Taking It Up The Octave

Episode	First Broadcast	Description
01	19970612	Opera Sunderland has a tradition of performing a new work every season. However, when managing director Dwight Gaggenheim opts for `West Side Story' over an innovative gay opera, the tempers and egos of some local opera buffs come bubbling to the surface.
02	19970619	Opera Sunderland's production of `Carmen' continues apace. However, blackmail, nodules on the throat and bargain-basement cattle leave the cast rather preoccupied.
03	19970626	Funding at Opera Sunderland is at crisis point. A hard choice has to be made: should the council's limited cash be spent on opera or a state-of-the-art, chemical-flush public convenience? All the signs suggest the town's collective call of nature promises to win hands down.
04	19970703	Staging opera is often an exhausting and unpopular business. Keyboard Ken collapses and is rushed to hospital, while Natasha, Opera Sunderland's prima donna, tours pubs, clubs and local radio stations trying to drum up trade.
05 LAST	19970710	The first night of Carmen is nigh. The cast's tensions are mounting - Natasha resorts to verbal abuse, James finds succour in emotional flooding techniques and Gareth seeks solace in whisky.

Five episodes. First broadcast from 19970612 to 19970710.