Episodes 8

1 Chips with Everything

September 28, 1975

Pip is a socialist who has seen the squalor of the East End, typified by greasy cafés offering 'chips with everything'. Pip is also the only privately-educated recruit in a draft of other National Service recruits. He's tried to buck the system by not applying for an officer's commission.

2 The Little Minister

November 2, 1975

1h 42m

In rural 1840s Scotland, Gavin Dishart arrives to become the new 'little minister' of Thrums's Auld Licht church. He meets a mysterious young gypsy girl in the dens and to his horror Babbie draws him into her escape from the soldiers after she incites a Luddite riot. But unknown to Gavin, Babbie is more than she seems, and they must overcome her secret, the villagers' fears of her, and--worst of all--Gavin's devotion to his mother's sensibilities, before they can openly declare their love.

3 Love's Labour's Lost

December 14, 1975

2h

A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.

4 When We Are Married

December 29, 1975

1h 15m

At the turn of the 20th century, a set of long-married couples discover that due to a bureaucratic quirk they have never actually been married.

5 Trilby

January 24, 1976

Trilby, a young Irish girl in Paris, falls under the influence of the sinister hypnotist Svengali.

6 Loyalties

February 28, 1976

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7 The Chester Mystery Cycle

April 18, 1976

1h 30m

A quartet of mystery plays originally based in Chester.

8 French Without Tears

May 16, 1976

1h 34m

The romantic and comic adventures of a quintet of young Englishmen in France, on a course to learn the language.

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