Episodes
Catch As Catch Can
September 30, 1964
Based on the play "La foire d'empoigne" by Jean Anouilh.
A Crack in the Ice
October 28, 1964
A soldier named Postnikov rescues a drowning man.
In Camera
November 4, 1964
Three people find themselves sharing a room with no way out. As they talk, the nature of the room and how they came to be there is gradually revealed.
Pale Horse, Pale Rider
November 11, 1964
A young woman's dreams of death but The Pale Rider fills her dreams along with her lover.
The Big Breaker
November 18, 1964
A lodger, recuperating from a heart attack, sets his sights on his landlady.
Mr. Douglas
November 25, 1964
Coronation Day, 1761: A merchant entertains a guest with an extraordinary secret.
Malatesta
December 2, 1964
Sigismondo Malatesta is a condottiere, a mercenary for hire and patron of the arts.
The July Plot
December 9, 1964
Dramatisation of the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in July 1944 by a conspiracy of high-ranking German Army officers.
First Love
December 16, 1964
A study of a boy's passion for an older girl as he discovers the difference between infatuation and true love.
Tap on the Shoulder
January 6, 1965
Archibald Cooper is a London gangster who is living the life of a country squire while running a criminal empire. He learns that he's getting a knighthood so invites some old associates to country house unaware they are planning a robbery.
Sir Jocelyn, the Minister Would Like a Word...
January 13, 1965
A group of politicians and university dons argue over whether a new university should have a chapel or a state-of-the-art lecture hall.
The Navigators
January 20, 1965
A tale of romance between two working class navvies.
Fable
January 27, 1965
In a parallel totalitarian Great Britain, those in authority are Black people, and white people are their social underdogs — a reversal of the situation in then-contemporary apartheid South Africa.
Dan, Dan the Charity Man
February 3, 1965
Dan Sankey, the charity knocker, has become a national celebrity but who is the man behind the image?
Ashes to Ashes
February 10, 1965
Barbara is an assertive, clever, liberated woman, her own boss. Who'd think she could be swept off her feet by a handsome stranger for whom she'd give up her career, London, everything? Especially as her new husband maybe wants to kill her.
Wear a Very Big Hat
February 17, 1965
A young couple celebrate their wedding anniversary with a night on the town.
The Confidence Course
February 24, 1965
A trio of swindlers advertise a self-assertiveness seminar, lure a dozen victims to a hotel and attempt to persuade them to enroll in their course. However, a man claiming to be 18th century critic-essayist William Hazlitt attacks the consumerist values outlined by the motivational speaker.
Campaign for One
March 3, 1965
Astronaut Osborne is stuck in a malfunctioning capsule. As he goes round and round the Earth, he starts telling jokes and secrets. When the time comes to bring him down to Earth, he can't face it as he feels like a sexual failure.
Horror of Darkness
March 10, 1965
Peter and Cathy are initially delighted to see their charismatic, subtly domineering friend Robin. But he outstays his welcome, and that's to say the least of it.
A Little Temptation
March 17, 1965
A writer is having an affair with a married woman and gets embroiled with the other women in her life.
Moving On
March 24, 1965
Cat's Cradle
March 31, 1965
Three Clear Sundays
April 7, 1965
The Interior Decorator
April 14, 1965
Auto-Stop
April 21, 1965
The Good Shoe Maker and the Poor Fish Peddler
April 28, 1965
Cemented with Love
May 5, 1965
A Knight in Tarnished Armour
May 12, 1965
For the West
May 26, 1965
And Did Those Feet?
June 2, 1965
The Man Without Papers
June 9, 1965
The Pistol
June 16, 1965
Women in Crisis: With Love and Tears
June 23, 1965
The Seven O'Clock Crunch
June 30, 1965
