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15 October 1970
22 October 1970
Season 1, Episode 3: The Lie
29 October 1970
5 November 1970For the BBC's WEDNESDAY PLAY series, Dennis Potter offered one of his "visitation dramas": Housewife Cynthia Nicholls is married to prudish Richard Nicholls. One day, her mundane household chores are interrupted by the arrival on her front step of scruffy, coarse Michael Biddle. He claims to be an angel, but on the face of it, he could simply be a deranged street person. She challenges the angel Michael by pointing out that he has no wings.
30 January 1970
19 November 1970
26 November 1970
3 December 1970
10 December 1970After the break-up of a long-term relationship, urban sophisticate Norah seeks refuge in a remote house in the country. The locals are friendly, if eccentric, and she toys with the idea of a flirtation with dishy young gamekeeper Rob. But events at Harvest Festival leave her feeling manipulated, and six months later, with the consequences all too evident, she finds herself trapped in what is more like a nightmare. What role is she destined to play in the cycle of the seasons -- and of the generations?
17 December 1970
Season 1, Episode 11: Alma Mater
7 January 1971
14 January 1971
21 January 1971
Season 1, Episode 14: The Piano
28 January 1971
4 February 1971
11 February 1971
Season 1, Episode 17: Reddick
18 February 1971
29 April 1971
6 May 1971
Season 1, Episode 20: Orkney
13 May 1971
20 May 1971
27 May 1971
3 June 1971
Season 2, Episode 1: Traitor
14 October 1971Dishillusioned by his rich, aristocratic upbringing in Britain, top foreign office diplomat Adrian Harris became a spy for the Russians. He escaped to Moscow after being found out and it is there that, a few years later, a group of Western journalists come in search of his story. He disgusts them with his drunken ranting, but, unknown to them, he has good reason to conceal his true feelings.
21 October 1971
Season 2, Episode 3: Evelyn
28 October 1971
4 November 1971
11 November 1971
18 November 1971
Season 2, Episode 7: Skin Deep
25 November 1971
Season 2, Episode 8: Pal
2 December 1971
9 December 1971
Season 2, Episode 10: Home
6 January 1972
13 January 1972
20 January 1972
27 January 1972
3 February 1972
10 February 1972
17 February 1972
Season 2, Episode 17: Cows
24 February 1972
1 June 1972Three miners plan a weekend fishing.
9 October 1972
16 October 1972
23 October 1972
Season 3, Episode 4: Man Friday
30 October 1972
6 November 1972
13 November 1972
20 November 1972
27 November 1972
4 December 1972
11 December 1972
8 January 1973Three miners take a boat trip to Stratford-on-Avon.
15 January 1973Faced 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?
22 January 1973
29 January 1973
5 February 1973
12 February 1973Playwright Christopher Hudson finds his medical problem hinders his writing. He employs secretary Sandra George and dictates his new play to her, but tensions soon develop between the two. As Hudson creates, scenes from his play are dramatized and interpolated. The play being created is Dennis Potter's Angels Are So Few, seen with a totally different cast from the 1970 BBC production.
19 February 1973
26 February 1973
5 March 1973
12 March 1973A quiet and put-upon house cleaner breaks her silence.
19 March 1973
Season 3, Episode 22: Speech Day
26 March 1973
Season 3, Episode 23: Steps Back
14 May 1973
4 June 1973
11 June 1973
18 June 1973
25 June 1973
2 July 1973
18 October 1973
25 October 1973
Season 4, Episode 3: Jack Point
1 November 1973
8 November 1973
15 November 1973
22 November 1973
Season 4, Episode 7: Shutdown
29 November 1973
Season 4, Episode 8: Baby Blues
6 December 1973
13 December 1973
17 January 1974
31 January 1974
Season 4, Episode 12: Joe's Ark
14 February 1974The religious beliefs of pet shop owner Joe (Freddie Jones) are shaken by the terminal illness of his daughter Lucy (Angharad Rees). For Potter, this play "makes more than a wry nod at possibilities which can comprehend pain, or disgust, or the implacable presence of death itself."
