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Twenty years ago, at the age of 56, this extraordinary woman became a national hero by walking from John O'Groats to Land's End. One of the last great English eccentrics (even though she was Russian) in the last days of English innocence.

In Glasgow, a young man's sole aim is to be as tough as his dying grandfather once was

Budding comedians take an evening class taught by a retired performer and, for their final exam, must perform for an impresario in a nightclub.

A elderly couple become disillusioned when they retire to their favorite holiday resort.

The adventures of three Derbyshire miners going fishing

Frank is worried that he's over the hill when he reaches his 38th birthday. Conversations with his wife, lover and best friend do nothing to allay his concerns.

The story of a single mother of four living on welfare

A man who has had a good life in England wants to retire to Jamaica, but the celebration with his daughters doesn't go as expected.

Dominick Hide, a time traveller from London in the year 2130, is studying the city's transport system of 1980. Breaking the rules, he lands his craft to seek out his great-grandfather. Compared to his anaesthetised home, 80s London is filthy and polluted...and yet...it exudes an excitement that soon draws him in.

A young man and an old woman try to fit in when their neighborhood goes West Indian

A pair of plays, broadcast over two weeks, about mining life: ""Meet the People,"" about a coal mining community preparing for a royal visit, and ""Back to Reality,"" about a coal mining disaster that brings tragedy to a community.

The exploitation of the Scottish land and its people from the 18th century to the present

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?

A family in Belfast deals with life after the death of the mother from cancer

Stephen Piper is a quiet young man. A virgin, he shows no interest in sex, and is cruelly scorned by an aggressive female neighbour when he rebuffs her advances. He lives with his mother, an overbearing woman who mocks him for being wet. But Stephen has a secret. An accurate and heartfelt depiction of the challenges he faces and a fascinating glimpse at the gender politics of the day.

During World War II, an idealistic young woman joins the Army Transport Service

A man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing

When his father leaves Belfast to seek work in England, a young man looks after his sister

A young wife tries to cope with her abusive husband.

Exploration of the events leading up to 1975 Spaghetti House siege in London and the motivation of its three protagonists, T-Bone Wilson, Archie Pool, and Trevor Thomas.

The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970

Fisher is good at his job but in new circumstances that isn't enough: he has to face the risks of competition for something bigger.

A young man's chances at romance are thwarted by his own shyness.

A student holds his teacher hostage in the classroom on the last day of school.

A closeted homosexual writer is content to lead a double life

The story of the disintegration of an aristocratic country estate after World War II

Smug married couple Keith and Candice Marie “keen exponents of their belief in organic health food, exercise and the environment” are on a camping holiday, where they find that it is not always easy to be tolerant of others when they don't share the same enthusiasms.

""The Lie"" refers to the 8-year marriage of a couple who are constantly hurting each other.

A British aristocrat turned Russian spy is visited in Moscow by Western journalists

The adventures of three Derbyshire miners going to Stratford-upon-Avon on a barge