Village Hall - Season 1

First aired: 7/16/1974 7 episodes

Anthology series with each episode a different story set in a village hall.

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Episodes

1. Mr. Ellis Versus the People

Aired: 7/16/1974

It's Election Day in the village and the hall is turned into a polling station.

2. There'll Almost Always Be an England

Aired: 7/30/1974

After a gas leak, a whole street is evacuated into the village hall for the night.

3. Friendly Encounter

Aired: 8/6/1974

A departure for Londoner George Cole, as he plays an officious Northern football referee whose military precision threatens to take all the fun out of the game. But when the referee arrives, will he meet his match?

4. Mark Massey Is Dead

Aired: 8/13/1974

Members of a writers' group forget that the pen is mightier than the sword and spend more time fighting than writing.

5. Dancing in the Dark

Aired: 8/20/1974

It's handbags at dawn for a group of camp gay ballet dancers, until a formidable woman known as "the dame" arrives and gets them in line.

6. The Magic Sponge

Aired: 8/27/1974

The football club committee's raucous event planning injures the feelings of the refined first aid class in the next room.

7. Distant Islands

Aired: 9/3/1974

A married couple put on talks about various exotic locations for the benefit of those interested in history or travel, but the female half becomes more fascinated by an old flame in attendance than her own event.