Episodes
| Episode | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 20030512 | By Alan Sillitoe. Classic novel set in Nottingham in the 1950s.The first part of the story of Arthur Seaton, a young man working in a bicycle factory by day and living life to the full by night. |
| 01 | 20030512 | By Alan Sillitoe. Classic novel set in Nottingham in the 1950s.The first part of the story of Arthur Seaton, a young man working in a bicycle factory by day and living life to the full by night. |
| 02 | 20030513 | Arthur begins another week's drudgery in the bicycle factory. |
| 03 | 20030514 | Working all day at a lathe leaves Arthur Seaton with energy to spare in the evenings. A hard-drinking, hard-fighting young rebel of a man, he knows what he wants and hes sharp enough to get it. And before long, his carryings-on with a couple of married women are part of local gossip. But then one evening he meets a young girl in a pub, and Arthur's life begins to look less simple. Arthur has a date to meet his workmate's wife, Brenda. |
| 04 | 20030515 | Arthur and Brenda have an appointment with a tin bath and a bottle of gin. |
| 05 | 20030516 | Jack warns Arthur that his womanising is in danger of getting him into trouble. |
| 06 | 20030519 | Mrs Bull's malicious gossip makes trouble in the yard. |
| 07 | 20030520 | Arthur meets Doreen but isn't ready to forgo the pleasures of the married sisters. |
| 08 | 20030521 | Arthur Seaton's luck finally runs out when Winnie's husband catches up with him. |
| 09 | 20030522 | Arthur takes stock after suffering a savage beating from Winnie's husband. |
| 10 LAST | 20030523 | Arthur becomes Doreen's young man. Read by Paul Copley. |