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  • Premiered: Jun 1973
  • Episodes: 39
  • Followers: 0
  • Ended
  • ITV1
  • Unknown
  • Drama

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Season 1
1x1
A Way of Life
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 12, 1973
Sam and his mother arrive in Skellerton and try to settle in with their relatives.
1x2
Poor Law
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 19, 1973
The Labour Exchange is looking for Sam’s mother. Sam is taken on a tour of the local pit by his grandfather.
1x3
Leaving Home
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 26, 1973
Sam is bullied at school. Sam’s mother starts a new relationship with Alan. Sam doesn’t like this and runs away.
1x4
For Ever and Ever and Ever and Ever
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 03, 1973
Sam is found.
1x5
A Day to Remember
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 11, 1973
Sam is taken on a day out to the seaside.
1x6
The Cost of Living
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 18, 1973
Sam’s mother and new partner set up a family home.
1x7
Out of the Blue
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 25, 1973
Sam’s family come under pressure from the disapproving locals.
1x8
United We Stand
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 31, 1973
Sam discovers a book written by his father. The pit workers are given notice.
1x9
The Beginning of Winter
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 07, 1973
Sam's mother falls pregnant. Sam’s father sends a letter asking for money to be sent to him so that he can come home from Canada.
1x10
Where the Heart Is
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 14, 1973
Dora passes away in hospital giving birth to a son, Leslie. Alan, devastated, decides to go south to look for work, leaving his mother to care for the baby. Sam’s uncle George goes with him.
1x11
Home From Home
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 21, 1973
Frank is worried about Sam’s education and his grandfather wants to send him to a charity boarding school. Alan and George are disillusioned in the south and George returns home.
1x12
No Going Back
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 28, 1973
Sam is at boarding school, hating it and longing to go home, but can’t, because of a diphtheria outbreak in Skellerton. After a fight at the school, he runs away and walks the fifty miles home.
1x13
Breadwinners
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 04, 1973
Sam’s uncle Toby sets up a garment factory in the old chapel, providing work for the women of Skellerton, leaving the men at home. Sam finally goes down the pit with his grandfather.

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