About this season
Anthology of stories about love, many adapted from short stories or novels.
Episodes (6)
1. Down at the Hydro
Aired 4 September 1983
The Colonel is in search of health, not romance, when he visits the Elm Park Hydro, for rest and exercise. Things change when he meets Ms Mackay.
2. Miss A. and Miss M.
Aired 11 September 1983
A young girl and her mother stay at a shabby guesthouse. She's enchanted by her holidays, and in particular by Miss Alliott who shares the cottage with a companion, Miss Martin.
3. Mrs. Silly
Aired 18 September 1983
Diffident and perpetually flustered mother tries to keep the affections of her son, continually embarrassing him in front of school mates and teachers, while he sees his (jolly) father in a stable and calm relationship with his new wife. She struggles to find her own identity.
4. Letting the Birds Go Free
Aired 25 September 1983
A farm family catch a young man stealing eggs from their barn. Seemingly homeless, the man stays with them. Daughter Grace is disgusted by the stranger at first. The relationship between the outsider and the family changes course.
5. Fireworks for Elspeth
Aired 2 October 1983
The story involves the tension between a young girl preparing to enter a convent and her mother, who plans a cruel going away party. Based on a short story by Rumer Godden.
6. To the Camp and Back
Aired 9 October 1983
A British woman falls for a German prisoner of war, despite the fact that her fiancée was killed by Germans during the war.