Peter Bartlett

The Man Who Almost Knew Eamonn Andrews

" Now I'll never be Director-General of the BBC - what rotten luck! ... Maybe I should take up squash or join the Young Conservatives. It's good to have a mission in life.' , ,. It is a wet Sunday in Shepherd s Bush The Man remembers his past and faces what is left of his future. It's only his sense of humour that keeps him going.

Shaping Up

Chrissie and Colum are to be married tomorrow. Happy? ' I feel sick', says Colum. ' I feel sick', says Chrissie-but there could be another reason for that.

Lifelike

The producer and director are delighted with their television play about a comprehensive school. It seems truthful, authentic, really lifelike. But as rehearsals progress, a tense difference of opinion emerges between the author and the young schoolboy actor.

Stepping Out

A new flat and a new friend. For Emmie life would be lovely-but her daughter hardly visits any more and won't even let Mum make those wonderful bouffant frocks for her ballroom dancing ...

Crest of a Wave

Recently made redundant, Jim takes his wife Bridget to meet his old scouting pal Nifty. As well as campfire memories to swop, there just might be the possibility of a job.