Season 10

E1. Long Distance Information

Oct 11, 1979 · 75m

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

E2. Cries from a Watchtower

Oct 18, 1979 · 75m

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

E3. Comedians

Oct 25, 1979 · 75m

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

E4. Even Solomon

Nov 1, 1979 · 75m

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.

E5. Just a Boy's Game

Nov 8, 1979 · 75m

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

E6. Billy

Nov 15, 1979 · 75m

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

E7. A Hole in Babylon

Nov 29, 1979 · 75m

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.

E8. The Slab-Boys

Dec 6, 1979 · 75m

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

E9. Katie: The Year of a Child

Dec 13, 1979 · 75m

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

E10. The Network

Dec 20, 1979 · 75m

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?

E11. Chance of a Lifetime

Jan 3, 1980 · 75m

A young man quits school and joins the army.

E12. Keep Smiling

Jan 10, 1980 · 75m

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.

E13. Dreams of Leaving

Jan 17, 1980 · 75m

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

E14. Thicker Than Water

Jan 24, 1980 · 75m

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

E15. Murder Rap

Jan 31, 1980 · 75m

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

E16. Instant Enlightenment Including VAT

Feb 7, 1980 · 75m

Weekend enlightenment seminars serve as a form of brainwashing.

E17. No Defence

Feb 14, 1980 · 75m

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.

E18. That Crazy Woman

Feb 21, 1980 · 75m

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.

E19. A Gift from Nessus

Feb 28, 1980 · 75m

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

E20. Kate, the Good Neighbour

Mar 6, 1980 · 75m

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

E21. Buses

Mar 13, 1980 · 75m

A story about the regulation of the bus industry in 1930

E22. Shadows on Our Skin

Mar 20, 1980 · 75m

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

E23. Ladies

Mar 27, 1980 · 75m

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?

E24. The Vanishing Army

Apr 3, 1980 · 75m

A story about the highs and lows of peacetime army life

E25. Not for the Likes of Us

Apr 10, 1980 · 75m

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

E26. The Executioner

Apr 17, 1980 · 75m

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.

E27. The Imitation Game

Apr 24, 1980 · 75m

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

E28. A Walk in the Forest

May 14, 1980 · 75m

A writer gets involved with a Soviet dissident