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SeasonJan 2, 1964 · 103 Episodes

Season 3

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Episodes: 50 / 103

1. Weekend Guest

Jan 2, 1964 · 30 min

2. A Place Of Your Own

Jan 4, 1964 · 30 min

3. A Question Of Morals

Jan 6, 1964 · 30 min

Jan 14, 1964 · 30 min

Jan 16, 1964 · 30 min

6. Hand In Marriage

Jan 21, 1964 · 30 min

7. The Best Policy

Jan 23, 1964 · 30 min

8. One Of Us Must Go

Jan 28, 1964 · 30 min

9. Love You And Leave You

Jan 30, 1964 · 30 min

10. Battle Of The Sexes

Feb 4, 1964 · 30 min

11. Unexpected Guests

Feb 6, 1964 · 30 min

12. Mutual Understanding

Feb 11, 1964 · 30 min

Feb 13, 1964 · 30 min

14. Walls Have Ears

Feb 16, 1964 · 30 min

Feb 17, 1964 · 30 min

16. The Poison Spreads

Feb 25, 1964 · 30 min

17. The Fatal Call

Feb 27, 1964 · 30 min

18. An End And A Beginning

Mar 3, 1964 · 30 min

19. The Night Visitors

Mar 5, 1964 · 30 min

20. Plots And Plans

Mar 10, 1964 · 30 min

21. Secrets And Lies

Mar 12, 1964 · 30 min

22. The Ides Of March

Mar 17, 1964 · 30 min

23. False Evidence

Mar 19, 1964 · 30 min

24. A Difficult Assignment

Mar 24, 1964 · 30 min

25. The Eve Of The Wedding

Mar 26, 1964 · 30 min

26. Just Married - Good Luck

Mar 31, 1964 · 30 min

27. Honeymoon And Holidays

Apr 2, 1964 · 30 min

Apr 7, 1964 · 30 min

29. Moment Of Truth

Apr 9, 1964 · 30 min

30. Hot And Cold

Apr 14, 1964 · 30 min

31. Home And Away

Apr 16, 1964 · 30 min

32. Ian In Danger

Apr 19, 1964 · 30 min

33. Investigations

Apr 24, 1964 · 30 min

34. Guilty Conscience

Apr 28, 1964 · 30 min

35. To Be Delivered By Hand

Apr 30, 1964 · 30 min

36. Business Not Blackmail

May 5, 1964 · 30 min

37. A Ray Of Hope

May 7, 1964 · 30 min

38. Success Story

May 12, 1964 · 30 min

39. Wine, Women, And Song

May 14, 1964 · 30 min

40. Delicate Negotiations

May 19, 1964 · 30 min

41. Parties And Quarrels

May 21, 1964 · 30 min

42. Who Is Eddie Pritchard?

May 26, 1964 · 30 min

43. Crossed Swords

May 28, 1964 · 30 min

44. A Question Of Loyalties

Jun 2, 1964 · 30 min

45. Picture Clue

Jun 4, 1964 · 30 min

46. To Catch A Thief

Jun 9, 1964 · 30 min

47. Play On Crime

Jun 11, 1964 · 30 min

48. The Unexpected

Jun 16, 1964 · 30 min

Jun 18, 1964 · 30 min

50. The Verdict Was Guilty

Jun 23, 1964 · 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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