Flesh and Blood (1980)

A Sunday in summer and Mabel cooks Sunday lunch for the family - a tranquil period for the Brassingtons- or is it?

On Mabel's 85th birthday a secret party is planned-and Ian and Bet discuss marriage. Bet, like most of the youth, prefers marriage to living in sin.

Max believes that Sarah's behaviour is symbolic of guilt and listens to the tape again uncertain of the future, but Jim has a visitor who may have the answer.

Max is told that the tapes he is receiving are probably some kind of blackmail and Mabel tells Henry she is going to leave him and packs her suitcase.

Ian is curious as to why Sheila wants a divorce so strongly but at the same time does not wish to be the guilty party.

Max confesses to Barbara -but she is not licensed for the forgiveness of sins.

A crisis point for Neil and Dorothy - and as Neil says, 'Divorce is like giving up smoking, you've got to want to.

For Mabel, it is the bitter regret of those who in the heat of the moment say things which they don't mean.

Jim believes there are some who take advantage of the political apathy of the working man, who just wants to dig his garden and live his life...

Mabel finds a tonic and understands Henry better - 'It takes the sting out of death, doesn't it?'