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18 short plays written especially for TV, an opportunity for up-and-coming directors such as floor manager Alan Clarke, who ended up doing 10 of the episodes. Some top ranking performers were attracted to the series.
1968
Stella escapes an unhappy relationship to live in a bedsit. She meets another man which forces her to make decisions about her life.
Why do a couple of affluent professionals keep revisiting and staying at a seedy hotel?
Mavie cannot declare her love, because the object of her affections is a very busy man.
An annual reminder to a wife concerned about what her husband has done with all his money.
An intense court case involving divorce proceedings is adjourned for lunch. Husband and wife then discover they are both going to be eating in the same cafeteria.
A lady catches the attention of a compulsive gambler.
A prison officer crosses a violent, strong but slow witted prisoner.
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1967
Two strangers sheltering from the rain, discover they are also both sheltering from unhappiness.
A middle aged man taunted by his young office colleagues about his bachelorhood turns to violence.
An executive looking for a property for his young mistress had not met an estate agent like Ed before.
A middle aged couple hope to recreate a time when they were most happy, by moving back to a district they left years ago.
Two wayward brothers convince (in their own way), an unexpected visitor from the Social Security Department that they have a genuine claim to certain benefits.
A son discovers his father is marrying his old girlfriend.
A landlady finds herself becoming unexpectedly jealous over a necklace her lodger has just bought his girl friend.
Newspaper editor Martin has brought a new game back from the USA called 'Hawks and Doves' to play at his party, but finds the game brings out intense frustrations and bitter rivalry between his work colleagues guests .
Poor Arthur discovers fate has left him with a very short straw. An opportunity however for him to settle an old score.
A school pupil embarks on a sinister campaign against one of his teachers.
Lady Harriet uses her wealth and influence to help unmarried mothers, they are in turn grateful to their caring host. But underneath her facade are her motives as well intentioned as she likes people to believe?
Set in the future of 1992. Renewal of a seven year marriage, poses problems for Flora and Jimmy.
Two old friends meet up in a Northern hotel, both with intense opposing political opinions on Vietnam, their noisy ripostes draws attention to the manager who judges them to be homosexuals and proceeds to throw them out.
Radio ham QPJakes suspects his wife of an affair, and hires a seedy private detective to spy on her.
A man is interviewed by a young widow as a potential lodger, and learns some disturbing facts about the woman's relationship with her dead husband.
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1968
Two actors (Mike & Elaine) attending a casting session become increasingly concerned about the nature of the film they are being cast for.
A petty criminal convinces a gangster boss he can make perfect counterfeit money.
Out on the town in Birmingham, a happy night out turns into an ordeal, and drunken brawl, after an illegal boxing match in a pub.
A visit to a fortune teller has an unexpected effect on Edith, but is the fortune teller reading fate or just manipulating Edith's future?
An elderly pensioner finds himself attracted to his new home help Elsie, and sees her return each day as 'The Event'.
A jury foreman behind closed doors bullies and blackmails the rest of the jury into accepting his verdict.
A middle aged man returns to his home town to show his new girlfriend his origins. After an exhausting trip into the hills to get the best view, he strikes up a conversation with a young artist painting the scene. He finds they have a lot in common...
Albert lives with his Grandma, who he thinks is cramping his style. However an incident reveals to him that he is as much dependent on her as she is of him.
Young David desperately wants to become a writer, but after the rejections his family thinks its about time he got 'a proper job' to support their precarious financial position.
