Season 1 (1973)
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Episodes 13
A Way of Life
Sam and his mother arrive in Skellerton and try to settle in with their relatives.
Read MoreLeaving Home
Sam is bullied at school. Sam’s mother starts a new relationship with Alan. Sam doesn’t like this and runs away.
Read MoreFor Ever and Ever and Ever and Ever
Sam is found.
Read MoreA Day to Remember
Sam is taken on a day out to the seaside.
Read MoreThe Cost of Living
Sam’s mother and new partner set up a family home.
Read MoreOut of the Blue
Sam’s family come under pressure from the disapproving locals.
Read MoreUnited We Stand
Sam discovers a book written by his father. The pit workers are given notice.
Read MoreThe Beginning of Winter
Sam's mother falls pregnant. Sam’s father sends a letter asking for money to be sent to him so that he can come home from Canada.
Read MoreWhere the Heart Is
Dora passes away in hospital giving birth to a son, Leslie. Alan, devastated, decides to go south to look for work, leaving his mother to care for the baby. Sam’s uncle George goes with him.
Read MoreHome From Home
Frank is worried about Sam’s education and his grandfather wants to send him to a charity boarding school. Alan and George are disillusioned in the south and George returns home.
Read MoreNo Going Back
Sam is at boarding school, hating it and longing to go home, but can’t, because of a diphtheria outbreak in Skellerton. After a fight at the school, he runs away and walks the fifty miles home.
Read MoreBreadwinners
Sam’s uncle Toby sets up a garment factory in the old chapel, providing work for the women of Skellerton, leaving the men at home. Sam finally goes down the pit with his grandfather.
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