Dolly is pregnant and Jack jobless so he agrees to a proposition to make money, from Manners, who wants to buy a house from Lord Calderbeck. Jack, posing as a parvenu car parts tycoon, will act as front man. At the house he meets Freddy,...
1. A Land Fit for Heroes and Idiots
Aired: Jan 7, 1976In 1919, Jack Ford returns to Gallowshields on Tyneside after service in the ...
Aired: Jan 14, 1976Billy, Tom and Matt, Jack's old army pal, try to involve him in the Labour mo...
Aired: Jan 21, 1976Times are hard as the miners strike over a pay claim and Tom, now with a son ...
Aired: Jan 28, 1976Jack visits Sir Horatio Manners, father of his late commanding officer and gi...
Aired: Feb 4, 1976The strike continues and Bill approaches an old friend, Sep, regarding the lo...
6. Empire Day on the Slag Heap
Aired: Feb 11, 1976The strike ends with no concessions won by the colliers. Jack does well at th...
7. A First Time for Everything
Aired: Feb 18, 1976Encouraged by French onion seller Pierre, Bella turns the front of the house ...
Aired: Feb 25, 1976Mary dies. Jack is in a pub when he meets an old army colleague, Sid Hepburn,...
Aired: Mar 2, 1976Nurse Rosie Trotter returns to Gallowshields and is mutually attracted to Tom...
Aired: Mar 10, 1976Dolly is pregnant and Jack jobless so he agrees to a proposition to make mone...
Aired: Mar 17, 1976It is New year's Eve and Glaswegian socialist lecturer Sandy Lewis joins Jack...
12. Heads You Win, Tails I Lose
Aired: Mar 24, 1976To the annoyance of her husband Arthur, Jessie has been nominated for the Lab...
13. Kind Hearted Rat with a Lifebelt
Aired: Mar 31, 1976Tom is caught and remanded in custody. Jack becomes the deputy branch secreta...
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