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The Wednesday Play
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MovieNerd ScoreThe Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured. The series gained a reputation for presenting contemporary social dramas, and for bringing issues to the attention of a mass audience that would not otherwise have been discussed on screen.
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Season 1
34 episodes
S1 E1 · Catch as Catch Can
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S1 E2 · A Crack in the Ice
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S1 E3 · In Camera
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S1 E4 · Pale Horse, Pale Rider
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S1 E5 · The Big Breaker
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S1 E6 · Mr. Douglas
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S1 E7 · Malatesta
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S1 E8 · The July Plot
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S1 E9 · First Love
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S1 E10 · A Tap on the Shoulder
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S1 E11 · Sir Jocelyn, the Minister Would Like a Word ...
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S1 E12 · The Navigators
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S1 E13 · Fable
Fable is a British television play, shown on 27 January 1965 as an episode of The Wednesday Play series on BBC 1. Written by John Hopkins, the play is set in a parallel totalitarian Britain where those in authority are black people, and white people are their social underdogs - a reversal of the situation in contemporary apartheid South Africa. It was directed by Christopher Morahan and produced by James MacTaggart.
S1 E14 · Dan, Dan The Charity Man
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S1 E15 · Ashes to Ashes
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S1 E16 · Wear a Very Big Hat
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S1 E17 · The Confidence Course
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S1 E18 · Campaign for One
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S1 E19 · Horror of Darkness
"The liberal middle-class mask well and truly slips in John Hopkins' intense, slow-burning love triangle drama, broadcast in the BBC's groundbreaking Wednesday Play slot. An affluent, cosmopolitan London couple (Jackson and Lynch) find their outwardly charmed lives turned upside down by the appearance of a troubled homosexual friend (Williamson), who quickly touches a raw nerve. In a virtuoso performance, Jackson's spirited, cerebral Cathy finds herself unable to penetrate either man's psyche. Stylishly shot and built to a shocking crescendo by director Page, this gripping chamber piece simmers with suppressed desire, creativity – and rage." Quoting the description from the 2011 London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival site.
S1 E20 · A Little Temptation
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S1 E21 · Moving On
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S1 E22 · Cat's Cradle
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S1 E23 · Three Clear Sundays
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S1 E24 · The Interior Decorator
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S1 E25 · Auto-Stop
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S1 E26 · The Good Shoe Maker and the Poor Fish Peddler
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S1 E27 · Cemented with Love
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S1 E28 · A Knight in Tarnished Armour
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S1 E29 · For the West
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S1 E30 · And Did Those Feet?
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S1 E31 · The Man Without Papers
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S1 E32 · The Pistol
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S1 E33 · Women in Crisis: With Love and Tears
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S1 E34 · The Seven O'Clock Crunch
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Season 2
37 episodes
S2 E1 · The War Game
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S2 E2 · Alice
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S2 E3 · The Girl Who Loved Robots
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S2 E4 · A Designing Woman
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S2 E5 · Up The Junction
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S2 E6 · The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
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S2 E7 · The End of Arthur's Marriage
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S2 E8 · Tomorrow, Just You Wait
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S2 E9 · The Bond
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S2 E10 · Stand Up, Nigel Barton
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S2 E11 · Vote, Vote, Vote For Nigel Barton
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S2 E12 · The Coming Out Party
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S2 E13 · The Bone Yard
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S2 E14 · A Man On Her Back
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S2 E15 · Rodney, Our Intrepid Hero
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S2 E16 · Calf Love
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S2 E17 · Silent Song
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S2 E18 · Who's A Good Boy Then?
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S2 E19 · A Game - Like - Only A Game
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S2 E20 · Why Aren't You Famous?
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S2 E21 · Macready's Gala
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S2 E22 · A Walk In The Sea
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S2 E23 · Boy In The Smoke
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S2 E24 · Barlowe of the Car Park
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S2 E25 · The Portsmouth Defence
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S2 E26 · Pity About The Abbey
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S2 E27 · The Big Man Coughed and Died
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S2 E28 · The Snow Ball
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S2 E29 · A Cheery Soul
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S2 E30 · The Connoiseur
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S2 E31 · The Retreat
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S2 E32 · Ape and Essence
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S2 E33 · Toddler on the Run
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S2 E34 · The Executioner
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S2 E35 · Way Off Beat
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S2 E36 · A Soiree at Blossom's Hotel
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S2 E37 · Cock, Hen and Counting Pit
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Season 3
31 episodes
S3 E1 · Photo Finish
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S3 E2 · A Hero of our Time
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S3 E3 · The Frighteners
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S3 E4 · A Piece of Resistance
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S3 E5 · Where the Buffalo Roam
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S3 E6 · The Head Waiter
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S3 E7 · Cathy Come Home
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S3 E8 · The Private Tutor
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S3 E9 · A Pyre for Private James
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S3 E10 · A Tale of Two Wives
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S3 E11 · Little Master Mind
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S3 E12 · The Mayfly and the Frog
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S3 E13 · Person To Person
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S3 E14 · The Order
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S3 E15 · Everybody's Rich Except Us
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S3 E16 · The Lump
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S3 E17 · Who's Going to Take Me On?
