Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Mar 30, 1980
A biographical portrait and critical assessment of the work of the Irish playwright, the centenary of whose birth occurs today, with contributions from his widow Eileen, John Ardon, Eric Bentley, Lord Sidney Bernstein, Cyril Cusack, Seamus Deane, Gabriel Fallon, Denis Johnston, David Krause, Siobhan McKenna, The Rt Hon Harold Macmillan, Shelah Richards, Raymond Williams and Katharine Worth.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Apr 6, 1980
Dublin Transport Strike 1913 - "Friend, we would that you should live a greater life; we will that all of us shall live a greater life, our strike is yours, a step ahead for us today; another one for you tomorrow... don't flinch in the first flare of a fight"
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Apr 9, 1980
Harry Heegan has scored the goal which wins his football club the Silver Tassie. A hero, he leaves Dublin to fight in the Great War.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Apr 12, 1980
"Shovel! You'd do far more work with a knife an' fork than ever you'll do with a shovel! Your poor wife slavin' to keep the bit in your mouth, an' you gallivantin' about all day like a paycock! It would be easier to drive you out o' the house than to drive you into a job"
