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- An orphan who practices hypnosis faces off against a bank robber who wants her book on the art form.
- Dr. Henry Jekyll, a respectable Victorian scientist, concocts a drug which releases another side to his personality: a brutal, murderous alter-ego.
- In a mythical Japan, Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor, has been appointed Lord High Executioner and must find someone to execute before the arrival of the ruling Mikado. He lights upon Nanki-Poo, a strolling minstrel who loves the beautiful Yum-Yum. But Yum-Yum is also loved by Ko-Ko, and Nanki-Poo, seeing no hope for his love, considers suicide. Ko-Ko offers to solve both their problems by executing Nanki-Poo, and an agreement is reached whereby Ko-Ko will allow Nanki-Poo to marry Yum-Yum for one month, at the end of which Nanki-Poo will be executed, in time for the arrival of the Mikado. But what Ko-Ko doesn't know is that Nanki-Poo is the son of the Mikado and has run away to avoid a betrothal to an old harridan named Katisha. The arrival of the Mikado brings all the threads of the tale together.
- Television production of a Nativity play for children which sees Gabby (the angel Gabriel) and his fellow angels help Mary, Joseph and the Wiseman to follow their destiny.
- Satire on the life of the Bright Young Things of the British aristocracy in the 1920s, where Adam tries to marry Nina, but finds himself constantly thwarted in his attempts due to a lack of money.
- An 'interlude with music' about a struggling music hall act, presented by the BBC as part of Noël Coward's 70th birthday tribute.
- An English-language version of Wagner's opera.
- The search for the laws of creation written and presented by Nigel Calder. Researchers describe how the wonderful variety in nature all comes out of a single primeval Big Bang.
- Rock musical retelling of the legend of the Trojan Horse.
- The subject of mirrors fascinated MICHAEL AYRTON , the sculptor, artist and writer. Here we are introduced to some of his ideas on mirrors and reflections in painting, archaeology, history, myth, science and nature.
- The lifelong interaction in which humans make humans - shaping one another's behavior for good or ill. In this major report, leading scientists around the world offer surprising new insights into our everyday lives.
- A husband decides to impose a novel and outrageous arrangement on his wife.
- Loosely inspired from Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbroker who abandons his middle-classed life, his family, his duties to start painting, what he has always wanted to do. He is from now on a awful human being, wholly devoted to his ideal: beauty.
- Weekend guests of the Bliss family finds their hosts distinctly eccentric.
- John Tanner is determined not to lose his independence - which comes under threat when he falls in love with an ardent feminist.
- The eternal triangle can change shape but always has three sides.
- A son recalls his eccentric father, who pursued an active career as a barrister despite being blind.
- The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos. This edition is missing from the BBC archives.
- An ultra-realistic procedural drama of a social worker's investigation into the case of a battered infant received critical acclaim.
- Lord Windermere appears to all - including to his young wife Margaret - as the perfect husband. But their happy marriage is placed at risk when Lord Windermere starts spending his afternoons with an adventuress who is working her way through London's high society, Mrs. Erlynne. Worse, Windermere gives her big sums of money. To crown it all he asks his wife to invite the detestable woman to her own birthday party. Upset and outraged, the puritan Lady Windermere decides to leave her husband and goes to Lord Robert Darlington, who has been courting her for some time. Unfortunately she leaves her fan - the one Robert offered her for her birthday - in Robert's house...
- Daisy, mistress of Edward VII and a convert to Socialism looks back at her life as she dictates her memoirs to Frank Harris.
- An Irishwoman married to a German in pre-WW1 Liverpool prepares to meet her brother-in-law, a young man named Adolf Hitler.
- Two couples, one fights all the time and the others let tensions in their relationship build until one stabs the other, the ones that fight end up saying oh well let's murder Vivaldi they pick up their violins and play together.
- A fashion editor competes for the affections of a designer with their new male model.
- After a long-term relationship ends, Norah moves to a remote house in the country. The locals are friendly., if eccentric. She starts a flirtatious relationship with young gamekeeper, Rob. But events at a festival have her feeling manipulated. Only later, do the consequences of that relationship leave her trapped in a nightmare.
- 1970–19841h 7mTV EpisodeWriter-director John McGrath deliberately shies away from naturalism in an experiment that mixes blue screen, songs, and characters realising they're acting within a play. This first of two parts sees Frank travel to a hostile London.
