Season Four

Episodes

1. 1

   1. The Square Peg

   30 Sept 1962

2. 2

   2. The Stepfather

   7 Oct 1962

3. 3

   3. The Slip

   14 Oct 1962

4. 4

   4. A Suitable Case for Treatment

   21 Oct 1962

   Heavy-drinking Marxist writer Morgan Delt must hold on to his sanity whilst trying to resolve his marital problems.

5. 5

   5. The Big Eat

   28 Oct 1962

   An eating contest is staged for a new TV show - with fatal results.

6. 6

   6. Ruth

   11 Nov 1962

7. 7

   7. The Aspern Papers

   18 Nov 1962

   A publisher insinuates himself into the mouldering mansion of the centenarian lover of a renowned but long-dead poet in order to find his lost love letter.

8. 8

   8. Libel on a Liar

   25 Nov 1962

9. 9

   9. The Sudden Silence

   2 Dec 1962

10. 10

    10. Behind the Line

    9 Dec 1962

11. 11

    11. Something to Hide

    16 Dec 1962

12. 12

    12. The Canterville Ghost

    23 Dec 1962

    The ghost of Sir Simon De Canterville has terrified visitors to his family home for centuries - but when a family of Americans rent the place, he's the one who's terrified.

13. 13

    13. Parkin's Primitives

    30 Dec 1962

14. 14

    14. The Remarkable Incident at Carson Corners

    6 Jan 1963

15. 15

    15. The Madhouse on Castle Street

    13 Jan 1963

    A man mysteriously locks himself in a room in a boarding house leaving only a note saying he has decided to "retire from the world". His worried sister and the other boarders then try to discover why.

16. 16

    16. Freya of the Seven Isles

    20 Jan 1963

17. 17

    17. House on Three Floors

    27 Jan 1963

18. 18

    18. The Reward of Silence

    3 Feb 1963

19. 19

    19. The Bergonzi Hand

    10 Feb 1963

20. 20

    20. The Fall of Mendel Krick

    17 Feb 1963

21. 21

    21. The Prisoner

    24 Feb 1963

    Not to be confused with the 1967 TV series of the same name (also starring Patrick McGoohan), this adaptation of Bridget Boland's 1954 stage play depicts the conflict between a Cardinal (allegedly inspired by real-life Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty) in an unnamed totalitarian state and the Interrogator who tries to force him into a public abjure of his religious convictions.

22. 22

    22. June Fall

    3 Mar 1963

    Two lonely, unbeautiful people are brought together by a dating agency, and, against all odds, find love.

23. 23

    23. Continuity Man

    10 Mar 1963

    Don and Roz, a very trendy couple, are expecting a Hollywood film actress as their dinner guest, but find they also have to look after Don's very eccentric and contrary father.

24. 24

    24. For Tea on Sunday

    17 Mar 1963

    Three girls sharing living accommodation invite their boyfriends for tea on Sunday. One of the young men arrives carrying an ax over his shoulder.

25. 25

    25. Too Late for Mashed Potato

    24 Mar 1963

26. 26

    26. The Big Donkey

    31 Mar 1963

27. 27

    27. Just You Wait

    7 Apr 1963

28. 28

    28. The Holly Road Rig

    14 Apr 1963

29. 29

    29. A Little Bit of Gold Said 'Jump'

    21 Apr 1963

30. 30

    30. A Deadly Hush

    28 Apr 1963

31. 31

    31. A Right Crusader

    5 May 1963

32. 32

    32. I'm Not Stopping

    12 May 1963

33. 33

    33. The Fly Sham

    19 May 1963

34. 34

    34. How to Get Rid of Your Wife

    26 May 1963

    Mild-mannered and unassuming, Gerald Swinney has had enough of his nagging, domineering wife. So he resolves, not to kill her, but simply to "get rid" of her.

35. 35

    35. So Long Charlie

    2 Jun 1963

36. 36

    36. Trial Run

    9 Jun 1963

37. 37

    37. The Full Chatter

    16 Jun 1963

    An eccentric teacher dreams of finding fame as a novelist; but everything in his life seems to conspire against him.

38. 38

    38. Dial Rix #7: Skin Deep

    23 Jun 1963

39. 39

    39. She's a Free Country

    30 Jun 1963

40. 40

    40. You Can't Throw Your Mates

    7 Jul 1963

41. 41

    41. Take the Plunge

    14 Jul 1963

    Douglas has fallen in love with an American girl and is perturbed to find, at the same time, that he really must get a job at last.

42. 42

    42. The Shadow of Mart

    21 Jul 1963

    About the foolish and lost Gabriel who lives entirely in the shadow of his brother, the brave soldier Mart who died in the war and is continuously immortalised by the dominant mother.

43. 43

    43. The Joker

    28 Jul 1963

44. 44

    44. The Sponge Room

    4 Aug 1963

45. 45

    45. Night Express

    11 Aug 1963

46. 46

    46. Pig in the Middle

    18 Aug 1963

47. 47

    47. The Greevey Column

    25 Aug 1963

48. 48

    48. Plain Jane

    1 Sept 1963

49. 49

    49. Two by the Sea #1: See the Pretty Lights

    8 Sept 1963

50. 50

    50. Two by the Sea #2: Wedding Bells

    8 Sept 1963

51. 51

    51. The Affair

    15 Sept 1963

    A young fellow of a Cambridge college is accused of fraud and dismissed. Based on the eighth novel in C.P. Snow's "Strangers and Brothers" series.