Episode 1
Mrs. Reinhardt
Oct 30, 1981
An Englishwoman seeking to escape her marriage arrives at French hotel.
Episode 2
Last Summer's Child
Nov 6, 1981
A boy feels restless during a hot summer in prewar Cornwall.
Episode 3
Autumn Sunshine
Nov 13, 1981
Episode 4
The Grudge Fight
Nov 27, 1981
Episode 5
Virginia Fly Is Drowning
Dec 4, 1981
Secure in her suburban home, Virginia Fly dreams of a life of unbridled passion and romance. She feels her fantasies are about to become reality when she is asked to take part in a TV documentary about pre-marital love - a subject about which she is sadly ignorant...
Episode 6
Findings on a Late Afternoon
Dec 11, 1981
Gerald is on the edge of a complete breakdown. During an afternoon with his father, he starts to come to terms with the wounding confusions and mistakes of his past—his lies, his girlfriend's suicide, his mother's obsessive love of his younger brother, and her death in a hospital when he arrived too late to communicate his real feelings for her.
Episode 7
Dancing Country
Dec 18, 1981
The local country dancing team of old-age pensioners is forced to change its style when Jack, its leader, arrives with a new partner, one who is younger and prettier.
Episode 8
The Combination
Jan 8, 1982
Episode 9
A Silly Little Habit
Jan 15, 1982
An apparently happy and privileged woman begins shoplifting.
Episode 10
Aubrey
Jan 22, 1982
The story of Aubrey Beardsley, an English illustrator and author, whose black ink drawings were influenced by Japanese woodcuts, and depicted the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He was a leading figure in the aesthetic movement which also included Oscar Wilde and James McNeill Whistler.
Episode 11
Preview
Jan 29, 1982
Four television critics gather in a Wardour Street preview theatre to see a documentary and get the surprise of their lives.
Episode 12
Out of Step
Feb 5, 1982
A keen ballroom dancer becomes an alcoholic after discovering she's infertile.
Episode 13
A Shilling Life
Feb 12, 1982
A once-famous writer, now long out of fashion, is interviewed by a disconcerting young woman.
Episode 14
The Workshop
Feb 19, 1982
In 1945, just a year since the allied troops entered Paris, Simone arrives for her first day at M. Leon's tailoring workshop.
Episode 15
How Many Miles to Babylon?
Feb 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.
Episode 16
The Pigman's Protégé
Mar 5, 1982
In 1919, the carnage of WWI has left the country desperately short of young men. Maud, who runs the farm for her crippled father, decides that it is time for her young sister Clara to be married, and a husband could provide a strong pair of hands around the place. Stan the pigman seems to fix most things, why not this?
Episode 17
A Pocketful of Dreams
Mar 12, 1982
At the moment, money is scarce and times are hard for everyone—even villains like Charlie and Denny are feeling the pinch. But their luck could change when a chance encounter with a film crew provides them with an eccentric method of getting their hands on a lot of loot.
Episode 18
Keeping in Touch
Mar 19, 1982
When James pays one of his periodic visits to his mother, he finds her curiously resigned to the loneliness she's suffered for the years since her husband's death. Somehow, she has managed to keep all the family ties intact.
Episode 19
The Guest
Mar 26, 1982
Gerald fancies himself as a bit of a gourmet and a trip to the gastronomic delights of France promises well. His wife Hilary isn't so sure; she isn't sure of a lot of things about Gerald just recently, but the menu at the extravagantly recommended La Petite Chanson provides an unexpected solution.
Episode 20
The Sidmouth Letters
Apr 2, 1982
Academic scavenger Shorty believes he's tracked down some letters that reveal an unexpected side to Miss Jane Austen's nature.
Episode 21
The Queen of Annagh
Apr 16, 1982
Nancy is the sole inhabitant of the Isle of Annagh off the west coast of Scotland. Although World War III is raging all around she sees little of it until Michael, a young pilot officer, pays an involuntary visit and is in danger of dragging the hostilities along with him.
Episode 22
By George
Apr 23, 1982
An anthropologist observed by one of his erstwhile victims — a sophisticated comedy.
Episode 23
Lunch
Apr 30, 1982
Two women meet for lunch every two weeks to swap news. But this week is different.
Episode 24
Passing Through
May 7, 1982
At a railway public house, two strangers engage in a conversation and begin to open up about their life's. Richard is an alcoholic and former stockbroker is just been released from jail. Arthur works for the railway as a points operator.
Episode 25
Jake's End
May 14, 1982
Jake's a professional, a married man with a reputation to maintain—and a bank to rob.
Episode 26
Housewarming
May 21, 1982
Her husband Gary is behind on the central heating installation. Eunice, her best friend, has a crush on the lodger — an actor appearing in a violent play at the local rep. No wonder Tina is anxious about the housewarming.
Episode 27
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.
Episode 28
Potatohead Blues
Jun 4, 1982
Stan McVay has given up smoking, gone on a diet and feels like hell. He's also abandoned the Ulster spud and just learned that his teenage daughter is having an affair with a married man.
Episode 29
Irwin Shaw Triple Bill: The Man Who Married a French Wife / The Monument / The Girls in Their Summer Dresses
Jun 11, 1982
Three short stories by Irwin Shaw.
Episode 30
Chains
Jun 18, 1982
Eddie's 40th birthday party reunites friends not seen since the old days of ton-up bikes and early rock and roll. It could be a chance to relive those 'good times', if the others can only match Eddie's enthusiasm.
Episode 31
Come Into the Garden, Maud
Jul 7, 1982
A henpecked American visiting Europe is able to throw off his ghastly wife and find love.
Episode 32
A Song at Twilight
Jul 9, 1982
A famous writer finds that a long-suppressed secret is about to be revealed by his former mistress.
Episode 33
Fraulein Else
Jan 14, 1983
Episode 34
Imaginary Friends
Apr 1, 1983
Episode 35
Possibilities
May 20, 1983
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