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SeasonJan 1, 1963 · 105 Episodes

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Episodes: 50 / 105

1. Happy Birthday

Jan 1, 1963 · 30 min

2. Merely Players

Jan 3, 1963 · 30 min

3. Picture Page

Jan 8, 1963 · 30 min

4. Research Pays Off

Jan 10, 1963 · 30 min

5. Waiting For News

Jan 15, 1963 · 30 min

6. Staff Changes

Jan 17, 1963 · 30 min

7. The New Editor

Jan 22, 1963 · 30 min

8. To See Ourselves

Jan 24, 1963 · 30 min

9. Changing Step

Jan 29, 1963 · 30 min

10. Military Honours

Jan 31, 1963 · 30 min

11. Vital Talks

Feb 5, 1963 · 30 min

12. The Man For The Job

Feb 7, 1963 · 30 min

Feb 12, 1963 · 30 min

14. The Magpie's Hoard

Feb 14, 1963 · 30 min

Feb 19, 1963 · 30 min

16. United We Stand

Feb 21, 1963 · 30 min

17. Shrove Tuesday

Feb 26, 1963 · 30 min

18. Unofficial Strike

Feb 28, 1963 · 30 min

Mar 5, 1963 · 30 min

20. Normal Working

Mar 7, 1963 · 30 min

21. On The Edge

Mar 12, 1963 · 30 min

22. Shock Tactics

Mar 14, 1963 · 30 min

Mar 19, 1963 · 30 min

24. Chicken And Champagne

Mar 21, 1963 · 30 min

25. The Highway Man

Mar 26, 1963 · 30 min

26. A List Of Names

Mar 28, 1963 · 30 min

27. The Wrong Idea

Apr 2, 1963 · 30 min

28. Fire And Water

Apr 4, 1963 · 30 min

29. A Question Of Age

Apr 9, 1963 · 30 min

30. Tangled Web

Apr 11, 1963 · 30 min

31. Little Boy Lost

Apr 16, 1963 · 30 min

32. Sent To Coventry

Apr 18, 1963 · 30 min

33. Money Trouble

Apr 23, 1963 · 30 min

34. Mr Bruce Remembers

Apr 25, 1963 · 30 min

35. Echo From The Past

Apr 30, 1963 · 30 min

36. The Puffing Doctor

May 2, 1963 · 30 min

37. A Novel Situation

May 7, 1963 · 30 min

38. Bitter Wine

May 9, 1963 · 30 min

39. Moments Of Truth

May 14, 1963 · 30 min

40. The New Understanding

May 16, 1963 · 30 min

41. I'll Be In Scotland Before Ye

May 21, 1963 · 30 min

42. Auld Acquaintance

May 23, 1963 · 30 min

43. Family Crisis

May 28, 1963 · 30 min

44. The McDee In London

May 30, 1963 · 30 min

45. A Day At The Seaside

Jun 4, 1963 · 30 min

Jun 6, 1963 · 30 min

47. Truth Will Out

Jun 11, 1963 · 30 min

48. Living In The Past

Jun 13, 1963 · 30 min

49. Big Brother

Jun 18, 1963 · 30 min

50. Out In Limbo

Jun 20, 1963 · 30 min

About this season

Compact was a British television soap opera shown by the BBC between 1962 and 1965. The series was created by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling, who together went on to devise Crossroads. In contrast to the kitchen sink realism of Coronation Street, Compact was a distinctly middle-class serial, set in the more "sophisticated" arena of magazine publishing. An early "avarice" soap, it took the viewer into the business workplace, and aligned the professional lives of the characters with more personal storylines. The show was scheduled for broadcast on Tuesdays and Thursdays, thus avoiding a clash with ITV's Coronation Street on Mondays and Wednesdays. When Compact began, the editor was a woman, Joanne Minster, yet it was not long before she was replaced by Ian Harmon, the son of the magazine's owner. Despite being largely criticised by reviewers, Compact was popular with the general public, and in 1964 a regular omnibus edition was introduced, broadcast on Sundays. Morris Barry, a some-time actor and BBC director – he directed several Doctor Who stories in the 1960s – took over as producer and was given a brief to spice the series up in view of the criticism it had received from the national press. But the BBC, never comfortable with the concept of soap opera, quietly dropped the series in 1965.

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