Clayhanger - Season 1
Season 1
Network
Episodes26
DatesJan 1, 1976 - Jun 24, 1976
Episodes
Season 1Episode 160 min
Last of a Schoolboy
July 1872 - It is Edwin Clayhanger's last day at school. Everyone expects that he will enter his father's printing business, but Edwin has very different ideas about his future.
Jan 1, 1976
Season 1Episode 260 min
The Architect
Edwin becomes a hero - he wins his fathers admiration, but is no nearer to the realisation of his own ambitions to become an architect.
Jan 8, 1976
Season 1Episode 360 min
Hilda
Edwin has written to his father reminding him that he wants to train as an architect. Darius is curious, while Edwin realises that a summons from his aunt means the battle has come to a head...
Jan 15, 1976
Season 1Episode 460 min
The Five Towns Chronicle and Turnhill Guardian
While Edwin continues to work as an assistant at his father's printing works, eyebrows are raised when Hilda Lessways becomes the first woman in the Five Towns to learn shorthand - in order to work for George Cannon.
Jan 22, 1976
Season 1Episode 560 min
Sin and Romance
Hilda receives a telegram from London informing her that her mother is ill. Instead of leaving at once, she continues to work on the first edition of Cannon's newspaper.
Jan 29, 1976
Season 1Episode 660 min
Escape to Bleakridge
Hilda's feeling of responsibility for her mother's death has led her to a nervous breakdown. While still recovering in Miss Gailey's boarding house, she hears that Cannon is insisting on visiting her.
Feb 5, 1976
Season 1Episode 760 min
Centenary
Edwin spends an evening with the Orgreaves. He takes an instant dislike to Hilda, but when he leaves to take another look at the new Clayhanger house, she secretly follows him...
Feb 12, 1976
Season 1Episode 860 min
Taking a Share
After their day together at the Sunday School Centenary celebrations, Hilda and Edwin have become fascinated with each other. Edwin is both excited and unnerved at the prospect of their becoming neighbours.
Feb 19, 1976
Season 1Episode 960 min
Brighton
Miss Gailey tells Hilda that Cannon has taken a boarding house in Brighton, and expects them all to go and live there.
Feb 26, 1976
Season 1Episode 1060 min
Marriage
Hilda has accepted George's marriage proposal, but is nervous of breaking the news to Miss Gailey, who is now a semi-permanent invalid.
Mar 4, 1976
Season 1Episode 1160 min
Love
Hilda's secret marriage to George has ended disastrously with the discovery that it was bigamous. Deserted by him, she returns to Bursley to stay with the Orgreaves. On the night of her arrival there is a visitor - Edwin.
Mar 11, 1976
Season 1Episode 1260 min
Punishment
Hilda and Edwin declare their love for each other. But when she is forced to return to Brighton, Hilda has still not found the courage to tell Edwin about her past.
Mar 18, 1976
Season 1Episode 1360 min
Laid Aside
Edwin knows nothing of the role that Mr Shushions played in Darius's life, and is puzzled when Darius returns from his funeral in a state of shock. But subsequent events force new responsibilities on Edwin...
Mar 25, 1976
Season 1Episode 1460 min
The Glorious Jubilee
Edwin has been told that his father had no more than two years to live. More than one of those years has now passed - and Edwin has assumed complete control of the family business.
Apr 1, 1976
Season 1Episode 1560 min
The Chain is Broken
Darius Clayhanger is close to death and lets it be known that Edwin will inherit the whole of his business. As one chapter closes in Edwin's life, another opens. He meets Hilda's son.
Apr 8, 1976
Season 1Episode 1660 min
The Adventure
Hilda's son arrives to stay with the Orgreaves. Janet tells Edwin that Hilda is now a widow.... and all his old feelings for Hilda are re-awakened.
Apr 15, 1976
Season 1Episode 1760 min
Epidemic
Edwin has visited Hilda in Brighton, and has been told that he husband is, in fact, still alive.
Apr 22, 1976
Season 1Episode 1860 min
The Exquisite Burden
Hilda has told Edwin that she was never married to Cannon. Ignoring the hostility of Five Towns 'society', Edwin asks her to marry him.
Apr 29, 1976
Season 1Episode 1960 min
Possessions
Edwin and Hilda have finally given a formal 'At Home' to celebrate their marriage - and Bursley seems to have accepted them. Hilda feels safe and financially secure, but Edwin is already making new plans for the business....
May 6, 1976
Season 1Episode 2060 min
A Musical Evening
Hilda and Edwin have quarrelled about Edwin's plans to build a new printing works - he has not yet told her that he already made an offer for the land.
May 13, 1976
Season 1Episode 2160 min
The Orgreave Calamity
Hilda is continuing to oppose Edwin's plans to extend the printing business.
May 20, 1976
Season 1Episode 2260 min
Dartmoor
Hilda once again sees the man she thought she loved, but they cannot speak. George Cannon is a prisoner in Dartmoor.
May 27, 1976
Season 1Episode 2360 min
Prisoners
After their brief glimpse of George Cannon in Dartmoor prison, Edwin and Hilda return to the Five Towns. Not long after, George Cannon is released....
Jun 3, 1976
Season 1Episode 2460 min
Fall from Glory
Edwin is furious when Hilda insists on taking her son to London to visit an eye specialist. All the Clayhanger servants have left, and Edwin is forced to stay with Auntie Hamps.
Jun 10, 1976
Season 1Episode 2560 min
Death and Dreams
Hilda remains in London while Edwin stays on with Auntie Hamps, who is seriously ill. To add to Edwin's gloom, Ingpen has had a serious accident at the Benbow works and is not expected to live.
Jun 17, 1976
Season 1Episode 2660 min
The Discovery
Hilda is determined that she and Edwin should live in the country. And unbeknown to Edwin, she has already decided on their future home....
Jun 24, 1976
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