Mike comes home on leave from Ulster. After six years in the Army he has to decide whether to sign up again or not. His parents want him to leave the army and come home, but the family flare-ups and bickerings are not conducive to helping him choose.
Britain, 1958. Restless at school and bored with his life, Jim leaves home to take a series of low-level jobs at a seaside amusement park, where he discovers a world of cheap sex and petty crime. But when that world comes to a shockingly brutal end, Jim returns home. As the local music scene explodes, Jim must decide between a life of adult responsibility or a new phenomenon called rock & roll.
An adaptation directed by Claude Whatham for the BBC's Theatre 625 slot. Essentially a recording of John Barton's acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Company production starring Catherine Lacey (the Countess), Ian Richardson (Bertram), Lynn Farleigh (Helen), Clive Swift (Parolles) and Sebastian Shaw (the King), it was broadcast on 3 June 1968.
빌리는 언제나 반복적인 무미건조한 생활 속에서 자신이 영웅이 되는 공상을 하며 하루하루를 보내는 게으르고 무책임한 청년으로 장의사의 직원이다. 모두에게 인정을 받지 못하는 빌리가 악의없이 비난을 벗어나기 위해 시작한 거짓말은 또 다시 거짓말을 낳고. 점점 불어나 걷잡을 수 없이 커져 빌리의 삶은 온통 거짓으로 뒤죽박죽이 된다. 두 여자에게 약혼을 약속하고 그 사이에서 또 다른 거짓말들로 일관하는가 하면, 직장의 물건을 집으로 가져와 숨겨놓기도 하고 작은 액수의 돈을 횡령해 난처한 상황에 빠지기도 한다. 빌리는 거짓으로 일관된 이런 생활과 주위의 수모와 비난을 피해 런던으로 가서 유명한 코메디언의 대본작가로 성공하고 싶은 꿈을 꾸지만 역시 꿈에 그치고 실행에 옮기지 못하는데...
After being framed for a murder he didn't commit, Tom Penney (Donald Houston) serves his time and returns to his rural English home to establish a quiet life. When another victim is found, however, Tom is blamed for the crime and flees rather than returnng to prison. Hoping to find the real killer -- or killers -- Tom investigates while keeping a low profile to elude his pursuers, and a vital clue leads him on the path to possible redemption.
