About this season
A series of plays from Birmingham by new writers.
Episodes (7)
1. The Medium
Aired 15 October 1973
'Honestly, mam, it's all a load of rubbish. I mean, I read me horoscope and things like that, for a joke... but this.'
2. Mrs Pool's Preserves
Aired 22 October 1973
Adie and Astral share a taste for literature and freedom, but Zena has long since set the jam just the way she likes it.
3. If a Man Answers
Aired 29 October 1973
Dogs are like their owners - grey-hounds are nasty, staffords are for fighting. You can't blame the dogs - it's nature.
4. The Movers
Aired 5 November 1973
'The way to get on, son, is to accept the kind of jobs you have to grit your teeth to do.' Martin enjoys moving furniture, but not bodies.
5. King of the Castle
Aired 12 November 1973
'Most fellers, if they'd seen a mate go under that press, they'd never go back.' Can Brocky?
6. Patrons
Aired 19 November 1973
'Two million years wasted making leather bags. For what? For what? There's more to life.' Harry Ravitz suddenly sees the world in a new light.
7. That Time of Life
Aired 26 November 1973
Another chance to see David Cregan's first television play "That Time of Life" with John Neville and Peter Bayliss 'There does come a time, I know, when age knows less than youth. I don't think I've reached it.' (from Birmingham)