Astronauts (1981–1983)

1. S01E01Episode 1October 26, 1981—It's the dawning of a new era. US Air Force Colonel Lloyd Beadle unveils his British space travellers for the press, whose imaginations go i
2. S01E02Episode 2November 2, 1981—In their orbiting space station, the crew members are trying to acclimatise themselves while rapidly discovering each other's foibles. Sleep
3. S01E03Episode 3November 9, 1981—Gentian's in charge of the Life Science Projects, and David's doing Earth Observation, Astronomy, Crystallography and Communications — leavi
4. S01E04Episode 4November 16, 1981—Earthly problems invade the space station and Gentian Foster believes she knows why: Ackroyd's being beastly because he doesn't fancy her, a
5. S01E05Episode 5November 23, 1981—After five weeks of constant surveillance, relations between the crew and Ground Control are strained. So when Beadle disappears for lunch,
6. S01E06Episode 6November 30, 1981—Fifty days in space should be newsworthy, but the media has already lost interest. Beadle promises to remedy the situation. Ackroyd, however
7. S01E07Episode 7December 7, 1981—Nine weeks into the mission: depression is rampant. The food is boring. The routine is boring. Then, catastrophe! A wiring fault plunges the

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1. S02E01One in Four GoesJuly 19, 1983—Gentian finds herself talking to the machinery while Ackroyd quite happily holds conversations with himself. Mattocks is concerned about bot
2. S02E02Why Are We Here?July 26, 1983—Ackroyd denounces the whole mission as a big publicity stunt. Mattocks, meanwhile, has been caught out acting furtively and sending scramble
3. S02E03Absence Makes the HeartAugust 2, 1983—Mattocks is pining for his wife but he gets no sympathy from the other two, who are determined to see that he lives up to his domestic respo
4. S02E04We Are Not AloneAugust 9, 1983—Ackroyd is concerned that he is now maintaining some of the systems beyond their level of tolerance — emergency repairs are now the norm. Du
5. S02E05One Week to GoAugust 16, 1983—One week to go and the crew breaks the record for the longest spaceflight in history. Beadle is ecstatic but Mattocks is behaving more stran
6. S02E06Going HomeAugust 23, 1983—After six months, the mission is completed and it's time to go home. Mattocks' recent epiphany still annoys the other two, and concern over

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