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Second City Firsts

Second City Firsts(1973–1978)

October 15, 19739 Seasons · 54 Episodes

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Overview

A series of plays from Birmingham by new writers.

Network BBC One

Seasons

Second City Firsts (1973) | Couchpile

Season 2

6 Episodes

1974

E01

Humbug, Finger or Thumb?

2/15/1974

'Look, I want Maureen. Right. Fair enough. If you want a deal we'll do one.' Cyril wants Ken's wife if the price is right.

Girl

E02

Girl

2/22/1974

Jackie is leaving the Army. While waiting for the car she re-encounters Corporal Harvey, her previous lover.

E03

Bold Face

3/4/1974

'Waiting for pages half my life' - but this time the printer is drunk and the editor has a deadline to meet.

E04

The Actual Woman

3/11/1974

A winter's day out is a treat for all, but it isn' quite what Uncle Alec wanted.

E05

Match of the Day

3/18/1974

Chance has missed the match, but the girl at his sister's wedding might make up for it.

E06

Lunch Duty

3/25/1974

Janet wanted her pupils to break the windows, smash the tannoys, and paint the school red. Why wouldn't they?

Season 3

7 Episodes

1974

E01

Pig Bin

10/28/1974

"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.

E02

Sunday Tea

11/4/1974

Maple and Derry behave just like their parents and teatime at their place gives Adam a shock.

E03

Silence

11/11/1974

The strike is over, but in a small Cornish boatyard, bitterness remains.

E04

Fight for Shelton Bar

11/18/1974

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.

E05

Squire

11/25/1974

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?

E06

Too Hot to Handle

12/2/1974

Suzanne thought Peter the ideal husband, and theirs the ideal marriage. Then she looked in his wardrobe ...

E07

The Festive Poacher

12/16/1974

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.

Season 5

6 Episodes

1975

Club Havana

E01

Club Havana

10/25/1975

Mrs Jordan left her son behind in Jamaica. He's finally arrived in Birmingham, after 12 years...

E02

The Writing on the Wall

11/1/1975

Rosie lectures at the Poly, Suki runs a boutique and John rarely does anything. They all live together, and for visitors like Kevin, they can be terrifying.

E03

How Is It

11/8/1975

Dolly is bedridden and her daughter and the housekeeper treat her like a child. Bill, however, knows what she's really like.

E04

On the Good Ship Yacki-Hicki-Doola

11/15/1975

'Here we all are then, having a jolly good time!' It's Gaz, Bonehead and Paul, three big lads, working on a motorway, cooped up, all day long, in a very small hut.

E05

Thwum

11/22/1975

'In 14 minutes, 20 seconds we are going to be privileged to contact living creatures from another world, another galaxy even ...'

E06

The Healing

11/29/1975

John believes his faith has the power to cure. When he returns to help on his father's farm, he finds it can also kill.

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Season 1

7 Episodes

1973

E01

The Medium

10/15/1973

'Honestly, mam, it's all a load of rubbish. I mean, I read me horoscope and things like that, for a joke... but this.'

E02

Mrs Pool's Preserves

10/22/1973

Adie and Astral share a taste for literature and freedom, but Zena has long since set the jam just the way she likes it.

E03

If a Man Answers

10/29/1973

Dogs are like their owners - grey-hounds are nasty, staffords are for fighting. You can't blame the dogs - it's nature.

E04

The Movers

11/5/1973

'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.

E05

King of the Castle

11/12/1973

'Most fellers, if they'd seen a mate go under that press, they'd never go back.' Can Brocky?

E06

Patrons

11/19/1973

'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.

E07

That Time of Life

11/26/1973

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)

Season 9

5 Episodes

1978

E01

The Back Page

4/8/1978

And a warm welcome to a very cold valley! Charlton Athletic are playing Notts County and things are livening up in the Press Box.

E02

Shall I See You Now

4/15/1978

'This is not exactly a mental hospital, is it? I mean, it's not like a lunatic asylum. They don't have anybody raving mad in here.' Carmel has a lot to learn about her new surroundings.

E03

The Lady Irene

4/22/1978

Bobby Watson is about to launch his new trawler and wants to make it an occasion Irene will remember.

E04

Mucking Out

5/6/1978

'I'm an expert on pigs now. How many people can claim they've castrated 1.000 baby pigs? Not many.' Brian is enthusiastic about his new job, but Thomas has seen it all before.

