1x1 - The Long Distance Piano Player

October 15, 1970

A man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing

1x2 - The Right Prospectus

October 22, 1970

A couple look for the proper school, not for their children but for themselves.

1x3 - The Lie

October 29, 1970

""The Lie"" refers to the 8-year marriage of a couple who are constantly hurting each other.

1x4 - Angels Are So Few

November 5, 1970

A man claiming to be an angel enters the household of a bored housewife and teaches the family a few lessons.

1x5 - The Write-Off

November 12, 1970

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.

1x6 - I Can't See My Little Willie

November 19, 1970

A man has a mid-life crisis in his brother's pub where sees life as a game show

1x7 - A Distant Thunder

November 26, 1970

A newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was witness to his treachery during the war.

1x8 - Hearts and Flowers

December 3, 1970

A TV host and his architect brother attend their father's funeral

1x9 - Robin Redbreast

December 10, 1970

A woman living in a country cottage thinks that someone is trying to get her.

1x10 - The Hallelujah Handshake

December 17, 1970

A petty thief and social misfit finagles his way into a church congregation

1x11 - Alma Mater

January 7, 1971

A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school

1x12 - Circle Line

January 14, 1971

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.

1x13 - Hell's Angel

January 21, 1971

A couple are distressed by the changes in their adopted teenage son when he joins a biker gang.

1x14 - The Piano

January 28, 1971

An old couple refuse to move when they find out that they can't take their piano with them

1x15 - Billy's Last Stand

February 4, 1971

Billy, a self-employed coal-shoveller, gains a seedy business partner and competition in the form of a rival coal-shoveller.

1x16 - The Rainbirds

February 11, 1971

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.

1x17 - Reddick

February 18, 1971

Charges that the Rev 'Red' Reddick is exploiting his youth club members leads to an explosive confrontation.

1x19 - When the Bough Breaks

May 6, 1971

When an injured baby arrives at the hospital, a social worker looks for the parents

1x20 - Orkney

May 13, 1971

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

1x21 - The Rank and File

May 20, 1971

The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970

1x22 - The Man in the Sidecar

May 27, 1971

A succesful novelist Edith lives with her husband and his friend, but she decides to ask the friend to leave.

1x23 - Everybody Say Cheese

June 3, 1971

The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos

1x24 - The Cellar and the Almond Tree

June 10, 1971