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The Long Distance Piano Player
1. The Long Distance Piano Player

October 15, 1970 · 75 min

A man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing

The Right Prospectus
2. The Right Prospectus

October 22, 1970 · 75 min

A couple look for the proper school, not for their children but for themselves.

The Lie
3. The Lie

October 29, 1970 · 75 min

""The Lie"" refers to the 8-year marriage of a couple who are constantly hurting each other.

Angels Are So Few
4. Angels Are So Few

November 5, 1970 · 75 min

A man claiming to be an angel enters the household of a bored housewife and teaches the family a few lessons.

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5. The Write-Off

November 12, 1970 · 75 min

A man is made redundant but can't bring himself to let anyone know, plunging into a web of deceit as he keeps up the charade he is still in work.

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6. I Can't See My Little Willie

November 19, 1970 · 75 min

A man has a mid-life crisis in his brother's pub where sees life as a game show

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7. A Distant Thunder

November 26, 1970 · 75 min

A newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was witness to his treachery during the war.

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8. Hearts and Flowers

December 3, 1970 · 75 min

A TV host and his architect brother attend their father's funeral

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9. Robin Redbreast

December 10, 1970 · 75 min

A woman living in a country cottage thinks that someone is trying to get her.

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10. The Hallelujah Handshake

December 17, 1970 · 75 min

A petty thief and social misfit finagles his way into a church congregation

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11. Alma Mater

January 7, 1971 · 75 min

A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school

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12. Circle Line

January 14, 1971 · 75 min

A cynical student has a radically different view of life from his landlady, leading to conflict. Matters come to a head when he sleeps with her fourteen-year-old brother.

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13. Hell's Angel

January 21, 1971 · 75 min

A couple are distressed by the changes in their adopted teenage son when he joins a biker gang.

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14. The Piano

January 28, 1971 · 75 min

An old couple refuse to move when they find out that they can't take their piano with them

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15. Billy's Last Stand

February 4, 1971 · 75 min

Billy, a self-employed coal-shoveller, gains a seedy business partner and competition in the form of a rival coal-shoveller.

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16. The Rainbirds

February 11, 1971 · 75 min

A man who attempted suicide by jumping out a window is saved only to live in a coma, in which he has fantasies about his relatives and nightmare creatures.

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17. Reddick

February 18, 1971 · 75 min

Charges that the Rev 'Red' Reddick is exploiting his youth club members leads to an explosive confrontation.

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18. The Foxtrot

April 29, 1971 · 75 min

An odd menage a trois results when a woman and her lover are visited by her long-lost husband

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19. When the Bough Breaks

May 6, 1971 · 75 min

When an injured baby arrives at the hospital, a social worker looks for the parents

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20. Orkney

May 13, 1971 · 75 min

A trilogy of plays--A Time to Keep, The Whaler's Return, and Celia--exploring the life of the islanders in the past and present

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21. The Rank and File

May 20, 1971 · 75 min

The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970

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22. The Man in the Sidecar

May 27, 1971 · 75 min

A succesful novelist Edith lives with her husband and his friend, but she decides to ask the friend to leave.

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23. Everybody Say Cheese

June 3, 1971 · 75 min

The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos

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24. The Cellar and the Almond Tree

June 10, 1971