October 30, 1981 • 1h 55m
An Englishwoman seeking to escape her marriage arrives at French hotel.
November 6, 1981
A boy feels restless during a hot summer in prewar Cornwall.
November 13, 1981
Episode 3 of Season 8 premiered on November 13, 1981
November 27, 1981
Episode 4 of Season 8 premiered on November 27, 1981
December 4, 1981
Secure in her suburban home, Virginia Fly dreams of a life of unbridled passion and romance. She feels her fantasies are about to ...Read more
December 11, 1981
Gerald is on the edge of a complete breakdown. During an afternoon with his father, he starts to come to terms with the wounding c...Read more
December 18, 1981
The local country dancing team of old-age pensioners is forced to change its style when Jack, its leader, arrives with a new partn...Read more
January 8, 1982
Episode 8 of Season 8 premiered on January 8, 1982
January 15, 1982
An apparently happy and privileged woman begins shoplifting.
January 22, 1982
The story of Aubrey Beardsley, an English illustrator and author, whose black ink drawings were influenced by Japanese woodcuts, a...Read more
January 29, 1982
Four television critics gather in a Wardour Street preview theatre to see a documentary and get the surprise of their lives.
February 5, 1982
A keen ballroom dancer becomes an alcoholic after discovering she's infertile.
February 12, 1982
A once-famous writer, now long out of fashion, is interviewed by a disconcerting young woman.
February 19, 1982
In 1945, just a year since the allied troops entered Paris, Simone arrives for her first day at M. Leon's tailoring workshop.
February 26, 1982 • 1h 51m
Wealthy Alexander Moore and working-class Jerry Crowe are childhood friends and, in 1914, find themselves in the same Army unit – ...Read more
March 5, 1982
In 1919, the carnage of WWI has left the country desperately short of young men. Maud, who runs the farm for her crippled father, ...Read more
March 12, 1982 • 29m
At the moment, money is scarce and times are hard for everyone—even villains like Charlie and Denny are feeling the pinch. But the...Read more
March 19, 1982
When James pays one of his periodic visits to his mother, he finds her curiously resigned to the loneliness she's suffered for the...Read more
March 26, 1982
Gerald fancies himself as a bit of a gourmet and a trip to the gastronomic delights of France promises well. His wife Hilary isn't...Read more
April 2, 1982 • 35m
Academic scavenger Shorty believes he's tracked down some letters that reveal an unexpected side to Miss Jane Austen's nature.
April 16, 1982
Nancy is the sole inhabitant of the Isle of Annagh off the west coast of Scotland. Although World War III is raging all around she...Read more
April 23, 1982
An anthropologist observed by one of his erstwhile victims — a sophisticated comedy.
April 30, 1982
Two women meet for lunch every two weeks to swap news. But this week is different.
May 7, 1982
At a railway public house, two strangers engage in a conversation and begin to open up about their life's. Richard is an alcoholic...Read more
May 14, 1982
Jake's a professional, a married man with a reputation to maintain—and a bank to rob.
May 21, 1982
Her husband Gary is behind on the central heating installation. Eunice, her best friend, has a crush on the lodger — an actor appe...Read more
May 28, 1982
At a concert, Marcia picked Terry out of the crowd. So he no longer feels alone. Until he learns about her secret life and dare not tell his friends.
June 4, 1982
Stan McVay has given up smoking, gone on a diet and feels like hell. He's also abandoned the Ulster spud and just learned that his...Read more
June 11, 1982
Three short stories by Irwin Shaw.
June 18, 1982
Eddie's 40th birthday party reunites friends not seen since the old days of ton-up bikes and early rock and roll. It could be a ch...Read more
July 7, 1982
A henpecked American visiting Europe is able to throw off his ghastly wife and find love.
July 9, 1982
A famous writer finds that a long-suppressed secret is about to be revealed by his former mistress.
January 14, 1983
Episode 33 of Season 8 premiered on January 14, 1983
April 1, 1983
Episode 34 of Season 8 premiered on April 1, 1983
May 20, 1983
Episode 35 of Season 8 premiered on May 20, 1983