- Blake and Jenna set out to convince Sarkoff, the exiled former president of the planet Lindor to return to lead his people, before the Federation assumes control of the planet. However, the Liberator is taken over by a group of bounty hunters known as Amagons.
- The Liberator crew makes a deal with a outlaw, known as Bayban the Berserker, in order to obtain crystals needed for the Liberator's weapons system. Bayban, in return, requires Vila's help to find a treasure on the distant planet Keezar; and Vila falls in love with Kerril, one of Bayban's gang members.
- The Liberator heads to the Federation controlled planet Albian, where the crew search for Federation officer Space Major Provine whom they believe can lead them to the location of Central Control. They learn the Federation has buried a radioactive bomb on Albian which can wipe out all life on the planet. Avon meets up with enemy Del Grant, brother of Avon's former lover Anna, and tries to disarm the bomb, having to put aside his differences with Grant.
- The Liberator is drawn off course by an artificial black hole. Orac brings the ship too close in order to study the phenomenon, and, unable to break free, the Liberator is dragged through into an "impossible" starless black void... or is it? Orac's science is pitted against a legendary figure from Cally's childhood stories.
- Avon and Vila teleport to a Federation installation on the planet Fosforon to meet an old friend of Avon's in hopes of stealing a key component of the Federation's cipher coding system. Meanwhile, Blake becomes involved with the base's investigation into the appearance of a spacecraft listed as missing 700 years ago that has suddenly appeared near Fosforon.
- The Liberator follows Servalan's flagship to Sardos, where a rogue Federation officer has designs on the galaxy.
- The Liberator returns to Earth where Blake plans to attack the Federation Central Control computer complex. But Blake's contact, Kasabi and her daughter Veron have been taken prisoner by Servalan and Travis. Blake and Gan teleport to the surface to find Veron while trying to outrun the security devices on the outer perimeter of the Central Control computer complex.
- Blake tries to buy the services of the Terra Nostra organized crime syndicate in his struggle against the Federation. When his first effort fails, he decides to go after their biggest source of profit to gain leverage. That source is an illicit narcotic called shadow.
- Tarrant convinces the others to launch a raid on a Federation transport loading a cargo of valuable crystals from the planet Kairos, and Servalan recruits a retired officer who once served with Tarrant to stop him.
- As the Liberator heads to Del-10 Blake receives a subliminal signal to reroute to an asteroid where he finds Shivan, a resistance leader and Governor Le Grand who need the Liberator to transport them to Atlay where they are to hold a summit to denounce the Federation. But is all what it seems?
- While the Doctor carries out an investigation into ESP, Mike Yates asks Sarah to look into some strange goings on at a meditation centre he's attending.
- The Tardis materializes on the Earth-like planet of Tara. The Doctor goes fishing while Romana finds the fourth segment of the Key to Time but the powerful Count Grendel mistakes her for an android and brings her to his castle.
- Temple joins the panel of a controversial TV show that rakes over unsolved murder cases with the aim of identifying the perpetrator.
- Fletch and Godber go before the governor for brewing Christmas hooch but the governor has to excuse himself with the runs. His new 'trusty' redband Urwin then pulls a gun, taking Barraclough, Fletch, Godber and the governor's secretary Mrs. Jamieson - who, it is revealed, is having an affair with Barraclough - hostage, though the radio report claims that Fletch and Godber are part of the desperate trio wanting a helicopter to fly them to Mexico. After he has accidentally taken the knock-out drops Barraclough intended for Urwin, Fletch comes to and disarms his captor, talking him into giving himself up. Back in the cell Barraclough tells Fletch that the matter of the hooch will be dropped because of his heroism but Fletch now has something to hold over the screw - Mrs. Jamieson.
- Hugh Ryan represents Marie Petraud, who's husband Haristead is back from the dead. He was presumed dead in 1944 but instead sent to a Russian Labour Camp. His brother Pierre is unconvinced but Ryan discovers a sister who is a Trappist Nun.
- Martin, the son of businessman John Abram is kidnapped with a $50,000 ransom requested. After similar incident in Canada his wife says he should call in Angelo James but he fears if he pays the Mafia may still kill him.
- 1971–198758m7.4 (46)TV EpisodeOn Christmas Eve in 1874, the turkey has been stolen from Sir Giles and Lady Hampton. What are they going to serve their guests? They call in the detectives Piggy Malone and Charley Farley to find who stole it.