Season 3

1972–1973

Oct 9, 1972 · 75m

Two provincial newspaper reporters - one a young idealist starting out on his career, the other an embittered man who previously wrote for a failed national daily - swap views.

E2. A Life Is for Ever

Oct 16, 1972 · 75m

The story of a man serving a 30-year prison sentence for killing a cop

E3. Carson Country

Oct 23, 1972 · 75m

A story about the origin of the Stormont state

E4. Man Friday

Oct 30, 1972 · 75m

The story of Robinson Crusoe from Man Friday's viewpoint

E5. Triple Exposure

Nov 6, 1972 · 75m

A hippie breaks into the house of a middle-aged couple and forms a relationship with them

E6. Better than the Movies

Nov 13, 1972 · 75m

A man celebrating his birthday comes to appreciate the difference between media fantasy and mundane reality.

E7. The General's Day

Nov 20, 1972 · 75m

An elderly general woos a shy school teacher.

E8. The Bankrupt

Nov 27, 1972 · 75m

A washed-up executive is on the verge of bankruptcy.

E9. Just Your Luck

Dec 4, 1972 · 75m

A pregnant teenager sets about wooing a sailor in a sectarian council estate in Greenock.

E10. The Bouncing Boy

Dec 11, 1972 · 75m

A young couple have a baby boy. However, the new father doesn't take to his new position quite as well as expected.

E11. Shakespeare or Bust

Jan 8, 1973 · 75m

The adventures of three Derbyshire miners going to Stratford-upon-Avon on a barge

E12. Land of Green Ginger

Jan 15, 1973 · 75m

Faced with the prospect of being sent to work abroad, Sally Brown returns home from London to Hull, to see if she still feels the same attachment for her home town - and for her old boyfriend Mike Thurlow. Will she decide to take the job abroad or return to live with Mike in Hull?

E13. Kisses at Fifty

Jan 22, 1973 · 69m

A long-married husband leaves his family for a barmaid.

E14. Highway Robbery

Jan 29, 1973 · 75m

A man fights council plans to demolish his home to make way for a new bypass.

E15. Song at Twilight

Feb 5, 1973 · 75m

The story of a defiant football manager in terminal decline

E16. Only Make Believe

Feb 12, 1973 · 75m

As a playwright dictates notes about his newest play to his secretary, scenes from the play are acted out.

E17. For Sylvia or The Air Show

Feb 19, 1973 · 75m

Was this the finest hour? Sifting the truth and fiction about the Battle of Britain, Burrows and Harding give their own account of how the nation sees its heroes - and itself.

E18. The Operation

Feb 26, 1973 · 75m

David Adler is an operator. He strips assets, other men's wives, and his oldest friend's soul - anything for a cool million.

E19. Access to the Children

Mar 5, 1973 · 75m

Malcolmson spends every Sunday taking his children to the zoo, reflecting on the breakdown of his marriage and the events that brought about his divorce. Is there a chance the family can be brought back together?

E20. Hard Labour

Mar 12, 1973 · 75m

The trials of an overworked and underappreciated housecleaner

E21. Man Above Men

Mar 19, 1973 · 75m

"I'm the judge's daughter - I think he's a monstrous old man. I think all men who say 'I'm only doing my job' are monstrous. I've despaired of changing him. But I'd stop short of killing him."

E22. Speech Day

Mar 26, 1973 · 75m

Three underachievers have fun at a school speech day

E23. Steps Back

May 14, 1973 · 75m

"Fifteen years since I was forced t' leave, forced t' leave me roots, the territory of me heart." When Gerry takes his fiancée Nita home to Brighouse, what will they find?

E24. Three's One

Jun 4, 1973 · 75m

Are Maggie and Tony using each other as a means of communicating with Dr Leafer? Or are they using Dr Leafer as a means of communicating with each other?

E25. Edward G.--Like the Film Star

Jun 11, 1973 · 75m

Edward G. is nothing like a film star; his life has been ordinary - until now. But he's just had a shattering experience. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.

E26. Blooming Youth

Jun 18, 1973 · 75m

The problems of four people sharing an apartment

E27. The Stretch

Jun 25, 1973 · 75m

Everyone always looked after Maureen. But her husband comes home after two years in prison and finds she has grown up and he's not ready for the change.

E28. Making the Play

Jul 2, 1973 · 75m

They no longer live together because, after 11 years, the marriage is over. So why is she always turning up to see him at the most embarrassing times? And why doesn't he send her away?