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The Long Distance Piano Player

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

Oct 15, 1970

The Right Prospectus

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

Oct 22, 1970

The Lie

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

Oct 29, 1970

Angels Are So Few

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

Nov 5, 1970

The Write-Off

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.

Nov 12, 1970

I Can't See My Little Willie

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

Nov 19, 1970

A Distant Thunder

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

Nov 26, 1970

Hearts and Flowers

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

Dec 3, 1970

Robin Redbreast

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

Dec 10, 1970

The Hallelujah Handshake

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

Dec 17, 1970

Alma Mater

A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school

Jan 7, 1971

Circle Line

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.

Jan 14, 1971

Hell's Angel

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

Jan 21, 1971

The Piano

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

Jan 28, 1971

Billy's Last Stand

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

Feb 4, 1971

The Rainbirds

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.

Feb 11, 1971

Reddick

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

Feb 18, 1971

The Foxtrot

An odd menage a trois results when a woman and her lover are visited by her long-lost husband

Apr 29, 1971

When the Bough Breaks

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

May 6, 1971

Orkney

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

May 13, 1971

The Rank and File

The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970

May 20, 1971

The Man in the Sidecar

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

May 27, 1971

Everybody Say Cheese

The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos

Jun 3, 1971

The Cellar and the Almond Tree

Jun 10, 1971