Series 14

01 Stan's Last Game Episode 125th October 1983 James Grout and Bert Parnaby are rival chairmen of a northern football club in the run-up to an important cup match. As tempers fray, retiring president Charles Lamb provides a calming voice of sanity. 02 Young Shoulders Episode 214th February 1984 Cynical teenager Andrew Groves re-evaluates his attitude to life and his parents after his sister dies in a plane crash. 03 A Coming to Terms for Billy Episode 321st February 1984 When his father comes home to Belfast after more than 2 years in England, conflicts arise with Billy 04 Z for Zachariah Episode 428th February 1984 After a nuclear holocaust, only a man and a woman survive in a Welsh valley. 05 Moving on the Edge Episode 56th March 1984 A woman in a state of personal crisis finds it hard to communicate with her husband and family. 06 Desert of Lies Episode 613th March 1984 An expedition tracing the path of long-lost missionaries meets with tragedy in the Kalahari Desert. 07 Hard Feelings Episode 720th March 1984 A group of unemployed Oxford drop-outs living in a Brixton commune get their come-uppance by one of them. 08 Under the Hammer Episode 827th March 1984 Concerning the life of the artist Vincent Van Gogh 09 King Episode 93rd April 1984 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. 10 Rainy Day Women Episode 1010th April 1984 In 1940, during World War II, an officer is sent to investigate rumors of German spies in a sleepy village where various people are the victims of war hysteria 11 Dog Ends Episode 1117th July 1984 In a future society where euthansia is common, a man signs papers to have his father put down 12 The Groundling and the Kite Episode 1224th July 1984 Peter is a songwriter, while his old friend Jimmy is an A and R (Artists and Repertoire) man. But when Jimmy tries to sell one of Peter's songs, Peter is furious. Can the friendship survive? 13 The Cry Episode 1331st July 1984 In 1959 Ulster, a journalist witnesses the beating of a youth 14 It Could Happen to Anybody Episode 1414th August 1984 A long-suffering Glasgow housewife puts up with years of her husband's violence and drunkenness - and then something happens which makes her snap and fight back. 15 Only Children Episode 1521st August 1984 A young woman's comfortable life is turned upside down when she has a baby. 16 The Amazing Miss Stella Estelle Episode 1628th August 1984 Miss Stella Estelle is a cabaret singer in working men's clubs, and she sings songs from the 1960s to support a large and difficult family. But how long can it go on? The backdrop is a family in decay: husband out of work, wife working and still doing the domestics, daughter the singer and hopeful star, son her "manager" but in reality going nowhere. Stella plays a crummy club circuit, singing songs for oldies for £50 a night - She's never going to be a star because of her parents' short-sighted greed. 17 The Long March Episode 1720th November 1984 A woman returns to Belfast after ten years in England and becomes involved in the Maze prison protest. 18 Punters Episode 1827th November 1984 What is the secret of Joey and Spansky's success at the races? 19 Talk To Me Episode 1911th December 1984 Matthew and his wife are deeply suspicious of psychoanalysis. It's not their sort of thing at all. 20 Bird Fancier Episode 2015th January 1985 21 Brigadista Episode 215th February 1985 When best-selling author James Fuller Hayes comes to Glasgow to publicise his personal account of the Spanish Civil War, a surprise reunion with two of his old comrades from the Int Brigade reveals contradictory & devastating information.