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Series 2

Series 2

9.0·October 13, 1971·19 épisodes·24h
Épisodes · 19
Traitor
E1

Traitor

A British aristocrat turned Russian spy is visited in Moscow by Western journalists

1h 15min·Oct 14, 1971
Edna, the Inebriate Woman
E2

Edna, the Inebriate Woman

Edna, the Inebriate Woman is a British television drama written by Jeremy Sandford which was transmitted by the BBC as part of the Play for Today series on 21 October 1971. Directed by Ted Kotcheff, Irene Shubik produced it. The play deals with an elderly woman, Edna, who wanders through life in an alcoholic haze without a home, a job or any money. A rambling, pathetic yet defiant woman, Edna sleeps rough and begs for food and shelter and the drama follows her progress as she moves from hostel to hostel, going to a psychiatric ward and then prison along the way. Jeremy Sandford, who had previously written Cathy Come Home, researched the play by living rough himself for two weeks. A great deal of the dialogue and the incidents in the play come from the book, 'Down and Out in Britain' published by Jeremy Sandford in 1971; although the majority of the speakers in the book are male, Jeremy Sandford puts much of their speech into the mouth of the female character.

1h 30min·Oct 21, 1971
E3

Evelyn

Frank is worried that he's over the hill when he reaches his 38th birthday. Conversations with his wife, lover and best friend do nothing to allay his concerns.

1h 15min·Oct 28, 1971
E4

O Fat White Woman

The wife of a headmaster discovers that he has been physically abusing his students

1h 15min·Nov 4, 1971
E5

Thank You Very Much

A social satire in which advertisers realise that having a blind beggar as the public face of charities would help make them seem more appealing to donors.

1h 15min·Nov 11, 1971
E6

Michael Regan

A man gets revenge on a pub owner

1h 15min·Nov 18, 1971
E7

Skin Deep

An awkward relationship develops between the families of a trade unionist and the regional manager when the son of the former wins a university scholarship from their employer.

1h 15min·Nov 25, 1971
E8

Pal

Two sworn enemies, one black and the other white, are forced to confront their prejudices when they are forced together by circumstance.

1h 15min·Dec 2, 1971
E9

The Pigeon Fancier

A retired miner devotes his waking hours to his racing pigeons.

1h 15min·Dec 9, 1971
E10

Home

A story about four elderly "loonies" living in a rest home

1h 15min·Jan 6, 1972
E11

Still Waters

A marriage can be lonely when the children have left home, as Nelson and Maud find out. Maud leaves in the middle of an unloving picnic, and Nelson follows - both sharing their stories with a series of strangers.

1h 15min·Jan 13, 1972
E12

Stocker's Copper

In Cornwall, just before World War I, a striking miner befriends a cop

1h 15min·Jan 20, 1972
E13

The House on Highbury Hill

A married couple move into the house on Highbury Hill and find some eccentric neighbours.

1h 15min·Jan 27, 1972
E14

In the Beautiful Caribbean

A story about unemployment and the Black Movement in Jamaica

1h 15min·Feb 3, 1972
E15

Ackerman, Dougall and Harker

A salesman learns a few lessons from the locals when he goes to Yorkshire for a business course

1h 15min·Feb 10, 1972
E16

The Villa Maroc

A couple and their daughter take a trip to Africa

1h 15min·Feb 17, 1972
E17

Cows

A social worker tries to help a painfully shy young man and takes him for a visit to a country farm.

1h 15min·Feb 24, 1972
E18

A Time to Keep

1h 15min·Apr 27, 1972
E19

The Fishing Party

The adventures of three Derbyshire miners going fishing

1h 15min·Jun 1, 1972