About this season
Anthology series of dramatic works.
Episodes (50)
1. Diddled
Aired 6 September 1969
2. Episode 2
Aired 13 September 1969
3. That Woman Is Wrecking Our Marriage
Aired 20 September 1969
4. A Walk Through the Forest
Aired 27 September 1969
5. The Undoing
Aired 4 October 1969
6. In Another Country
Aired 11 October 1969
7. Murder: The Colonel and the Naturalist
Aired 18 October 1969
8. Murder: The Blood Relation
Aired 25 October 1969
9. It's Called the Sugar Plum
Aired 1 November 1969
10. Hester Lilly
Aired 8 November 1969
Muriel Ingram (Faith Brook) takes her friend Beatrice played by (Joan Hickson) into her confidence when she becomes suspicious of her husbands preoccupation with a young innocent looking orphan called Hester Lilly, Hester has arrived from Paris to stay with Robert Ingram the head of a boys boarding school.
11. Aren't We All?
Aired 15 November 1969
12. The Full Cheddar
Aired 22 November 1969
A teacher's concentration frequently wanders as he fantasizes about living a different life.
13. The Comic
Aired 29 November 1969
Tod a successful comic, is now being threatened by his own insecurities which are straining the relationships with his wife/writers and his fellow troupe of stooges. It might be about Tony Hancock? but it could be about any comedian.
14. Faith and Henry
Aired 6 December 1969
After the last science lesson of the day at Rivington High School, in St Helens, Lancashire, a young black girl, Faith is joined by a white fellow school pupil, Henry. They strike up a conversation about what they are doing for the evening. Henry persuades Faith to forgo the bus and walk it home instead. They nip to the local shop where Henry picks up his usual weekly order of Lancashire cheese for his family, mum, dad and 3 brothers. What follows is a gentle 1960's ever so innocent multi-racial friendship that was unusual in 1960's St. Helens. They walk around the Sankey canal, get teased by other children with one shouting 'Henry's got a girlfriend' to which Henry comically chases after them before giving up. They climb a local hill where you can see the Welsh hills, Widnes and Bold power station. Henry recites a poem and every feels every so quaint, especially for the industrial north. They return home... new friendships formed.
15. Nora
Aired 13 December 1969
16. It Calls for a Great Deal of Love
Aired 20 December 1969
Story of a lonely old woman who falls for a fat crossword puzzle composer.
17. Suffer Little Children
Aired 3 January 1970
The popularity of the Prime Minister (Lee Montague) has reached an all time low. Facing a serious economic crisis and with threats to his position, the former Post Office worker undergoes a breakdown and reverts to childhood.
18. Anniversary
Aired 10 January 1970
19. A Doll's House
Aired 17 January 1970
Nora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed lives in fear of her husband's finding out and of the shame such a revelation would bring to his career. But when the truth comes out, Nora is shocked to learn where she really stands in her husband's esteem.
20. Mrs. Mouse, Are You Within?
Aired 24 January 1970
21. The Pretenders
Aired 31 January 1970
22. Wolly Wenpol, the Complete Works
Aired 7 February 1970
23. Wicked Women: Alice Rhodes
Aired 14 February 1970
24. Wicked Women: Christiana Edmunds
Aired 21 February 1970
25. Wicked Women: Augusta Fullam
Aired 28 February 1970
26. Wicked Women: Anne-Maria Moody
Aired 7 March 1970
27. Wicked Women: Florence Maybrick
Aired 14 March 1970
28. Wicked Women: Madeleine July
Aired 21 March 1970
29. The Master and the Mask
Aired 28 March 1970
30. The Cork Moustache
Aired 4 April 1970
31. Fade Out
Aired 11 April 1970
A TV news executive gets a sensational story concerning a corrupt politician, only to find that his network bosses want to suppress it.
32. The Rococo Bush
Aired 18 April 1970
33. Dangerous Corner
Aired 2 May 1970
An unexpected suicide prompts much speculation about honesty and theft.
34. The Family Is a Vicious Circle
Aired 9 May 1970
35. When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Aired 16 May 1970
36. Lay Down Your Arms
Aired 23 May 1970
At the time of the 1956 Suez Crisis and the Russian invasion of Hungary, Private Bob Hawk reports to the London Intelligence Office where the strength of Soviet troops is under scrutiny.
37. You See, the Thing Is...
Aired 30 May 1970
38. The Salesman
Aired 30 May 1970
A door-to-door salesman is selling nothing tangible, but something far more worrying.
39. Married Alive
Aired 6 June 1970
"Married Alive was a television play written by John Mortimer, that was broadcast on NBC in 1970. "The Colonel" (Robert Culp) is a man claiming to be Liz Jardine's (Diana Rigg) long lost husband who returns after many years and moves into her life.
40. Playing with Fire
Aired 13 June 1970
41. Slattery's Mounted Foot
Aired 20 June 1970
The intrigues, gossip and prejudices of a close-knit Irish clan living in the north of England.
42. Hands with the Magic Touch
Aired 27 June 1970
43. The Gingham Dog
Aired 4 July 1970
44. Twelfth Night
Aired 11 July 1970
After a shipwreck, believing her brother has been killed, Viola disguises herself as a boy named Cesario and becomes a courtier to Orsino, who sends her to deliver a message of his love to Olivia, but she falls for the messenger instead.
45. Skyscrapers
Aired 18 July 1970
46. The Insider
Aired 25 July 1970
47. Dear Janet Rosenberg... Dear Mr. Kooning
Aired 1 August 1970
48. Act of Separation
Aired 8 August 1970
49. Honour and Offer
Aired 15 August 1970
50. Hodinott Veiling
Aired 22 August 1970