from his friends.

6.3 /10

S5.E21 ∙ The Floater

Wed, May 28, 1975

A comedy about the law - seen from the inside. All formality and procedure on the surface but not quite so convincing when you see the works.

0 /10

S5.E22 ∙ By Common Consent

Wed, Jun 04, 1975

Adapted from Paul Thompson's celebrated play for the National Youth Theatre, "By Common Consent" is set in an unnamed country sometime in the future where a League of Youth has been established to restore moral and political order. The Boys of City Zone 8 are in disgrace when four of their members desert to join the 'terrorists' in the North.

0 /10