Season 5

1968 · 27 episodes

Episodes

1Mrs Lawrence Will Look After ItWhen an elderly woman is hospitalised, the truth behind her illegal adoption of 14 children is revealed.
2SpoiledA schoolmaster invites a nineteen-year-old student to stay with him and his wife to cram for imminent exams.
3The GorgeA teenage boy reluctantly accompanies his ghastly family on a coarse bank-holiday day out to local beauty spot and tourist trap, the Cheddar Gorge.
4A Night with Mrs. Da TankaA lonely bachelor, seeking his long-lost sweetheart at a boarding house, meets a serial divorcée.
5CharlieJames has come in search of his feckless older brother, Charlie, to ask him to come home and settle down.
6Anyone For Tennis?Garry committed suicide to escape disgrace and imprisonment. Does he now have the chance to change the circumstances leading to his downfall?
7Mooney and his CaravansA couple move to a caravan park, where the owner is a petty dictator.
8The Lower Largo SequenceA man seeks his inner island.
9Hello, Good Evening and WelcomeA talk-show host is required to examine his conscience and also the ethics of "good television".
10A Bit of Crucifixion, FatherA doctor advises a woman not to proceed with her latest pregnancy, contrary to her strict Catholic upbringing.
11Nothing Will be The SameA family becomes increasingly suspicious of the relationship between the mother and a mysterious stranger who starts to follow her around.
12A Beast With Two BacksAn isolated New Forest community in 19th Century Britain. A young local girl is murdered by a mentally disturbed youth, but the villagers blame a stranger, an Italian traveling showman and his bear, rather than see the rot in their own camp.
13On the Eve of PublicationAn author hosts a dinner party to celebrate the publication of his new novel.
14The Fabulous FrumpA fashion editor competes for the affections of a designer with their new male model.
15Smoke ScreenA successful advertising executive who promotes a brand of cigarettes is reproached by his family when his mother contracts terminal lung cancer.
16Dr. Aitkinson's DaughterAfter a year as a Volunteer Service Overseas worker, a young woman returns home in search of love and understanding.
17The ApprenticesA portrait of the life of some Northern apprentices.
18BirthdayA woman unwittingly springs a surprise at her sister's 27th birthday party.
19The Big FlameDock workers under the threat of redundancy, work day and night in an attempt to keep employed by running the workforce themselves.
20A Serpent in PutneyAn off-beat romance in bed-sitter land.
21Bami Powl ZaplA young man bitterly regrets his part in an attack on a bank cashier.
22Cathy Come HomeA play about a British woman's descent into poverty and homelessness because of her country's rigid and problem-ridden welfare system.
23Sling Your HookA group of coal miners from Nottingham go on their annual trip to Blackpool.
24A Child and a HalfA man enters into a correspondence with his colleague's eight-year-old daughter.
25Son of ManDennis Potter's controversial reading of the life of Christ, with Jesus portrayed as a hearty, fiery, well-meaning carpenter who believes that people should try to love their enemies rather than fight all the time, but who is racked by self doubt as to whether or not he is the popularly anticipated Messiah.
26The ExilesThree Trinidadians consider what it means to be exiles in an essentially white society.
27Blodwen, Home from Rachel's MarriageThe daughter of a religious Welsh family becomes the centrepiece of a bizarre student festival.