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Comedy
Seasons | 2
Episodes | 38
avg.Runtime | 100 min
First EP | 1977-09-21
Last EP | 1979-05-16
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Rating : 7
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An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.
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Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 1977-09-21
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Professional Foul
1977-09-21
Professor Anderson attends a conference in Prague, but what he really wants to do is attend a football match. Then he meets a former student unexpectedly, and must consider putting his philosophical ideas into practice.
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Exiles
1977-09-28
In the 1920s, Michael Arlen was one of the most popular and acclaimed writers in the world, but he mysteriously stopped writing altogether. His son tries to work out why.
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Abie's Will
1977-10-05
A once-celebrated writer who has written nothing since the war, lies paralysed and dying as his family gathers at the family home.
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The Sinking of HMS Victoria
1977-10-12
A dramatisation of events surrounding the loss of the turret ship HMS Victoria during fleet exercises off Tripoli on 22 June 1893.
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True Patriot
1977-10-19
A biopic of German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, whose opposition to Adolf Hitler led to his involvement in an assassination plot.
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Shooting the Chandelier
1977-10-26
Czechoslovakia, April 1945. A chance meeting between a professor and his former student turns into a violent trial of strength.
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The Kitchen
1977-11-02
A busy day in the kitchen of a great hotel.
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Arnhem: The Story of an Escape
1977-11-16
Graeme Warrack was Divisional Chief Doctor of the 1st Airborne Division at the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944. With other doctors, medical personnel and padres, he stayed behind with the wounded.
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Forgotten Love Songs
1978-01-04
A man seeks the perfect relationship.
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A Visit from Miss Prothero
1978-01-11
Arthur Dodsworth has recently retired. He lives alone except for his budgie and memories of his late wife Winnie. One afternoon his nap is interrupted by the doorbell; his former secretary, Peggy Prothero, has come to visit.
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Mr. & Mrs. Bureaucrat
1978-01-18
Satire set at the Department of Something or Other, where mistakes in form-filling can bring careers to a sudden end.
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Foreign Affairs
1978-01-25
Moscow is the setting for a reunion between Viktor and Susan which brings about unforeseen complications.
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The Dissolution of Marcus Fleischman
1978-02-01
Marcus Fleischman's reincarnation proves a frustrating one. His widow, in his absence, leads the simple life of a shopkeeper, and brings up their son as best she can.
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The O'Hooligan File
1978-02-08
A former teacher takes on the system armed only with pen, paper and stamps.
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The Turkey Who Lives on the Hill
1978-02-15
Married life starts off full of bright hopes for Alex and Lynda, but soon they are trapped in a nightmare with their friend Bill.
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Flayed
1978-02-22
A disparate group of guests find themselves locked into a largely empty television studio controlled by an anonymous man.
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She Fell Among Thieves
1978-03-01
France, 1924. Two English gentlemen join forces to investigate notorious villainess Vanity Fair in her fortified chateau. Tongue-in-cheek 1978 TV film based on the novel by Dornford Yates.
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Stargazy on Zummerdown
1978-03-15
In the 23rd century, Albion (formerly Britain) is made up of two distinct communities — the Aggros (farm workers) and the Toonies (industrial workers). They meet at Zummerdown for the annual midsummer festival of Stargazy.
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Liza
1978-03-22
Lavretsky returns to Russia from Europe and joins the group of admirers of his beautiful young cousin Liza.
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For Tea on Sunday
1978-03-29
Some young women, sharing accommodation, invite their boyfriends for tea on Sunday. But one of them proves to be alarmingly disturbed.
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When the Actors Come
1978-05-03
In 19th-century Eastern Europe, a group of actors, led by Janos, arrive at a castle to give the Count and his friends a private performance. But the actors are also revolutionaries, and they have another agenda.
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Ice Age
1978-05-17
An unexpected stranger arrives at the old peoples home in Norway where a famous writer is kept in confinement after the war. A young partisan plots his assassination, while others advocate handing him over for trial for collaboration.
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The Copyist
1978-05-24
A fateful day in the life of a celebrated composer.
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