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SeasonJan 1, 1965 · 61 Episodes

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Episodes: 50 / 61

1. Ring In The New

Jan 1, 1965 · 30 min

2. Day Of Deliverance

Jan 5, 1965 · 30 min

3. Fare Thee Well, For I Must Leave Thee

Jan 8, 1965 · 30 min

4. Discoveries Of The Day

Jan 12, 1965 · 30 min

5. Togetherness

Jan 15, 1965 · 30 min

6. Troublemaker

Jan 19, 1965 · 30 min

7. The Last Straw

Jan 22, 1965 · 30 min

8. Heart To Heart

Jan 26, 1965 · 30 min

Jan 29, 1965 · 30 min

10. A Marriage Has Been Arranged…

Feb 2, 1965 · 30 min

11. Many A Slip

Feb 5, 1965 · 30 min

12. Thunder On The Left

Feb 9, 1965 · 30 min

13. Tell It Not In Faith

Feb 12, 1965 · 30 min

14. A Family Affair

Feb 16, 1965 · 30 min

15. Change Of Plan

Feb 19, 1965 · 30 min

Feb 23, 1965 · 30 min

17. It Happens To Other People

Feb 26, 1965 · 30 min

18. Where There's Smoke

Mar 2, 1965 · 30 min

19. Patience On A Monument

Mar 5, 1965 · 30 min

20. Blow Hot, Blow Cold

Mar 9, 1965 · 30 min

21. Change Of Heart

Mar 12, 1965 · 30 min

22. Food For Thought

Mar 16, 1965 · 30 min

23. The End Of A Song

Mar 19, 1965 · 30 min

24. The Man From Paris

Mar 23, 1965 · 30 min

25. The Wrong Set

Mar 26, 1965 · 30 min

26. The Egnet Sings

Mar 30, 1965 · 30 min

27. A Cigarette That Bears A Lipstick's Trace

Apr 2, 1965 · 30 min

28. The Last Act

Apr 6, 1965 · 30 min

29. A Tangled Web

Apr 9, 1965 · 30 min

Apr 13, 1965 · 30 min

31. Never Trust A Woman

Apr 16, 1965 · 30 min

32. Travellers Return

Apr 20, 1965 · 30 min

Apr 23, 1965 · 30 min

34. Publish And Be Damned

Apr 27, 1965 · 30 min

35. Action For Libel

Apr 30, 1965 · 30 min

36. Testing Time

May 4, 1965 · 30 min

37. Plots, Plans, And A Party

May 7, 1965 · 30 min

38. True Or False?

May 11, 1965 · 30 min

39. Hide And Seek

May 14, 1965 · 30 min

40. Wild Goose Chase

May 18, 1965 · 30 min

41. High Court, Low Court

May 21, 1965 · 30 min

42. Hostilities Called Off

May 25, 1965 · 30 min

43. Best Laid Schemes

May 28, 1965 · 30 min

44. Trouble Brewing

Jun 1, 1965 · 30 min

45. Any Other Business?

Jun 4, 1965 · 30 min

Jun 8, 1965 · 30 min

47. Friends And Enemies

Jun 11, 1965 · 30 min

48. Day Of Decision

Jun 15, 1965 · 30 min

49. Hidden Depths

Jun 18, 1965 · 30 min

50. Appearances Can Be Deceptive

Jun 22, 1965 · 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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