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The Long Distance Piano Player

1970-10-15 · 75m

A man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing

The Right Prospectus

1970-10-22 · 75m

A couple look for the proper school, not for their children but for themselves.

The Lie

1970-10-29 · 75m

""The Lie"" refers to the 8-year marriage of a couple who are constantly hurting each other.

Angels Are So Few

1970-11-05 · 75m

A man claiming to be an angel enters the household of a bored housewife and teaches the family a few lessons.

The Write-Off

1970-11-12 · 75m

A man is made redundant but can't bring himself to let anyone know, plunging into a web of deceit as he keeps up the charade he is still in work.

I Can't See My Little Willie

1970-11-19 · 75m

A man has a mid-life crisis in his brother's pub where sees life as a game show

A Distant Thunder

1970-11-26 · 75m

A newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was witness to his treachery during the war.

Hearts and Flowers

1970-12-03 · 75m

A TV host and his architect brother attend their father's funeral

Robin Redbreast

1970-12-10 · 75m

A woman living in a country cottage thinks that someone is trying to get her.

The Hallelujah Handshake

1970-12-17 · 75m

A petty thief and social misfit finagles his way into a church congregation

Alma Mater

1971-01-07 · 75m

A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school

Circle Line

1971-01-14 · 75m

A cynical student has a radically different view of life from his landlady, leading to conflict. Matters come to a head when he sleeps with her fourteen-year-old brother.

Hell's Angel

1971-01-21 · 75m

A couple are distressed by the changes in their adopted teenage son when he joins a biker gang.

The Piano

1971-01-28 · 75m

An old couple refuse to move when they find out that they can't take their piano with them

Billy's Last Stand

1971-02-04 · 75m

Billy, a self-employed coal-shoveller, gains a seedy business partner and competition in the form of a rival coal-shoveller.

The Rainbirds

1971-02-11 · 75m

A man who attempted suicide by jumping out a window is saved only to live in a coma, in which he has fantasies about his relatives and nightmare creatures.

Reddick

1971-02-18 · 75m

Charges that the Rev 'Red' Reddick is exploiting his youth club members leads to an explosive confrontation.

The Foxtrot

1971-04-29 · 75m

An odd menage a trois results when a woman and her lover are visited by her long-lost husband

When the Bough Breaks

1971-05-06 · 75m

When an injured baby arrives at the hospital, a social worker looks for the parents

Orkney

1971-05-13 · 75m

A trilogy of plays--A Time to Keep, The Whaler's Return, and Celia--exploring the life of the islanders in the past and present

The Rank and File

1971-05-20 · 75m

The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970

The Man in the Sidecar

1971-05-27 · 75m

A succesful novelist Edith lives with her husband and his friend, but she decides to ask the friend to leave.

Everybody Say Cheese

1971-06-03 · 75m

The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos

The Cellar and the Almond Tree

1971-06-10