Season 10

1. Long Distance Information

A fanatical Elvis Presley fan is working as a disc jockey when his idol dies

1979-10-11 • 75 min

2. Cries from a Watchtower

A watchmaker finds his livelihood is threatened by cheaply imported digital watches.

1979-10-18 • 75 min

3. Comedians

Budding comedians take an evening class taught by a retired performer and, for their final exam, must perform for an impresario in a nightclub.

1979-10-25 • 75 min

4. Even Solomon

Stephen Piper is a quiet young man. A virgin, he shows no interest in sex, and is cruelly scorned by an aggressive female neighbour when he rebuffs her advances. He lives with his mother, an overbearing woman who mocks him for being wet. But Stephen has a secret. An accurate and heartfelt depiction of the challenges he faces and a fascinating glimpse at the gender politics of the day.

1979-11-01 • 75 min

5. Just a Boy's Game

In Glasgow, a young man's sole aim is to be as tough as his dying grandfather once was

1979-11-08 • 75 min

6. Billy

A 4-year-old boy is abused by his father

1979-11-15 • 75 min

7. A Hole in Babylon

Exploration of the events leading up to 1975 Spaghetti House siege in London and the motivation of its three protagonists, T-Bone Wilson, Archie Pool, and Trevor Thomas.

1979-11-29 • 75 min

8. The Slab-Boys

The story of a young man who works in a carpet factory

1979-12-06 • 75 min

9. Katie: The Year of a Child

A teenage girl from a family of Irish Travellers is left to look after her brothers and sisters while her father is away.

1979-12-13 • 75 min

10. The Network

What do Rose from Devon and Christina from Stuttgart have in common? And in what way is their fate linked to that of wealthy Fiona Dunkerley?

1979-12-20 • 75 min

11. Chance of a Lifetime

A young man quits school and joins the army.

1980-01-03 • 75 min

12. Keep Smiling

Family picnics should not be like this: bugging devices, men with X-ray eyes. Mary doesn't understand what terrifies Simon, nor the bizarre events of the next six months.

1980-01-10 • 75 min

13. Dreams of Leaving

A journalist moves to London and gets caught up in the big city and his romance with a rich debutante.

1980-01-17 • 75 min

14. Thicker Than Water

Various characters have adventures on the way to a black pudding festival in Normandy.

1980-01-24 • 75 min

15. Murder Rap

An Englishman's home is his castle, and Wally aims to prove it.

1980-01-31 • 75 min

16. Instant Enlightenment Including VAT

Weekend enlightenment seminars serve as a form of brainwashing.

1980-02-07 • 75 min

17. No Defence

Mr. Germanou arrives from Cyprus with his family to settle in England. But on his arrival he's arrested for an historical rape with seemingly no defence.

1980-02-14 • 75 min

18. That Crazy Woman

Twenty years ago, at the age of 56, this extraordinary woman became a national hero by walking from John O'Groats to Land's End. One of the last great English eccentrics (even though she was Russian) in the last days of English innocence.

1980-02-21 • 75 min

19. A Gift from Nessus

The marital and career problems of a middle-aged, middle-class man in Glasgow in the 1960s

1980-02-28 • 75 min

20. Kate, the Good Neighbour

A compassionate elderly woman comes to the realization that she can no longer care for herself or others.

1980-03-06 • 75 min

21. Buses

A story about the regulation of the bus industry in 1930

1980-03-13 • 75 min

22. Shadows on Our Skin

The problems of an 11-year-old boy living in the Catholic part of Londonderry

1980-03-20 • 75 min

23. Ladies

The A Shift at the MHS department store are organising a wedding gift presentation for Elaine. But what's on Miriam's mind, and why does she seem so out of sorts?

1980-03-27 • 75 min

24. The Vanishing Army

A story about the highs and lows of peacetime army life

1980-04-03 • 75 min

25. Not for the Likes of Us

"I dunno, years of putting up with it, waiting on you all, for what? Eh? To become a 14-stone invisible woman?"

1980-04-10 • 75 min

26. The Executioner

Jan and Meg Citron are on holiday in Germany. Their car is stopped by the police. A simple traffic offence? But their seemingly innocent past is ripped open and life will never be the same again.

1980-04-17 • 75 min

27. The Imitation Game

During World War II, an idealistic young woman joins the Army Transport Service

1980-04-24 • 75 min

28. A Walk in the Forest

A writer gets involved with a Soviet dissident

1980-05-14 • 75 min