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- CreatorJohn HawkesworthJohn WhitneyStarsAnthony AndrewsMaurice RoëvesGeorge InnesThe series chronicles the exploits of the fictional Royal Engineer Tunnelling Company 97, which has been made a bomb disposal unit to deal with the thousands of unexploded bombs ("UXBs") in London during the Battle of Britain.
- DirectorFerdinand FairfaxStarsAnthony AndrewsMarjie LawrenceDeborah WatlingNewly-promoted Second Lieutentant Brian Ash joins his new regiment only to find that they are assigned to bomb disposal in London. Ash is thrown in at the deep end when he and his men are sent to a bomb site.
- DirectorFerdinand FairfaxStarsAnthony AndrewsMaurice RoëvesKen KitsonAsh tackles a bomb that is not considered vital with a new fuse extractor that doesn't work properly. New Lieutenant Machin is placed with Ash to get some on-the-job training. Major Francis criticises Ash after a patriotic magazine article profiles 347 Section.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsAnthony AndrewsSteven GrivesAlfie BassAsh and Machin are recalled to London from a bomb disposal course and attend to a bomb in a school yard that is dangerously close to a telephone exchange. When another bomb is uncovered close by, Ash reluctantly allows Machin to defuse the second bomb.
- DirectorJeremy SummersStarsAnthony AndrewsJudy GeesonIain CuthbertsonAn unorthodox doctor comes up with a new way of disarming UXBs - it's up to Ash and his men to test it.
- DirectorHenry HerbertStarsAnthony AndrewsJudy GeesonGeraldine GardnerThe UXB in a Soho nightclub can't be defused - according to the Germans. While the men of 347 Section pit their skills against German ingenuity, Ash (Anthony Andrews) receives a letter from Susan (judy Geeson), the scientist's daughter..
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsAnthony AndrewsJudy GeesonIain CuthbertsonThe tensions and terror of blitz-torn London breed passion and fear in men and women who have to endure them.
- DirectorFerdinand FairfaxStarsAnthony AndrewsJudy GeesonKenneth CranhamWhile working on a bomb at a gas works, the company find a second bomb with a time fuse.
- DirectorFerdinand FairfaxStarsAnthony AndrewsJudy GeesonKenneth FarringtonA new commanding officer's methods of discipline border on the psychotic, and the overworked men of 347 Section consider mutiny. Meanwhile, Ash and Susan discuss their future.
- DirectorDouglas CamfieldStarsAnthony AndrewsJudy GeesonNick TateAsh learns how to dispose the new German land mines, thanks to the help of naval experts. The bad news is that Susan has decided to return to her husband.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerStarsAnthony AndrewsKenneth CranhamGeraldine GardnerAsh and the men of 347 Section tackle Hitler's latest deadly invention, the butterfly bomb, designed to kill a man at 25 yards. Meanwhile, Salt breaks orders again, but for the last time.
- DirectorSimon LangtonStarsAnthony AndrewsJudy GeesonIain CuthbertsonA large UXB in the London Underground brings Ash face-to-face with a new type of fuse. Meanwhile, Susan may not be forever lost.
- DirectorDouglas CamfieldStarsAnthony AndrewsJudy GeesonJeremy Sinden347 Section is moving to the coast in preparation for D-Day. Before he leaves, Ash asks Susan to marry him -- but will it be too late?
- DirectorHenry HerbertStarsAnthony AndrewsJudy GeesonIain CuthbertsonAre Ash's injuries too much to overcome -- or is it depression over the many lives lost? After being talked out of the hospital to defuse an "antique" bomb, he discovers it was a ruse to restore his confidence.
- StarsGeorge DiCenzoSteve RailsbackNancy WolfeThe investigation and trial of the horrific Tate-LaBianca mass murders orchestrated by the psychotic pseudo-hippie cult leader, Charles Manson.
- StarsDavid SoulJames MasonLance KerwinA novelist and a young horror fan attempt to save a small New England town which has been invaded by vampires.
- StarsJoanne WoodwardSally FieldBrad DavisA young woman whose childhood was so harrowing to her that she developed sixteen different personalities is treated by a doctor.
- DirectorJohn Howard DaviesStarsJohn CleesePrunella ScalesAndrew SachsBasil is delighted when a member of the aristocracy chooses to stay at the Fawlty Towers, snubbing the normal guests who frequent the hotel. What Basil does not know, however, is that the man is not a Lord but a confidence trickster who attempts to steal his collection of rare coins. As Basil's desperation to keep such an 'upstanding' guest increases, he becomes increasingly tolerant towards the man's behavior, only to have the guest arrested in a police raid on the hotel.
- 202049mTV-MA7.2 (160)TV EpisodeDirectorClay TweelStarsMarshall ApplewhiteReza AslanRobert BalchBonnie Nettles and Marshall Applewhite begin to recruit individuals interested in end-of-the-world Christianity, new age religion, and UFOs - but the disappearance of new members soon drives media attention and family concerns.
- 1978–19852h 48mTV-146.6 (465)TV EpisodeDirectorAlvin RakoffStarsPatrick RyecartRebecca SaireCelia JohnsonTwo teenagers fall in love, but their feuding families and fate itself cause the relationship to end in tragedy.
- DirectorMike LeighStarsAlison SteadmanTim SternJanine DuvitskiArguably the most famous edition of Play For Today, and one of the most beloved, as Mike Leigh directs a comedy of manners. Middle-class suburbia gets to reveal its darker side over the course of an increasingly uncomfortable drinks party.
- 1978–19852h 31mTV-147.1 (356)TV EpisodeDirectorBasil ColemanStarsHelen MirrenBrian StirnerRichard PascoAfter the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing.
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsJoanne WoodwardSally FieldBrad Davis
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsJoanne WoodwardSally FieldBrad Davis
- DirectorTobe HooperStarsDavid SoulJames MasonLance KerwinIntent on writing a book on the notorious Marsten House, Ben Mears returns to his peaceful hometown after years of absence. But things have changed: two new tenants live in the sinister house, and suspicion overcomes the worried townsfolk.
- DirectorTobe HooperStarsDavid SoulJames MasonLance KerwinBen Mears and his supporters must enter the grim Marsten House, the dark lair of the ancient vampire, to cleanse Salem's Lot of its monstrous curse.
- DirectorTom GriesStarsGeorge DiCenzoSteve RailsbackNancy WolfeCharles Manson and his blind minions are brought to trial for murder. As prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi attempts to argue for conviction, Manson's bizarre in-court antics create chaos in the courtroom.
- DirectorTom GriesStarsGeorge DiCenzoSteve RailsbackNancy WolfeActress Sharon Tate and seven other innocent victims have been savagely and senselessly murdered in Los Angeles in 1969. Evidence gradually points to a commune of freeloading hippies disturbingly devoted to an extreme ex-convict.