A random selection of housewives around the UK take a day off from their traditional domestic chores.

A history of the British television comedy double act Morecambe & Wise to coincide with the BBC drama about their early lives.

A documentary describing the activities of all involved in operating Heathrow Airport in the first few months after it opened in 1949.

A look at the role of the steam train in the Highlands of Scotland.

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

A young girl goes through the trauma of her parent's divorce and seperate re-marriages.

Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.

Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightley.

Stanley Baker's O'Donovan is sent to steal the plans of a rival company's racing car designs, to ensure his employers win the competition. However, when opening a safe containing the plans, he triggers an alarm leading to a gun battle where he kills a number of people. James Robertson Justice, alarmed by the scandal surrounding the killings, orders his agent be killed surreptitiously to hide his involvement with the plot. The film uses original footage from the Mille Miglia , an Italian open-road endurance race, featuring classic period racing cars.

A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.