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  • Premiered: Oct 1970
  • Episodes: 314
  • Followers: 0
  • Ended
  • BBC One
  • Unknown
  • Comedy Drama Science-fiction

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Season 2
2x1
Traitor
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 14, 1971
A British aristocrat turned Russian spy is visited in Moscow by Western journalists
2x2
Edna, the Inebriate Woman
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Air date
Oct 21, 1971
An elderly woman refuses help out of a predicament
2x3
Evelyn
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Air date
Oct 28, 1971
Frank is 40 and worried about his age, which he says is 35. His girlfriend keeps him young, but who are her friends?
2x4
O Fat White Woman
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Air date
Nov 04, 1971
The wife of a headmaster discovers that he has been physically abusing his students
2x5
Thank You Very Much
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Air date
Nov 11, 1971
This episode has no summary.
2x6
Michael Regan
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Air date
Nov 18, 1971
A man gets revenge on a pub owner
2x7
Skin Deep
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 25, 1971
There's nothing like working for a big American company, who really look after their staff. Nothing.
Air date
Dec 02, 1971
White Luke and Black Norman would be natural enemies. But circumstances force them into an unholy alliance and a growing friendship.
2x9
The Pigeon Fancier
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 09, 1971
Len Shelton retires from a lifetime in the coal mines and finds that his pigeons become a symbol of hope.
2x10
Home
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Air date
Jan 06, 1972
A story about four elderly "loonies" living in a rest home
2x11
Still Waters
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Air date
Jan 13, 1972
This episode has no summary.
2x12
Stocker's Copper
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Air date
Jan 20, 1972
In Cornwall, just before World War I, a striking miner befriends a cop
2x13
The House on Highbury Hill
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Air date
Jan 27, 1972
The path of righteousness is a stony one. And Lo! for Daniel it is stonier than most.
2x14
In the Beautiful Caribbean
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Air date
Feb 03, 1972
A story about unemployment and the Black Movement in Jamaica
2x15
Ackerman, Dougall and Harker
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Air date
Feb 10, 1972
A salesman learns a few lessons from the locals when he goes to Yorkshire for a business course
2x16
The Villa Maroc
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Air date
Feb 17, 1972
A couple and their daughter take a trip to Africa
2x17
Cows
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Air date
Feb 24, 1972
A country family stream out of their house after a social worker has an accident outside their home. But who is the one that needs the help?
2x18
A Time to Keep
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Air date
Apr 27, 1972
This episode has no summary.
2x19 Season finale
The Fishing Party
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 01, 1972
The adventures of three Derbyshire miners going fishing

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