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S3 E18 · Death of a Teddy Bear
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S3 E19 · Days in the Trees
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S3 E20 · In Two Minds
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S3 E21 · Another Day, Another Dollar
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S3 E22 · Public Inquiry
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S3 E23 · A Crucial Week in the Life of a Grocer's Assistant
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S3 E24 · A Breach in the Wall
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S3 E25 · The Voices in the Park
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S3 E26 · Dismissal Leading to Lustfulness
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S3 E27 · A Brilliant Future Behind Him
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S3 E28 · Message for Posterity
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S3 E29 · A Way with the Ladies
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S3 E30 · The Playground
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S3 E31 · Drums Along the Avon
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Season 4
25 episodes
S4 E1 · Sleeping Dog
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S4 E2 · Wanted: Single Gentleman
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S4 E3 · A Black Candle for Mrs. Gogarty
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S4 E4 · The Devil a Monk Would Be
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S4 E5 · Fall of the Goat
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S4 E6 · The Profile of a Gentleman
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S4 E7 · Dial Rudolph Valentino One One
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S4 E8 · Kippers and Curtains
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S4 E9 · Death of a Private
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S4 E10 · An Officer of the Court
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S4 E11 · The Fat of the Land
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S4 E12 · Toggle
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S4 E13 · House of Character
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S4 E14 · Jamie, On a Flying Visit
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S4 E15 · Monsieur Barnett
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S4 E16 · The Drummer and the Bloke
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S4 E17 · Rebel in the Grave
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S4 E18 · Coincidence
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S4 E19 · Light Blue
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S4 E20 · Let's Murder Vivaldi
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S4 E21 · The Golden Vision
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S4 E22 · The Man Behind You
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S4 E23 · Infidelity Took Place
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S4 E98 · Episode 98
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S4 E99 · Episode 99
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Season 5
26 episodes
S5 E1 · Mrs Lawrence Will Look After It
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S5 E2 · Spoiled
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S5 E3 · The Gorge
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S5 E4 · A Night with Mrs. Da Tanka
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S5 E5 · Charlie
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S5 E6 · Anyone For Tennis?
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S5 E7 · Mooney and his Caravans
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S5 E8 · The Lower Largo Sequence
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S5 E9 · Hello, Good Evening and Welcome
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S5 E10 · A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
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S5 E11 · Nothing Will be The Same
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S5 E12 · A Beast With Two Backs
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S5 E13 · On the Eve of Publication
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S5 E14 · The Fabulous Frump
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S5 E15 · Smoke Screen
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S5 E16 · Dr. Aitkinson's Daughter
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S5 E17 · The Apprentices
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S5 E18 · Birthday
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S5 E19 · The Big Flame
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S5 E20 · A Serpent in Putney
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S5 E21 · Bami Powl Zapl
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S5 E22 · Sling Your Hook
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S5 E23 · A Child and a Half
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S5 E24 · Son of Man
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S5 E25 · The Exiles
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S5 E26 · Blodwen, Home from Rachel's Marriage
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Season 6
34 episodes
S6 E1 · The Parachute
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S6 E2 · Pitchi Poi
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S6 E3 · The Last Train through Harecastle Tunnel
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S6 E4 · Patterson O.K.
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S6 E5 · The Mark II Wife
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S6 E6 · Close the Coalhouse Door
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S6 E7 · The Sad Decline of Arthur Maybury
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S6 E8 · All Out for Kangaroo Valley
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S6 E9 · Happy
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S6 E10 · There Is Also Tomorrow
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S6 E11 · The Compartment/Playmates
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S6 E12 · Blood of the Lamb
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S6 E13 · The Vortex
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S6 E14 · It Wasn't Me
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S6 E15 · The Season of the Witch
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S6 E16 · Mille Miglia
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S6 E17 · The Hunting of Lionel Crane
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S6 E18 · Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred
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S6 E19 · Mad Jack
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S6 E20 · Nathan and Tabileth
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S6 E21 · The Italian Table
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S6 E22 · The Boy Who Wanted Peace
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S6 E23 · The Cellar and the Almond Tree
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S6 E24 · The Year of the Sex Olympics
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S6 E25 · No Trams to Lime Street
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S6 E26 · To See How Far It Is 1: Murphy's Law
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S6 E27 · To See How Far It Is 2: The Curse of the Donkins
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S6 E28 · To See How Far It Is 3: To See How Far It Is
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S6 E29 · Wine of India
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S6 E30 · Sovereign's Company
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S6 E31 · Party Games
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S6 E32 · Emma's Time
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S6 E33 · Chariot of Fire
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S6 E34 · Wind Vs. Polygamy
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