Second City Firsts (1973) is a drama web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Second City Firsts online in HD.
Second City Firsts — Storyline
A series of plays from Birmingham by new writers.
Cast & Crew
Second City Firsts — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1973-10-15 |
| Seasons | 9 |
| Episodes | 54 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Network | BBC One |
| Status | Ended |
Second City Firsts — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: The Medium (1973-10-15) — 'Honestly, mam, it's all a load of rubbish. I mean, I read me horoscope and things like that, for a joke… but this.'
- E2: Mrs Pool's Preserves (1973-10-22) — Adie and Astral share a taste for literature and freedom, but Zena has long since set the jam just the way she likes it.
- E3: If a Man Answers (1973-10-29) — Dogs are like their owners – grey-hounds are nasty, staffords are for fighting. You can't blame the dogs – it's nature.
- E4: The Movers (1973-11-05) — 'The way to get on, son, is to accept the kind of jobs you have to grit your teeth to do.'
Martin enjoys moving furniture, but not bodies.
- E5: King of the Castle (1973-11-12) — 'Most fellers, if they'd seen a mate go under that press, they'd never go back.' Can Brocky?
- E6: Patrons (1973-11-19) — 'Two million years wasted making leather bags. For what? For what? There's more to life.' Harry Ravitz suddenly sees the world in a new light.
- E7: That Time of Life (1973-11-26) — Another chance to see David Cregan's first television play "That Time of Life"
with John Neville and Peter Bayliss
'There does come a time, I know, when age knows less than youth
Season 2
- E1: Humbug, Finger or Thumb? (1974-02-15) — 'Look, I want Maureen. Right. Fair enough. If you want a deal we'll do one.' Cyril wants Ken's wife if the price is right.
- E2: Girl (1974-02-22) — Jackie is leaving the Army. While waiting for the car she re-encounters Corporal Harvey, her previous lover.
- E3: Bold Face (1974-03-04) — 'Waiting for pages half my life' – but this time the printer is drunk and the editor has a deadline to meet.
- E4: The Actual Woman (1974-03-11) — A winter's day out is a treat for all, but it isn' quite what Uncle Alec wanted.
- E5: Match of the Day (1974-03-18) — Chance has missed the match, but the girl at his sister's wedding might make up for it.
- E6: Lunch Duty (1974-03-25) — Janet wanted her pupils to break the windows, smash the tannoys, and paint the school red. Why wouldn't they?
Season 3
- E1: Pig Bin (1974-10-28) — "Sling me in here? Nobody slings the King of the Kop anywhere. Not even the pigs." In a police special incidents room, a young soccer supporter meets his hero.
- E2: Sunday Tea (1974-11-04) — Maple and Derry behave just like their parents and teatime at their place gives Adam a shock.
- E3: Silence (1974-11-11) — The strike is over, but in a small Cornish boatyard, bitterness remains.
- E4: Fight for Shelton Bar (1974-11-18) — The right to work… The words and actions of the people fighting to keep open the steelworks at Shelton Bar, North Staffordshire. Adapted from the theatre production at Stoke-on-T
- E5: Squire (1974-11-25) — Alfy is 30 and on the dole. So what does he want with a stuffed tern, a shooting stick, a Harris Tweed suit and a shotgun?
- E6: Too Hot to Handle (1974-12-02) — Suzanne thought Peter the ideal husband, and theirs the ideal marriage. Then she looked in his wardrobe …
- E7: The Festive Poacher (1974-12-16) — His Gran wants a car, his girl friend wants a ring. But it was Tommy who stole the turkeys, and he wants something quite different.
Season 4
- E1: Early to Bed (1975-03-20) — There's Helen (top). She's on her own in the mornings after Frankie (middle) goes to work. But young Vinnie (bottom) from next door comes calling…
- E2: Swallows (1975-03-27) — In a small Irish village any visitor causes a stir – especially one who plays the violin and talks of foreign places.
- E3: Waiting at the Field Gate (1975-04-03) — Lightning Gallat is the village slaughterer and a man of distinctions. Where does he draw the line?
- E4: The Permissive Society (1975-04-10) — Les's sister is going out and his parents won't be back for a while. What will happen when he's finally left alone with his girl friend?
- E5: The Frank Crank Story (1975-04-17) — 'It was the age of excitement, vim an' vigour an' pep, when Champagne Charlie was everyone's name!' Can the Night Hoppers bring it all back at the Caf6 Elegant?
- E6: Released (1975-04-24) — The First Division Club has dropped Paul from the team. That means he's on the scrapheap at the age of 18.
Season 5
- E1: Club Havana (1975-10-25) — Mrs Jordan left her son behind in Jamaica. He's finally arrived in Birmingham, after 12 years…
- E2: The Writing on the Wall (1975-11-01) — Rosie lectures at the Poly, Suki runs a boutique and John rarely does anything. They all live together, and for visitors like Kevin, they can be terrifying.
- E3: How Is It (1975-11-08) — Dolly is bedridden and her daughter and the housekeeper treat her like a child. Bill, however, knows what she's really like.
- E4: On the Good Ship Yacki-Hicki-Doola (1975-11-15) — 'Here we all are then, having a jolly good time!' It's Gaz, Bonehead and Paul, three big lads, working on a motorway, cooped up, all day long, in a very small hut.
- E5: Thwum (1975-11-22) — 'In 14 minutes, 20 seconds we are going to be privileged to contact living creatures from another world, another galaxy even …'
- E6: The Healing (1975-11-29) — John believes his faith has the power to cure. When he returns to help on his father's farm, he finds it can also kill.
Season 6
- E1: Trotsky is Dead (1976-03-13) — 'It's as if the revolution was here again. They are storming the Winter Palace on my own doorstep.' In Palmerston Road, Reading, there is a crisis…
- E2: The Visitor (1976-03-20) — 'I don't know what muck you're trying to rake now… all I know is, I was his mother and nothing can change that.'
- E3: Do You Dig It? (1976-04-03) — If you ought to finish that bathroom, but NATO goes on Nuclear Alert, and curious people appear at the bottom of your garden – you dig a hole to hide in, don't you?
- E4: Jack Flea's Birthday Celebration (1976-04-10) — Jack Flea finds himself living with a woman nearly twice his age, who decides to make him her fantasy child. It is a role our young hero cannot resist.
- E5: Black Bird Shout (1976-04-17) — Don likes to keep the memory of his childhood safe in cold storage, far away in Dorset. His mother's death forces him to return home.
- E6: Travelling Free (1976-04-24) — When I was young, only seventeen, I walked the hills and pathways green,
I knew not of life; of care had none And the boy who loved me was tender, and young.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Second City Firsts have? 9 season(s) with 54 episodes.
Where can I watch Second City Firsts? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