E05

Rotten

5/13/1978

Two extraordinary days in the life of young Beatles-fan Kevin - as he drifts in space between yesterday and today.

Season 8

6 Episodes

1977

E01

Twelve Off The Belt

5/3/1977

Grand Challenge pie-eating contest : 'Winner finishes most whole pies off the belt in half-an-hour. Ties decided on a raw cabbage'. The Bedworth Hog faces tough competition.

E02

Postcards from Southsea

5/10/1977

'He said he was only wanting a holiday romance. Someone to throw stones in the sea with, someone to look at the moon with...'

E03

Daft Mam Blues

5/17/1977

As sisters, Gladys and Iris never agree about anything - but on one point they're clear: their old mam can't hear a word of their arguments, can she?

E04

In the Dead Spell

5/24/1977

When Mr Coleman was alive he found it hard to talk to his son. Since his death he finds it strangely easier.

E05

Waifs and Strays

5/31/1977

Patricia's children have flown long since; so Brenda's baby, Winston, revives long forgotten feelings.

E06

Fattening Frogs for Snakes

6/7/1977

All these nostalgia-freaks sittin' round playin' Buddy Holly and old Everlys ... you can 'ave too much of it.' Angie dreams of a change in her lifestyle - but is Steve the right alternative?

Season 7

5 Episodes

1976

E01

Summer Season

11/14/1976

Blackpool usually means sun and sand, and a ride on the big dipper; but Ricky and Michelle are working. Dave is hard at work too - getting in on their act.

E02

Knock for Knock

11/21/1976

Mr Purvis wants comprehensive coverage for his car, but he's at the mercy of the Insurance Salesman - who seems reluctant to let him have it.

Glitter

E03

Glitter

11/28/1976

'I want to be so famous that I'm a household name all over the world.' In her dreams Sue finds a way to sing on Top of the Pops.

E04

Dreamboat

12/5/1976

'Think you're all big with your muscles. I watch you walking around. Think you're the cat's whiskers.' Harker has to keep up appearances down in the boathouse.

E05

Percy and Kenneth

12/12/1976

Two ageing bachelors meet on festive occasions to exchange presents and insults. Their Christmas celebrations are interrupted by an unexpected guest.

Season 4

6 Episodes

1975

E01

Early to Bed

3/20/1975

There's Helen (top). She's on her own in the mornings after Frankie (middle) goes to work. But young Vinnie (bottom) from next door comes calling...

E02

Swallows

3/27/1975

In a small Irish village any visitor causes a stir - especially one who plays the violin and talks of foreign places.

E03

Waiting at the Field Gate

4/3/1975

Lightning Gallat is the village slaughterer and a man of distinctions. Where does he draw the line?

E04

The Permissive Society

4/10/1975

Les's sister is going out and his parents won't be back for a while. What will happen when he's finally left alone with his girl friend?

E05

The Frank Crank Story

4/17/1975

'It was the age of excitement, vim an' vigour an' pep, when Champagne Charlie was everyone's name!' Can the Night Hoppers bring it all back at the Caf6 Elegant?

E06

Released

4/24/1975

The First Division Club has dropped Paul from the team. That means he's on the scrapheap at the age of 18.

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Season 6

6 Episodes

1976

E01

Trotsky is Dead

3/13/1976

'It's as if the revolution was here again. They are storming the Winter Palace on my own doorstep.' In Palmerston Road, Reading, there is a crisis...

E02

The Visitor

3/20/1976

'I don't know what muck you're trying to rake now... all I know is, I was his mother and nothing can change that.'

E03

Do You Dig It?

4/3/1976

If you ought to finish that bathroom, but NATO goes on Nuclear Alert, and curious people appear at the bottom of your garden - you dig a hole to hide in, don't you?

E04

Jack Flea's Birthday Celebration

4/10/1976

Jack Flea finds himself living with a woman nearly twice his age, who decides to make him her fantasy child. It is a role our young hero cannot resist.

E05

Black Bird Shout

4/17/1976

Don likes to keep the memory of his childhood safe in cold storage, far away in Dorset. His mother's death forces him to return home.

E06

Travelling Free

4/24/1976

When I was young, only seventeen, I walked the hills and pathways green, I knew not of life; of care had none And the boy who loved me was tender, and young.