Flesh and Blood (1980)

Season 1

About the business and personal lives of the Brassington family in Yorkshire.

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10 Episodes

  • Feeling Your Age
    E1
    Feeling Your AgeFor Henry Brassington the most natural thing in the world would be to retire. He has two go-ahead sons and a son-in-law, all capable of taking over the reins of the cement works his father founded; but somehow Henry cannot let go.
  • Every Man Is an Island
    E2
    Every Man Is an IslandThe shattering events in Henry Brassington 's life uncharacteristically turn him from a man of action into a man who drifts.
  • Time of Life
    E3
    Time of LifeThe Brassington family, having been united for their mother's funeral, find that events take over that seem to separate them.
  • A Decent Interval
    E4
    A Decent IntervalThe rift widens, when an unofficial strike at the works has its effect on the various members of the Brassington family. Max believes there is a movement to destroy the company.
  • Day of Rest
    E5
    Day of RestSarah hears some disturbing news, but Sunday lunch with a family gathering has somehow to be lived through, particularly when Max is worried that some kind of plotting is going on between Jim Turner and his father Henry, and more so when he finds out that they have both 'coincidentally' gone fishing.
  • Fish and Chips Twice
    E6
    Fish and Chips TwiceSarah and Max discover the reason why Guy keeps running away from school, but instead of simplifying the problem, the knowledge only serves to make it more complicated.
  • Leave It with Me
    E7
    Leave It with MeTo Henry and Jim ambition does not necessarily mean competency, especially where their sons are concerned. For Jim knows that the left-wing politics of Les will put him on a collision course and Henry realises that Max's high-handed attitude will make unrest.
  • Reap and Sow
    E8
    Reap and SowRuth helps Ian McKellar move his possessions to the cottage he has rented, which is owned by Max. In a moment of weakness Ruth succumbs to McKellar's advances, but unbeknown to either of them the cottage is being spied on.
  • Worked Out
    E9
    Worked OutHenry decides he does not want to work on the expansion programme which would destroy the valley in which he has lived all his life. He goes to see Max and they reach a new understanding of each other.
  • A Sort of Committee
    E10
    A Sort of CommitteeMax's discovery and Mabel's decision may lead to a new kind of future for the Brassington family.

 

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