By Common Consent

By Common Consent 1975

1

In a foreign port two boys come to a fisherman saying they are refugees from a country where a military take-over has organised a gigantic League of Youth.

1975

A Passage to Inverness

A Passage to Inverness 1977

1

A striptease artist is prosecuted for indecency. Meanwhile, his aunt wants him to visit her, before she dies.

1977

The Life of Galileo

The Life of Galileo 1964

1

BBC version of Brecht's epic account of Galileo's persecution for his 'heretical' idea that the earth moved around the sun.

1964

Stranger in the Family

Stranger in the Family 1965

1

A boy is skilled at telepathy and in mind control. He attracts the attention of the government.

1965

Risking It

Risking It 1977

1

"There's always a sale to be made if you're willing to work hard enough." Richard is a top salesman and is content. His wife, however, has had enough.

1977

Some Lapse of Time

Some Lapse of Time 1965

1

Dr Max Harrow is awakened from a re-current nightmare in which he is pursued by a barbaric accusing figures, to find a tramp collapsed on his doorstep, The tramp is suffering from a genetic radiation disorder that should killed him in infancy as it did Harrow's baby son. The man is the living image of Harrow's nightmare figures, Clutched in his hand is a human finger bone and he speaks a strange, unknown tongue,

1965

Soap Opera in Stockwell

Soap Opera in Stockwell 1973

1

A baby is snatched from outside a launderette. The manageress and customers try to work out who was responsible.

1973

Rust

Rust 1973

1

A deadly virus threatens the population, but a vaccine has been developed. However, it has a devastating side-effect. All is not well in the family of the government's chief scientific adviser. But the mood at the vaccine manufacturer is more upbeat, at the prospect of a lucrative government contract.

1973

The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow

The Middle-of-the-Road Roadshow 1973

1

A film tycoon hires the wrong writer. Instead of getting the writer of Lawrence of Arabia, he guess someone whose only credits are two episodes of Coronation Street.

1973

Lambda 1

Lambda 1 1966

1

The future. The TAU-mode shuttle carries passengers to Australia through the earth's crust. When a routine TAU-shuttle becomes entombed in solid rock miles under the earth, the only means of rescue is the experimental LAMBDA-mode shuttle; which its creator is unsure about.

1966

Snooker

Snooker 1975

1

In the snooker room at a genteel gentleman's club, the mood darkens when adultery becomes the subject of conversation.

1975

Visitors

Visitors 1987

6.00

A British businessman whose family company has been taken over by a multinational corporation clashes with his new American manager while they both vacation with their families at an Italian villa at their employer's expense. The manager's son fantasizes a murderous outcome.

1987

Sucker Bait

Sucker Bait 1965

1

An expedition sets out to discover what has happened to a lost colony on a distant planet. Amongst the scientists is a teenager raised to be a kind of human computer, able to make connections between different specialisms.

1965

No Place Like Earth

No Place Like Earth 1965

1

Earth is no more, destroyed by nuclear war; but itinerant handyman Bert Foster, wandering the canals of Mars, is possessed by a restlessness for a home which no longer exists. He considers a move to an isolated outpost on Venus.

1965

The Man in My Head

The Man in My Head 1971

1

A team of soldiers breaks into an enemy missile base. Such is the secrecy of their mission, they have been hypnotically programmed with their orders and will only remember each stage of the operation when they hear a pre-arranged signal. That's the plan, at least

1971

The Dead Past

The Dead Past 1965

1

The Chronoscope is a device that analyses ancient photons to allow a glimpse into any event in Earth's distant past. Historian Arnold Potterley is rebuffed when he petitions for use of the Chronoscope to study ancient Carthage. So he commissions the building of a private time-viewing machine.

1965

The House on the Hill

The House on the Hill 1975

1

A court had to decide what to do about Ellen, an elderly lady living on her own in a deteriorating rented property.

1975