1970

S6.E1 ∙ Plaintiffs and Defendants

Mon, Oct 13, 1975

Torn between a long-suffering wife and a neurotic, demanding mistress, a lawyer suffers a series of personal crises.

6.8 /10

S6.E2 ∙ Two Sundays

Mon, Oct 20, 1975

Two boys at school in the 1950s. Two professional men in their dubious prime today. Two Sundays and two crises. What have they to do with each other and which child is father of the man?

7.1 /10

S6.E3 ∙ Moss

Mon, Oct 27, 1975

Moss is a miser whose only love is his grandson. Then tragedy strikes, and Moss is "reborn."

7.8 /10

S6.E4 ∙ 84, Charing Cross Road

Mon, Nov 03, 1975

True story of a transatlantic business correspondence about used books that developed into a close friendship.

7.6 /10

Terry has begun to neglect his wife for a life of drinking, weight lifting, pigeon racing and other women. But when his best friend Albert returns from the navy and begins to pay Terry's wife some attention, what will be the outcome?

0 /10

S6.E6 ∙ Children of the Sun

Mon, Nov 17, 1975

"You expect to face a bit of danger when you travel. Half the fun of it. But you keep cool and bluff your way out. After all, we're all British aren't we?" This edition is missing from the BBC archives.

0 /10

S6.E7 ∙ After the Solo

Mon, Nov 24, 1975

"The voice will make its effect. And it will, undoubtedly, be very touching. But, tell me: after his voice has broken, can you make anything of him then?" After the solo, after the chorus, after the applause?

6.7 /10

S6.E8 ∙ Through the Night

Mon, Dec 01, 1975

Christine Potts, in hospital for a routine operation, comes to face the most important crisis in her life.

7.7 /10

S6.E9 ∙ A Passage to England

Mon, Dec 08, 1975

Anand, his pretty cousin and their sick uncle. Stranded in Amsterdam. To them England is still the land of fair play and the village green. They seem prepared to offer all they have to get there. And Onslow is prepared to take them -on his terms. Are the two parties wise to trust each other?

7.6 /10

S6.E10 ∙ Rumpole of the Bailey

Mon, Dec 15, 1975

An irreverent barrister chooses to defend a young Jamaican boy accused of stabbing on the same day his only son leaves for college in America.

8.2 /10

S6.E11 ∙ The Other Woman

Mon, Jan 05, 1976

A feisty lesbian moves in with a beautiful younger gay woman. But one of the women also has a boyfriend.

7.7 /10

S6.E12 ∙ 'Nuts in May'

Mon, Jan 12, 1976

A middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them.

7.8 /10

S6.E13 ∙ Doran's Box

Mon, Jan 19, 1976

A long-distance lorry driver; a spaceman; a volunteer under reduced environmental conditions; a man in solitary confinement: the discomfort of these people is shared by Doran - when he can't put his finger on the panic button.

6 /10

S6.E14 ∙ Packman's Barn

Mon, Jan 26, 1976

John Barrett returns to his remote hill farm after 20 years to deal with some unfinished business, and finds himself once again in conflict with the locals.

0 /10

S6.E15 ∙ A Story to Frighten the Children

Mon, Feb 02, 1976

Carol Mclain hurries home late one night, and encounters trouble. No one on the nearby estate claims to have seen or heard anything. And why should they care. A woman out so late on her own. She's asking for trouble. Isn't she?

6.4 /10

S6.E16 ∙ The Happy Hunting Ground

Mon, Feb 09, 1976

The fish quay is a happy hunting ground for an ambitious young rogue like Bob, who has an eye on the boss's business - and all that goes with it.

6.6 /10

S6.E17 ∙ Jumping Bean Bag

Mon, Feb 16, 1976

An end-of-term play with a difference as Ozzie and the boys break into a hard rock number. But even though they make the big time, success has its darker side.

7.4 /10

S6.E18 ∙ Clay, Smeddum and Greenden

Mon, Feb 23, 1976

A dramatisation of three short stories by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, adapted by Bill Craig. Loosely interlinked, they explore relationships with land and obsessional nature, all three featuring Fulton Mackay, Bill Fraser and Joan Fitzpatrick.

7.3 /10

S6.E19 ∙ Love Letters on Blue Paper

Mon, Mar 01, 1976

Why has Sonia taken to writing letters to her husband, posted to him in the letter-box just outside their house - love letters, on blue paper, recalling with increasing vividness the early days of their courtship and marriage?

7.2 /10

S6.E20 ∙ Willie Rough

Mon, Mar 08, 1976

"Ah walked 15 miles tae Greenock tae get a job and ah'm no' going hame without wan. Ah've got tae stay. Ah've got tae show folk what it's like tae live by somethin' ye believe in."

7.2 /10

S6.E21 ∙ Tiptoe Through the Tulips

Mon, Mar 15, 1976

A divorced woman is introduced to a separated man at an awkward dinner party.

7.5 /10

S6.E22 ∙ The Peddler

Mon, Mar 22, 1976

One pill, and you're floating on air. A different one, and you're full of lead. Married, mortgaged, broke, a love-affair gone sour - which drug can help Alec?

6.9 /10

S6.E23 ∙ Early Struggles

Mon, Mar 29, 1976

Kevin's wife walked out, and left him holding the baby. No sleep, dirty nappies - and a career in pop music at risk. And ahead lies a visit to the clinic. Will Kevin succeed as a mother?

6.9 /10

S6.E24 ∙ Double Dare

Mon, Apr 05, 1976

Dennis Potter's meta commentary on scriptwriting, as Helen meets writer Martin Ellis in a hotel bar to help with his writer's block. Also there is Carol, an escort girl with her client. But are they real, or merely Martin's imaginings?

7.8 /10