Big Brain Man

S05 E01 • Sunday, Sep 11, 1960 • Sep 11

Much to the delight of fellow tenants, a tenant becomes the landlord. Their delight is short lived when he starts behaving just like the previous landlord.

A Heart and a Diamond

S05 E02 • Sunday, Sep 18, 1960 • Sep 18

Lena, O My Lena

S05 E03 • Sunday, Sep 25, 1960 • Sep 25

Tom, a sensitive Liverpool student, takes a job on a loading dock in a Lancashire factory town. He becomes smitten with a girl named Lena who works in the machine shop next door, and despite a bullying driver who claims her for herself, he manages to take her out on a date.

Pig's Ear with Flowers

S05 E04 • Sunday, Oct 2, 1960 • Oct 2

Thunder on the Snowy

S05 E05 • Sunday, Oct 9, 1960 • Oct 9

The Siege at Killyfaddy

S05 E06 • Sunday, Oct 16, 1960 • Oct 16

I'll Have You to Remember

S05 E07 • Sunday, Oct 23, 1960 • Oct 23

A retired couple with many unresolved old scores to settle, argue and bicker while their world decays around them.

My Representative

S05 E08 • Sunday, Oct 30, 1960 • Oct 30

Ambition takes hold of fashion-house salesman Ronnie Page as he forgets those closest to him in his desire for a successful career.

The Cake Baker

S05 E09 • Sunday, Nov 6, 1960 • Nov 6

Hail the Conquering Hero

S05 E10 • Sunday, Nov 13, 1960 • Nov 13

The Stranger

S05 E11 • Sunday, Nov 20, 1960 • Nov 20

Mr Nobody

S05 E12 • Sunday, Nov 27, 1960 • Nov 27

Clip Joint People

S05 E13 • Sunday, Dec 4, 1960 • Dec 4

The Cupboard

S05 E14 • Sunday, Dec 11, 1960 • Dec 11

When Fred Watson's wife and landlady disappear, and he is seen papering over two cupboards in his bedroom, the police are called in.

Rain

S05 E15 • Sunday, Dec 18, 1960 • Dec 18

A prostitute finds redemption in Pago Pago thanks to a hard missionary man.

The Great Gold Bullion Robbery

S05 E16 • Sunday, Dec 25, 1960 • Dec 25

Robbery from a moving train? Impossible.

A Head Full of Crocodiles

S05 E17 • Sunday, Jan 1, 1961 • Jan 1

Till the Day I Die

S05 E18 • Sunday, Jan 8, 1961 • Jan 8

The Mystery of Martin Wheeler

S05 E19 • Sunday, Jan 15, 1961 • Jan 15

The Picture of Dorian Gray

S05 E20 • Sunday, Jan 22, 1961 • Jan 22

A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

Honeymoon Postponed

S05 E21 • Sunday, Jan 29, 1961 • Jan 29

Lancashire newlyweds Violet and Arthur Fitton are forced to postpone their honeymoon and move in temporarily with his parents.

A Degree of Murder

S05 E22 • Sunday, Feb 5, 1961 • Feb 5

A man and his wife plan to murder his eccentric wealthy sister.

Strangers in the Room

S05 E23 • Sunday, Feb 12, 1961 • Feb 12

The Money Makers

S05 E24 • Sunday, Feb 19, 1961 • Feb 19

Tune on an Apron-String

S05 E25 • Sunday, Feb 26, 1961 • Feb 26

The Big Deal

S05 E26 • Friday, Mar 3, 1961 • Mar 3

Unscrupulous business Sir Pierson Cale is determined to win the contract to build a power station. He sees John Hamilton as someone who can get the job done but he wants him to bid half a million less than his nearest competitor.

The Man Out There

S05 E27 • Sunday, Mar 12, 1961 • Mar 12

A Russian astronaut trapped in space in a faulty rocket, has five hours to live when his radio makes contact with Marie, a hunter's wife also trapped, in a blizzard swept area of Canada. Her daughter is dying of diphtheria, he as a doctor can help her.

The Conscientious Gauger

S05 E28 • Sunday, Mar 26, 1961 • Mar 26

The Way of Love

S05 E29 • Sunday, Apr 9, 1961 • Apr 9

The Hero

S05 E30 • Sunday, Apr 23, 1961 • Apr 23

Danger! Men Working

S05 E31 • Sunday, May 21, 1961 • May 21

In Ulster, Major Trumbull is put in charge of overseeing the completion of a hospital on time. As the pressure increases, he replaces well-liked foreman Desmond Doherty with brash Scanling, which angers the men.

No Licence for Singing

S05 E32 • Sunday, May 21, 1961 • May 21

Flying High

S05 E33 • Sunday, Apr 23, 1961 • Apr 23

Man on a Mountain Top

S05 E34 • Sunday, Apr 30, 1961 • Apr 30

A writer who lives in carefully-protected seclusion does not welcome a young woman's intrusion into his life.

Duel for Love

S05 E35 • Sunday, May 7, 1961 • May 7

The Ship That Couldn't Stop

S05 E36 • Sunday, May 14, 1961 • May 14

A ship powered by a nuclear reactor, is heading for the port of New York and is unable to slow down.

The Truth About Helen

S05 E37 • Sunday, May 21, 1961 • May 21

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

S05 E38 • Sunday, May 28, 1961 • May 28

The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well as his changing relationships with family and friends. Along the way the film explores the themes of anti-semitism and the responsibilities which come with adulthood.

The Typists

S05 E39 • Sunday, Jun 4, 1961 • Jun 4

We see two typists aging as they spend 40 years together in the same office.

The Night of the Apes

S05 E40 • Sunday, Jun 11, 1961 • Jun 11

After Clive is dishonourably discharged from the army for failing to shoot an unarmed terrorist, he finds his return to his hometown no easy matter.