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

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Season 4
4x1
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 18, 1973
Mrs Palfrey tries hard to be accepted by the other residents at the Claremont. But then she meets Ludo and a real friendship begins.
4x2
Her Majesty's Pleasure
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 25, 1973
They are all 'in' for life so the pleasures are sparse, and strictly of their own making. Their really big event is the Christmas pantomime, only this year they have lost their star. .. show full overview
4x3
Jack Point
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 01, 1973
An amateur operatic society is preparing a Gilbert and Sullivan production, and someone new is needed for the role of Jack Point - but who will break this to the veteran who's always done it?
4x4
The Emergency Channel
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 08, 1973
Dean has a rare talent. He can be made happy. He exudes happiness and confidence like a rare blossom. Both Sarah in the past, and Julia now, could do this for him. But where are they now .. show full overview
4x5
Mummy and Daddy
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Air date
Nov 15, 1973
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4x6
Private Practice
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Air date
Nov 22, 1973
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4x7
Shutdown
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Air date
Nov 29, 1973
It is Wakes Week in the potteries. The factory is deserted but for three 'sparks' on a crash maintenance job. Maurice and Arthur are old hands, but young Bernie is green and not just .. show full overview
4x8
Baby Blues
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 06, 1973
After ten years of trying, Lavinia, and a large team of medics, finally manage to produce a live baby. She should now be able to start living her dream, but what happens next is not at all the paradise she has been looking forward to.
4x9
Jingle Bells
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Air date
Dec 13, 1973
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4x10
The Lonely Man's Lover
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Air date
Jan 17, 1974
A young farmgirl begins a romance with an artist
4x11
All Good Men
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Air date
Jan 31, 1974
An elderly politician looks back over his career while being interviewed by a TV producer
4x12
Joe's Ark
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Air date
Feb 14, 1974
A pet shop owner forsakes his religious beliefs when his daughter gets cancer
4x13
Hot Fat
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Air date
Feb 21, 1974
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4x14
Easy Go
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Air date
Mar 07, 1974
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4x15
Headmaster
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Air date
Mar 14, 1974
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4x16
Penda's Fen
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Air date
Mar 21, 1974
A conservative vicar's son alienates himself from his family when he finds out he's adopted
4x17
Pigeon--Hawk or Dove?
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Air date
Mar 28, 1974
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4x18
Three for the Fancy
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Air date
Apr 11, 1974
Further adventures of three Derbyshire miners
4x19
The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil
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Air date
Jun 06, 1974
The exploitation of the Scottish land and its people from the 18th century to the present
4x20
Schmoedipus
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Air date
Jun 20, 1974
A young man persuades a woman that he is her son
4x21
The Childhood Friend
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Air date
Jun 27, 1974
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4x22 Season finale
A Follower for Emily
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Air date
Jul 04, 1974
The friendship of two residents of a retirement home ends up in marriage

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