Caught on a Train

S07 E01 • Friday, Oct 31, 1980 • Oct 31

Peter boards a train to attend an important business meeting across Europe. His trip is complicated by two women also assigned to his compartment. One is an independent American whom Peter finds attractive. The other is Frau Messner, an extremely particular and demanding older European woman. Between the two of them, they try different aspects of Peter's patience...

Fatal Spring

S07 E02 • Friday, Nov 7, 1980 • Nov 7

Using a remarkable blend of dramatic techniques, this study of three English poets – also three courageous soldiers – gradually develops towards their historical and crucial meeting.

The Black Madonna

S07 E03 • Friday, Nov 14, 1980 • Nov 14 • 50m

Lou Parker feels very strongly that she and her husband, Ray, are different from the Farrells and the Ackerleys. With them it's all television. But she and Ray have the local library and The Observer. They keep abreast. They're different.

The Happy Autumn Fields

S07 E04 • Friday, Nov 21, 1980 • Nov 21

Grown-Ups

S07 E05 • Friday, Nov 28, 1980 • Nov 28 • 1h 35m

Young working class couple Dick and Mandy move into a council house in Canterbury, and find Mr. Butcher, one of their former teachers, living next door. Mandy's unmarried sister, Gloria, is constantly dropping in, and will not take any hints that the couple would prefer to be left alone, until her presence finally goads them to action.

My Dear Palestrina

S07 E06 • Friday, Dec 5, 1980 • Dec 5

Shaping Up

S07 E07 • Friday, Dec 12, 1980 • Dec 12

Standing in for Henry

S07 E08 • Friday, Dec 19, 1980 • Dec 19

At a Nottingham advertising agency, young graphic designer Graham is recruited as a temporary replacement for the iconic Henry. The agency are desperate to be part of the Swinging Sixties but not without Henry. Can Graham replace him?

Fothergill

S07 E09 • Friday, Jan 9, 1981 • Jan 9

John Fothergill, aesthete and scholar, becomes the proprietor of the Spread Eagle, in Thame, Oxfordshire, with the intent of turning it into the most celebrated Inn in England, catering to the brightest lights in London's literati.

One Hundred and Eighty!!!

S07 E10 • Friday, Jan 16, 1981 • Jan 16

A darts tournament is put in peril when the players' wives stage a sit-in in the pub.

The Kindness of Mrs. Radcliffe

S07 E11 • Friday, Jan 23, 1981 • Jan 23

A day in the life of Mrs Radcliffe, who believes that the advice she so freely gives is done only out of kindness.

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

S07 E12 • Friday, Jan 30, 1981 • Jan 30

In prison the night before his execution, Republican preacher Hugh Peter prepares to be hanged, drawn and quartered for treason.

Journal of Bridget Hitler

S07 E13 • Friday, Feb 6, 1981 • Feb 6

An Irishwoman married to a German in pre-WWI Liverpool prepares to meet her brother-in-law, a young man named Adolf Hitler.

Days at the Beach

S07 E14 • Friday, Feb 13, 1981 • Feb 13 • 1h 30m

In 1920, a trio of British soldiers have to guard an unexploded mine that has washed up on a beach.

Bobby Wants to Meet Me

S07 E15 • Friday, Feb 20, 1981 • Feb 20

In 1978, Changes Magazine journalist Neville Morris writes an essay about Bob Dylan called 'A Jewish Massiah'. Dylan's publicist Elle Smith reaches out that The Bard wants to meet him at Earl's Court.

Days

S07 E16 • Friday, Feb 27, 1981 • Feb 27

A mother, waiting for a visit through a hospital day, reflects on her life. Dreams haunt her, fantasies seduce her, memories crowd in on her, distorting the drab reality of her day to day existence. Must her daughter follow in her footsteps? How can she find a way to guide her towards a brighter future?

Clapperclaw

S07 E17 • Friday, Mar 6, 1981 • Mar 6

VE Night, 1945: In a Yorkshire pub, not everyone is in a mood to celebrate. Lorna Thorpe's 'All-Star' dance band is down two members, the beer has run out, and some influential friends on the city council have booked flights to Buenos Aires.

The Potsdam Quartet

S07 E18 • Friday, Mar 13, 1981 • Mar 13

An exploration of the personal and professional conflicts of a string quartet who have been playing together for many years, but are on the point of disintegrating.

Unity

S07 E19 • Friday, Mar 20, 1981 • Mar 20

The true story of Unity Mitford who, in the 1930s, moves to Germany, where she befriends Adolf Hitler.

Skylark

S07 E20 • Friday, Mar 27, 1981 • Mar 27

Elizabeth Alone: Part 1

S07 E21 • Friday, Apr 3, 1981 • Apr 3

After nineteen years of marriage, three children, and a brief but passionate affair followed by a quick divorce, Elizabeth Aidallbery has to go for an emergency operation. From her bed, she has the leisure to take stock of her life, and frankly, it doesn't look very edifying: there's the 17-year-old daughter who's run off to a commune with her boyfriend; an old hopeless suitor who continues to press his claims; and of course the memory of the havoc caused by the affair. No doubt she could put her life back in order. But need that involve all those people who cause her so much heartache?

Elizabeth Alone: Part 2

S07 E22 • Friday, Apr 10, 1981 • Apr 10

After nineteen years of marriage, three children, and a brief but passionate affair followed by a quick divorce, Elizabeth Aidallbery has to go for an emergency operation. From her bed, she has the leisure to take stock of her life, and frankly, it doesn't look very edifying: there's the 17-year-old daughter who's run off to a commune with her boyfriend; an old hopeless suitor who continues to press his claims; and of course the memory of the havoc caused by the affair. No doubt she could put her life back in order. But need that involve all those people who cause her so much heartache?

Elizabeth Alone: Part 3

S07 E23 • Friday, Apr 17, 1981 • Apr 17

After nineteen years of marriage, three children, and a brief but passionate affair followed by a quick divorce, Elizabeth Aidallbery has to go for an emergency operation. From her bed, she has the leisure to take stock of her life, and frankly, it doesn't look very edifying: there's the 17-year-old daughter who's run off to a commune with her boyfriend; an old hopeless suitor who continues to press his claims; and of course the memory of the havoc caused by the affair. No doubt she could put her life back in order. But need that involve all those people who cause her so much heartache?

The Man Who Almost Knew Eamonn Andrews

S07 E24 • Friday, Apr 24, 1981 • Apr 24

You're All Right, How Am I?

S07 E25 • Friday, May 1, 1981 • May 1

The Day War Broke Out

S07 E26 • Friday, May 15, 1981 • May 15

Albie Warren and his girlfriend Carla are second on the bill of variety artists and musicians performing to half empty venues. Albie impersonates wartime comic Rob Wilton to people who don't know him. Will he take the chance to top the bill?

Random Moments in a May Garden

S07 E27 • Friday, May 22, 1981 • May 22

Going Gently

S07 E28 • Friday, Jun 5, 1981 • Jun 5

Two men sharing a hospital room after their diagnoses of terminal cancer struggle with fear, physical pain, the difficulties of being in hospital, family members unable to cope, loneliness, and their unusual friendship.

Marriage

S07 E29 • Friday, Jul 10, 1981 • Jul 10