About this season
A series of plays from Birmingham by new writers.
Episodes (7)
1. Pig Bin
Aired 28 October 1974
"Sling me in here? Nobody slings the King of the Kop anywhere. Not even the pigs." In a police special incidents room, a young soccer supporter meets his hero.
2. Sunday Tea
Aired 4 November 1974
Maple and Derry behave just like their parents and teatime at their place gives Adam a shock.
3. Silence
Aired 11 November 1974
The strike is over, but in a small Cornish boatyard, bitterness remains.
4. Fight for Shelton Bar
Aired 18 November 1974
The right to work... The words and actions of the people fighting to keep open the steelworks at Shelton Bar, North Staffordshire. Adapted from the theatre production at Stoke-on-Trent's Victoria Theatre, and performed in the studio by members of the original cast.
5. Squire
Aired 25 November 1974
Alfy is 30 and on the dole. So what does he want with a stuffed tern, a shooting stick, a Harris Tweed suit and a shotgun?
6. Too Hot to Handle
Aired 2 December 1974
Suzanne thought Peter the ideal husband, and theirs the ideal marriage. Then she looked in his wardrobe ...
7. The Festive Poacher
Aired 16 December 1974
His Gran wants a car, his girl friend wants a ring. But it was Tommy who stole the turkeys, and he wants something quite different.