About this season
An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.
Episodes (25)
1. Sleeping Dog
Aired 11 October 1967 • 75 min
A black barman upsets a colonial Governor who has just retired and returned to England. He locks the barman in the cellar and treats him like an animal.
2. Wanted: Single Gentleman
Aired 18 October 1967 • 75 min
The world of two simple-minded men living with a woman is disrupted by a new lodger.
3. A Black Candle for Mrs. Gogarty
Aired 25 October 1967 • 75 min
Mrs. Gogarty agrees to pay off a stranger's debt to a loan-shark, on condition that he marry her.
4. The Devil a Monk Would Be
Aired 8 November 1967 • 75 min
A community of monks decides to solve its financial predicament through the sale of a potent cure for rheumatism made from rare herbs and one hundred per cent proof alcohol.
5. Fall of the Goat
Aired 15 November 1967 • 75 min
A husband decides to impose a novel and outrageous arrangement on his wife.
6. The Profile of a Gentleman
Aired 22 November 1967 • 75 min
A gentleman thief puts together a gang to commit a perfectly executed robbery.
7. Dial Rudolph Valentino One One
Aired 29 November 1967 • 75 min
It is the morning of a notorious bachelor's wedding in this tale of marriage, friendship and non-communication between parents and children.
8. Kippers and Curtains
Aired 6 December 1967 • 75 min
The Honourable Audrey is the latest arrival at a boarding-house in a working-class area of London.
9. Death of a Private
Aired 13 December 1967 • 75 min
An army private is driven to murder when his wife falls in love with another man.
10. An Officer of the Court
Aired 20 December 1967 • 75 min
Incompetent and corrupt defence barrister Plantagenet King dreams of a grand venture into commercial law.
11. The Fat of the Land
Aired 27 December 1967 • 75 min
Five distinguished guests spend Christmas at a health farm.
12. Toggle
Aired 3 January 1968 • 75 min
An adopted child's world falls apart when his mother decides to walk out on her marriage.
13. House of Character
Aired 10 January 1968 • 75 min
Bisthorpe moves into a flat where a host of bizarre events occur: hands come through walls, light bulbs explode, furniture talks, he turns into a table-top model in an advertising agency, etc. Finally, it's revealed that the new flat is, in fact, a room in a psychiatric asylum.
14. Jamie, On a Flying Visit
Aired 17 January 1968 • 75 min
Jamie's flying visit is a somewhat sentimental one. Because Jamie is calling to see Lois, an old and dear flame he hasn't met since they left Oxford ten years ago. He is still the same old Jamie, but Lois has changed quite a bit.
15. Monsieur Barnett
Aired 24 January 1968 • 75 min
An ageing millionaire reflects on his life while being pampered at a Parisian hairdressing salon.
16. The Drummer and the Bloke
Aired 31 January 1968 • 75 min
An industrial dispute takes place in an isolated quarry while the Drummer and the Bloke look on.
17. Rebel in the Grave
Aired 7 February 1968 • 75 min
A country squire and his late friend's nephew argue over the dead man's artistic legacy.
18. Coincidence
Aired 21 February 1968 • 75 min
Three men who have avoided one another since violent events five years before meet unexpectedly one evening.
19. Light Blue
Aired 3 April 1968 • 75 min
An African-American trumpet player spends a few hours in an English provincial town, with a girl who happens to be white. As a result, each learns to care for the other, not as a "cipher of a divided society" but as a vulnerable human being.
20. Let's Murder Vivaldi
Aired 10 April 1968 • 75 min
Two couples, one fights all the time and the others let tensions in their relationship build until one stabs the other, the ones that fight end up saying oh well let's murder Vivaldi they pick up their violins and play together.
21. The Golden Vision
Aired 17 April 1968 • 75 min
Story of a group of manual workers who live and breath watching Everton FC. The gang travel to London, to watch the team play Arsenal, at Highbury. Vince discovers his wife has gone into labour and has to consider returning home early.
22. The Man Behind You
Aired 1 May 1968 • 75 min
The quiet head of a film company's dispatch department reacts violently to a practical joke.
23. Infidelity Took Place
Aired 8 May 1968 • 75 min
A happily married couple divorce for tax purposes, but their lawyer, not knowing the real reason for their divorce, falls in love with the wife.