Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: Nov 6, 1982 (15 min)
"Two take place in hospitals, two in a cemetery and one in both." Alan Bennett's wry and distinctive view of life in his forthcoming series of television plays. Tonight he presents a personal preview.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Nov 12, 1982 (40 min)
It is a nice little run out to the cemetery and nephew Eric generally takes Cora, Winnie and Aunty Ida up there in the Capri, but Eric's got on with this sub-aqua and the cemetery's over-run with art students. To cap it all, Winnie will keep running off.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Nov 19, 1982 (50 min)
What do Miss Schofield and 'the gang' find to talk about at their table in the canteen? Yesterday they were discussing the nasty rash Pauline Lucas's mother keeps getting on her elbows and there was quite a lively discussion about runner beans as part of a calorie-controlled diet. Miss Schofield puts her social success down to the fact that she doesn't talk about herself and she laughs, of course. She always laughs.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Dec 3, 1982 (60 min)
What with little Stephen doing his O-levels and Molly and Harold up night after night, Dad has ended up in a corporation home. There's a choice of puddings and the grounds are tip-top, but Dad simply gazes at the outside wall.
What's on the other side of it, the nice nurse, knows, but he's not telling.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Dec 10, 1982 (50 min)
Les is an old-fashioned boy but very handy about the house: Hoovering, ironing ... he has all that at his fingertips. His mother wants him to make his mark in the world, and he does make his mark but not where she had hoped.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Dec 17, 1982 (45 min)
Mrs Rhodes is busy staring out of the window while Mr Rhodes is just about to look up Helsinki when they have a caller. It's a social worker come to pester them about hypothermia, what else? Mr and Mrs Rhodes have a Dimplex, but they aren't good mixers, but then June isn't a very good social worker.