Season 4, Episode 13: Hot Fat
21 February 1974
Season 4, Episode 14: Easy Go
7 March 1974
Season 4, Episode 15: Headmaster
14 March 1974
21 March 1974Through a series of real and imagined encounters with angels, demons, and England's pagan past, a pastor's son begins to question his religion and politics, and comes to terms with his sexuality.
28 March 1974
11 April 1974
6 June 1974Drama documentary adaptation of John McGrath's play staged by the 7:84 theatre company dealing with the exploitation of the Scottish people throughout history, from the brutal evictions of the Highland crofters by landowners to make way for the more economically viable Cheviot sheep in the 18th century, the development of stag hunts in Highland game parks in the 19th century and finally the exploitation of resources during the oil boom of the 1970's.
20 June 1974
27 June 1974
4 July 1974
31 October 1974The true story of a strike by textile-factory workers in Leeds.
Season 5, Episode 2: Baby Love
7 November 1974
14 November 1974
21 November 1974
28 November 1974
Season 5, Episode 6: Fugitive
5 December 1974
Season 5, Episode 7: Eleanor
12 December 1974
Season 5, Episode 8: Gangsters
9 January 1975Birmingham is a melting pot of races and every community has a stake in the city's underworld. When John Kline is released from prison after serving a sentence for murder, he becomes the unwilling catalyst in a gang war.
16 January 1975
Season 5, Episode 10: Breath
23 January 1975
30 January 1975
20 February 1975
Season 5, Episode 13: Funny Farm
27 February 1975
Season 5, Episode 14: Goodbye
6 March 1975
13 March 1975It's the day of the Orange Parade in Glasgow, but for Jon, the thrill of leading the parade and swinging the mace soon turns to horror as he learns the truth behind the costumes and songs.
24 April 1975
1 May 1975
30 May 1975
15 May 1975
Season 5, Episode 20: Brassneck
22 May 1975
29 May 1975
5 June 1975Adapted from Paul Thompson's celebrated play for The National Youth Theatre.By Common Consent is set in an unnamed country sometime in the future where a League of Youth has been established to restore moral and political order.The Boys of City Zone 8 are in disgrace when four of their members desert to join the 'terrorists' in the North.
14 October 1975
21 October 1975
Season 6, Episode 3: Moss
28 October 1975
4 November 1975True story of a transatlantic business correspondence about used books that developed into a close friendship.
11 November 1975
18 November 1975
25 November 1975
2 December 1975
9 December 1975
16 December 1975
6 January 1976
13 January 1976A middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them.
20 January 1976
27 January 1976
3 February 1976Carol Mclain hurries home late one night, and encounters trouble. No one on the nearby estate claims to have seen or heard anything. And why should they care. A woman out so late on her own. She's asking for trouble. Isn't she?
10 February 1976
17 February 1976
24 February 1976
2 March 1976
9 March 1976
16 March 1976
23 March 1976
30 March 1976
6 April 1976For the BBC's PLAY FOR TODAY series, Dennis Potter wrote this reflexive commentary on writers and actresses, the first Potter production to be done entirely on film. Playwright Martin Ellis (Alan Dobie) intends to write a play about a call girl visiting a client at a hotel. So he invites the actress (Kika Markham) he plans for the part to join him for a drink at a hotel, hoping this will give him some material to work with. As they talk in the hotel lobby, the boundaries between fantasy and reality begin to blur and overlap.
28 July 1976
14 September 1976
21 September 1976
28 September 1976
12 October 1976Bunny has told his wife he is working as a postman, but in fact is wandering the hills all day, wondering why he doesn't want to work. He meets Jody, an odlder man who has told his wife he's working in a factory, but is in fact doing the same thing. The two men spend a day of friendship together, but what does the future offer them? And tonight is supposed to be pay night...
19 October 1976
26 October 1976
Season 7, Episode 7: Buffet
2 November 1976
4 January 1977
11 January 1977Trevor is an extremely shy undertaker's assistant. He always tags along with his good friend Ronnie, when he goes to the pub with his girlfriend Sandra. Sandra introduces Trevor to her more forward friend Linda. Linda has a difficult time getting Trevor to go out with her, but she finally gets him to go to a disco; he won't dance, so Linda dances with Ronnie.
18 January 1977
25 January 1977
15 March 1977 