Clayhanger Season 1

(1976) January - June | # of Episodes : 26

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Seasons: 1

Total Episodes: 26

Creators: Douglas Livingstone

Networks: ITV1

Status: Ended

First Air Date: Jan 1, 1976

Recent Air Date: Jun 24, 1976

Run Time: m

In Production: No

Original Language: English

Age Rating: NR

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Production Companies: Associated Television

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Episodes

Episode 1

01 January 1976 - Last of a Schoolboy

July 1872. It is Edwin Clayhanger's last day at school. Everyone expects that he will enter his father's printing business, but Edwin has very different ideas about his future.

Episode 2

08 January 1976 - The Architect

Edwin becomes a hero - he wins his fathers admiration, but is no nearer to the realisation of his own ambitions to become an architect.

Episode 3

15 January 1976 - HIlda

Edwin has written to his father reminding him that he wants to train as an architect. Darius is curious, while Edwin realises that a summons from his aunt means the battle has come to a head...

Episode 4

22 January 1976 - The Five Towns Chronicle and Turnhill Guardian

While Edwin continues to work as an assistant at his father's printing works, eyebrows are raised when Hilda Lessways becomes the first woman in the Five Towns to learn shorthand - in order to work for George Cannon.

Episode 5

29 January 1976 - Sin and Romance

Hilda receives a telegram from London informing her that her mother is ill. Instead of leaving at once, she continues to work on the first edition of Cannon's newspaper.

Episode 6

05 February 1976 - Escape to Bleakridge

Hilda's feeling of responsibility for her mother's death has led her to a nervous breakdown. While still recovering in Miss Gailey's boarding house, she hears that Cannon is insisting on visiting her.

Episode 7

12 February 1976 - Centenary

Edwin spends an evening with the Orgreaves. He takes an instant dislike to Hilda, but when he leaves to take another look at the new Clayhanger house, she secretly follows him...

Episode 8

19 February 1976 - Taking a Share

After their day together at the Sunday School Centenary celebrations, Hilda and Edwin have become fascinated with each other. Edwin is both excited and unnerved at the prospect of their becoming neighbours.

Episode 9

26 February 1976 - Brighton

Miss Gailey tells Hilda that Cannon has taken a boarding house in Brighton, and expects them all to go and live there.

Episode 10

04 March 1976 - Marriage

Hilda has accepted George's proposal, but she's nervous of breaking the news to Miss Gailey, who is now a semi-permanent invalid.

Episode 11

11 March 1976 - Love

Hilda's secret marriage to George has ended disastrously with the discovery that it was bigamous. Deserted by him, she returns to Bursley to stay with the Orgreaves. On the night of her arrival, there is a visitor — Edwin.

Episode 12

18 March 1976 - Punishment

Hilda and Edwin declare their love for each other. But when she's forced to return to Brighton, Hilda has still not found the courage to tell Edwin about her past.

Episode 13

25 March 1976 - Laid Aside

Edwin knows nothing of the role that Mr Shushions played in Darius's life, and is puzzled when Darius returns from his funeral in a state of shock. But subsequent events force new responsibilities on Edwin...

Episode 14

01 April 1976 - The Glorious Jubilee

Edwin has been told that his father had no more than two years to live. More than one of those years has now passed - and Edwin has assumed complete control of the family business.

Episode 15

08 April 1976 - The Chain Is Broken

Close to death, Darius lets it be known that Edwin will inherit the whole of his business. As one chapter closes in Edwin's life, another opens as he meets Hilda's son.

Episode 16

15 April 1976 - The Adventure

Hilda's son arrives to stay with the Orgreaves. Janet tells Edwin that Hilda is now a widow.... and all his old feelings for Hilda are re-awakened.

Episode 17

22 April 1976 - Epidemic

Edwin visits Hilda in Brighton, where he learns that her husband is, in fact, still alive.

Episode 18

29 April 1976 - The Exquisite Burden

Hilda has told Edwin that she was never married to Cannon. Ignoring the hostility of Five Towns 'society', Edwin asks her to marry him.

Episode 19

06 May 1976 - Possessions

Edwin and Hilda have finally given a formal 'At Home' to celebrate their marriage - and Bursley seems to have accepted them. Hilda feels safe and financially secure, but Edwin is already making new plans for the business....

Episode 20

13 May 1976 - A Musical Evening

Hilda and Edwin have quarrelled about Edwin's plans to build a new printing works - he has not yet told her that he already made an offer for the land.

Episode 21

20 May 1976 - The Orgreave Calamity

Hilda is continuing to oppose Edwin's plans to extend the printing business.

Episode 22

27 May 1976 - Dartmoor

Hilda once again sees the man she thought she loved, but they cannot speak. George Cannon is a prisoner in Dartmoor.

Episode 23

03 June 1976 - Prisoners

After their brief glimpse of George Cannon in Dartmoor prison, Edwin and Hilda return to the Five Towns. Not long after, George Cannon is released....

Episode 24

10 June 1976 - Fall from Glory

Edwin is furious when Hilda insists on taking her son to London to visit an eye specialist. All the Clayhanger servants have left, and Edwin is forced to stay with Auntie Hamps.

Episode 25

17 June 1976 - Death and Dreams

Hilda remains in London while Edwin stays on with a seriously ill Auntie Hamps. To add to Edwin's gloom, Ingpen has had a serious accident at the Benbow works and is not expected to live.

Episode 26

24 June 1976 - The Discovery

Hilda is determined that she and Edwin should live in the country. And unbeknown to Edwin, she has already decided on their future home....

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Novel	Arnold Bennett
	Writer	Douglas Livingstone
Production	Executive Producer	Lew Grade Stella Richman
	Producer	David Reid Douglas Livingstone
Directing	Stage Director	Sheila Atha
Art	Props	Colin Harris
Department	Role	Name

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