Season 3

1. The Reporters

Two provincial newspaper reporters - one a young idealist starting out on his career, the other an embittered man who previously wrote for a failed national daily - swap views.

1972-10-09 • 75 min

2. A Life Is for Ever

The story of a man serving a 30-year prison sentence for killing a cop

1972-10-16 • 75 min

3. Carson Country

A story about the origin of the Stormont state

1972-10-23 • 75 min

4. Man Friday

The story of Robinson Crusoe from Man Friday's viewpoint

1972-10-30 • 75 min

5. Triple Exposure

A hippie breaks into the house of a middle-aged couple and forms a relationship with them

1972-11-06 • 75 min

6. Better than the Movies

A man celebrating his birthday comes to appreciate the difference between media fantasy and mundane reality.

1972-11-13 • 75 min

7. The General's Day

An elderly general woos a shy school teacher.

1972-11-20 • 75 min

8. The Bankrupt

A washed-up executive is on the verge of bankruptcy.

1972-11-27 • 75 min

9. Just Your Luck

A pregnant teenager sets about wooing a sailor in a sectarian council estate in Greenock.

1972-12-04 • 75 min

10. The Bouncing Boy

A young couple have a baby boy. However, the new father doesn't take to his new position quite as well as expected.

1972-12-11 • 75 min

11. Shakespeare or Bust

The adventures of three Derbyshire miners going to Stratford-upon-Avon on a barge

1973-01-08 • 75 min

12. Land of Green Ginger

Faced with the prospect of being sent to work abroad, Sally Brown returns home from London to Hull, to see if she still feels the same attachment for her home town - and for her old boyfriend Mike Thurlow. Will she decide to take the job abroad or return to live with Mike in Hull?

1973-01-15 • 75 min

13. Kisses at Fifty

A long-married husband leaves his family for a barmaid.

1973-01-22 • 69 min

14. Highway Robbery

A man fights council plans to demolish his home to make way for a new bypass.

1973-01-29 • 75 min

15. Song at Twilight

The story of a defiant football manager in terminal decline

1973-02-05 • 75 min

16. Only Make Believe

As a playwright dictates notes about his newest play to his secretary, scenes from the play are acted out.

1973-02-12 • 75 min

17. For Sylvia or The Air Show

Was this the finest hour? Sifting the truth and fiction about the Battle of Britain, Burrows and Harding give their own account of how the nation sees its heroes - and itself.

1973-02-19 • 75 min

18. The Operation

David Adler is an operator. He strips assets, other men's wives, and his oldest friend's soul - anything for a cool million.

1973-02-26 • 75 min

19. Access to the Children

Malcolmson spends every Sunday taking his children to the zoo, reflecting on the breakdown of his marriage and the events that brought about his divorce. Is there a chance the family can be brought back together?

1973-03-05 • 75 min

20. Hard Labour

The trials of an overworked and underappreciated housecleaner

1973-03-12 • 75 min

21. Man Above Men

"I'm the judge's daughter - I think he's a monstrous old man. I think all men who say 'I'm only doing my job' are monstrous. I've despaired of changing him. But I'd stop short of killing him."

1973-03-19 • 75 min

22. Speech Day

Three underachievers have fun at a school speech day

1973-03-26 • 75 min

23. Steps Back

"Fifteen years since I was forced t' leave, forced t' leave me roots, the territory of me heart." When Gerry takes his fiancée Nita home to Brighouse, what will they find?

1973-05-14 • 75 min

24. Three's One

Are Maggie and Tony using each other as a means of communicating with Dr Leafer? Or are they using Dr Leafer as a means of communicating with each other?

1973-06-04 • 75 min

25. Edward G.--Like the Film Star

Edward G. is nothing like a film star; his life has been ordinary - until now. But he's just had a shattering experience. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.

1973-06-11 • 75 min

26. Blooming Youth

The problems of four people sharing an apartment

1973-06-18 • 75 min

27. The Stretch

Everyone always looked after Maureen. But her husband comes home after two years in prison and finds she has grown up and he's not ready for the change.

1973-06-25 • 75 min

28. Making the Play

They no longer live together because, after 11 years, the marriage is over. So why is she always turning up to see him at the most embarrassing times? And why doesn't he send her away?

1973-07-02 • 75 min