Sam (1973)
Sam is a drama set in the coalfields of Yorkshire in the inter-war period.
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Episode 1 - A Way of Life
Release Date: 1973-06-12Sam and his mother arrive in Skellerton and try to settle in with their relatives.
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Episode 2 - Poor Law
Release Date: 1973-06-19The Labour Exchange is looking for Sam’s mother. Sam is taken on a tour of the local pit by his grandfather.
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Episode 3 - Leaving Home
Release Date: 1973-06-26Sam is bullied at school. Sam’s mother starts a new relationship with Alan. Sam doesn’t like this and runs away.
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Episode 4 - For Ever and Ever and Ever and Ever
Release Date: 1973-07-03Sam is found.
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Episode 5 - A Day to Remember
Release Date: 1973-07-11Sam is taken on a day out to the seaside.
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Episode 6 - The Cost of Living
Release Date: 1973-07-18Sam’s mother and new partner set up a family home.
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Episode 7 - Out of the Blue
Release Date: 1973-07-25Sam’s family come under pressure from the disapproving locals.
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Episode 8 - United We Stand
Release Date: 1973-07-31Sam discovers a book written by his father. The pit workers are given notice.
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Episode 9 - The Beginning of Winter
Release Date: 1973-08-07Sam'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.
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Episode 10 - Where the Heart Is
Release Date: 1973-08-14Dora 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.
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Episode 11 - Home From Home
Release Date: 1973-08-21Frank 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.
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Episode 12 - No Going Back
Release Date: 1973-08-28Sam 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.
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Episode 13 - Breadwinners
Release Date: 1973-09-04Sam’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.