Clayhanger

1. S01E01Last of a SchoolboyJanuary 1, 1976—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 ve
2. S01E02The ArchitectJanuary 8, 1976—Edwin becomes a hero - he wins his fathers admiration, but is no nearer to the realisation of his own ambitions to become an architect.
3. S01E03HIldaJanuary 15, 1976—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
4. S01E04The Five Towns Chronicle and Turnhill GuardianJanuary 22, 1976—While Edwin continues to work as an assistant at his father's printing works, eyebrows are raised when Hilda Lessways becomes the first woma
5. S01E05Sin and RomanceJanuary 29, 1976—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 e
6. S01E06Escape to BleakridgeFebruary 5, 1976—Hilda's feeling of responsibility for her mother's death has led her to a nervous breakdown. While still recovering in Miss Gailey's boardin
7. S01E07CentenaryFebruary 12, 1976—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 Clayhan
8. S01E08Taking a ShareFebruary 19, 1976—After their day together at the Sunday School Centenary celebrations, Hilda and Edwin have become fascinated with each other. Edwin is both
9. S01E09BrightonFebruary 26, 1976—Miss Gailey tells Hilda that Cannon has taken a boarding house in Brighton, and expects them all to go and live there.
10. S01E10MarriageMarch 4, 1976—Hilda has accepted George's proposal, but she's nervous of breaking the news to Miss Gailey, who is now a semi-permanent invalid.
11. S01E11LoveMarch 11, 1976—Hilda's secret marriage to George has ended disastrously with the discovery that it was bigamous. Deserted by him, she returns to Bursley to
12. S01E12PunishmentMarch 18, 1976—Hilda and Edwin declare their love for each other. But when she's forced to return to Brighton, Hilda has still not found the courage to tel
13. S01E13Laid AsideMarch 25, 1976—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
14. S01E14The Glorious JubileeApril 1, 1976—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
15. S01E15The Chain Is BrokenApril 8, 1976—Close to death, Darius lets it be known that Edwin will inherit the whole of his business. As one chapter closes in Edwin's life, another op
16. S01E16The AdventureApril 15, 1976—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-aw
17. S01E17EpidemicApril 22, 1976—Edwin visits Hilda in Brighton, where he learns that her husband is, in fact, still alive.
18. S01E18The Exquisite BurdenApril 29, 1976—Hilda has told Edwin that she was never married to Cannon. Ignoring the hostility of Five Towns 'society', Edwin asks her to marry him.
19. S01E19PossessionsMay 6, 1976—Edwin and Hilda have finally given a formal 'At Home' to celebrate their marriage - and Bursley seems to have accepted them. Hilda feels saf
20. S01E20A Musical EveningMay 13, 1976—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 fo
21. S01E21The Orgreave CalamityMay 20, 1976—Hilda is continuing to oppose Edwin's plans to extend the printing business.
22. S01E22DartmoorMay 27, 1976—Hilda once again sees the man she thought she loved, but they cannot speak. George Cannon is a prisoner in Dartmoor.
23. S01E23PrisonersJune 3, 1976—After their brief glimpse of George Cannon in Dartmoor prison, Edwin and Hilda return to the Five Towns. Not long after, George Cannon is re
24. S01E24Fall from GloryJune 10, 1976—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
25. S01E25Death and DreamsJune 17, 1976—Hilda remains in London while Edwin stays on with a seriously ill Auntie Hamps. To add to Edwin's gloom, Ingpen has had a serious accident a
26. S01E26The DiscoveryJune 24, 1976—Hilda is determined that she and Edwin should live in the country. And unbeknown to Edwin, she has already decided on their future home....

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