8x1 - Mrs. Reinhardt

October 30, 1981

An Englishwoman seeking to escape her marriage arrives at French hotel.

8x2 - Last Summer's Child

November 6, 1981

A boy feels restless during a hot summer in prewar Cornwall.

8x3 - Autumn Sunshine

November 13, 1981

8x4 - The Grudge Fight

November 27, 1981

8x5 - Virginia Fly Is Drowning

December 4, 1981

8x6 - Findings on a Late Afternoon

December 11, 1981

8x7 - Dancing Country

December 18, 1981

8x8 - The Combination

January 8, 1982

8x9 - A Silly Little Habit

January 15, 1982

A woman with an apparently happy and privileged life begins shoplifting.

8x10 - Aubrey

January 22, 1982

A play about the brilliant, shocking Victorian artist Aubrey Beardsley, who died in his twenties.

8x11 - Preview

January 29, 1982

8x12 - Out of Step

February 5, 1982

A keen ballroom dancer begins to drink heavily when she discovers she's infertile.

8x13 - A Shilling Life

February 12, 1982

A once-famous writer, now long out of fashion, is interviewed by a disconcerting young woman.

8x14 - The Workshop

February 19, 1982

8x15 - How Many Miles to Babylon?

February 26, 1982

Wealthy Alexander Moore and working-class Jerry Crowe are childhood friends and in 1914 find themselves in the same Army unit - Alex as an officer and Jerry as a private. They still remain close, however, until Jerry is court-martialed for desertion, and Alex is put in charge of the firing squad.

8x16 - The Pigman's Protege

March 5, 1982

8x17 - A Pocketful of Dreams

March 12, 1982

8x18 - Keeping in Touch

March 19, 1982

8x19 - The Guest

March 26, 1982

8x20 - The Sidmouth Letters

April 2, 1982

Shorty, an academic scavenger, believes he has tracked down some letters revealing an unexpected side to Miss Jane Austen's nature.

8x21 - The Queen of Annagh

April 16, 1982

8x22 - By George

April 23, 1982

8x23 - Lunch

April 30, 1982

Two women meet for lunch every two weeks to swap news. But this week is different.

8x24 - Passing Through

May 7, 1982

8x25 - Jake's End

May 14, 1982

8x26 - Housewarming

May 21, 1982

8x27 - Easy Money

May 28, 1982

At a concert, Marcia picked Terry out of the crowd. So he no longer feels alone. Until he learns about her secret life and dare not tell his friends.

8x28 - Potatohead Blues

June 4, 1982

8x29 - Irwin Shaw Triple Bill: The Man who Married a French Wife/The Monument/The Girls

June 11, 1982

8x30 - Chains

June 18, 1982

8x31 - Come Into the Garden, Maud

July 7, 1982

A henpecked American visiting Europe is able to throw off his ghastly wife and find love.

8x32 - A Song at Twilight

July 9, 1982

A famous writer finds that a long-suppressed secret is about to be revealed by his former mistress.

8x34 - Imaginary Friends

April 1, 1983

8x35 - Possibilities

May 20, 1983