Eye to Eye

An Impression of backstage life In the small world of a touring revue company: a world of land-ladies and late suppers, of Sunday trains and Monday band calls, of high hopes and low billings.

For thirty minutes life is seen through the eyes of Mum and Dad, Vi, Lil, Nell, and Eileen - four sisters with four husbands. They are the Gladden family, and they all live within a stone's throw of each other in the East End of London, with eight children and a budgerigar. Introduced by Robert Reid. Written and produced by Stephen Hearst.

Six million people buy something or other on hire purchase every year. How does H.P. work? What are the snags? How does the shopkeeper check up on his customers, and what happens if they don't keep up the payments? This programme looks at the instalment world and has a look under the counter as well. Introduced by Morris West. Written and produced by Richard Cawston.

Two worlds clash on the remote shores of Caithness: An Atomic Research Station brings new people and a new way of life alongside the traditional world of fishermen and farmers. Narrated by Colin Wills. Written and produced by John Read.

To what extent do husbands and wives live in separate worlds, even though they are happily married? Romany Bain and Richard Findlater, a married couple themselves, examine this problem, Iightheartedly, by taking a look at the married lives of a journalist, a lorry driver, and a business man. Written and produced by Pamela Wilcox Bower.