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  • Premiered: Sep 1980
  • Episodes: 12
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Season 1
1x1
Preliminary Enquiries: October 1955
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 04, 1980
'Robert is going to drag Jean off to London and she doesn't want to go. He's a bully and I don't think he cares, so long as he gets his own way.' 'Nonsense, he's just ambitious.'
1x2
Outline Consent: October 1956
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 11, 1980
You're a happily married man and I'm your bit on the side. So we sign the Rule Book. I don't tell you and you don't ask. I promise not to rock the marital boat and we go on as long as it lasts and no one gets hurt.'
1x3
Full Commission: March 1958
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 18, 1980
' Don't you think it hurts - pretending to yourself that everything's all right when you know it's not. That's a form of torture. Can't you imagine what that feels like? It might be a relief to have it out in the open.'
1x4
Marriage Value: March 1960
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 25, 1980
' Do you ever stop to think how much misery women like you cause? Men are so weak. We were happy till you came along. You could have anyone and you pick on my husband.'
1x5
Back to Back: September 1960
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 02, 1980
' I'm afraid Diana is too unstable to be a mother, Mr Mackenzie. She's neurotic and irresponsible as you will find out for yourself. Not a thing one likes to say about one's own daughter, but one must face facts.'
1x6
Vacant Possession: January 1961
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 09, 1980
' I went into the whole thing with very high hopes. I really did. Then I realised what I'd done. I should never have let Mack talk me into it. I've ruined my life and nobody can help me. I've just got to salvage the bits as best I can.'
1x7
Sole Agent: November 1963
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 16, 1980
' It's about jealousy. Yours and mine. It's poisoning everything. Don't you see it doesn't work this way. I've had to give up too much.'
1x8
Without Prejudice: July 1966
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 23, 1980
' You know what I advise you to do? Find yourself a new girl. Someone very young, very unspoilt. Make a fresh beginning. You will feel reborn.'
1x9
Subject to Contract: May 1969
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 30, 1980
I worry about it - not having the right feelings. I do love him, but I feel safe with him. It's not dangerous, it's not romantic. Just terribly comfortable and reassuring. It scares me .. show full overview
1x10
The Appointed Day: September 1973
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 06, 1980
' You're no good to any woman, Robert. Oh, if you were an honest-to-God bastard, at least we could see you coming, but no woman, as far as I know, would like the idea of her daughter .. show full overview
1x11
Structural Fault: March 1974
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 13, 1980
' Be an awful shame if someone told him about us. I imagine he'd be quite upset. Nobody'd do a thing like that, would they? Kick a man when he's down. Still, I don't like being rejected. Now that's not unreasonable, is it? '
1x12
Upon Completion: October 1974
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 27, 1980
'All my life I've had to watch him doing exactly as he pleased. And I might have gone on watching and doing nothing if he hadn't picked on you. It's not easy for me to love people, but I .. show full overview

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