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This Man Craig
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Episode 11966-01-07
With Luv from Rosie
Robertson, the Headmaster, gives Craig the unpleasant task of stopping an older woman teacher from using the strap on her pupils.
Episode 21966-01-14
Patterson
When a boy is shoved down a flight of stairs and knocked out it falls to Craig to prove what everyone already knows - that the deed was done by the school 'hard case', Kenny Patterson.
Episode 31966-01-21
The Search
The death of a loved one is hard to accept at any age. For thirteen year old Hamish it is the beginning of a night of terror.
Episode 41966-01-28
A Wise Father
Obsession can corrupt a man. Allied to jealousy it threatens to destroy Alec McGregor's whole way of life.
Episode 51966-02-04
Dougie
The most popular boy at Strathaird School should have no problems, but Dougie Seaton has plenty. As a natural leader he does what he likes: shirks lessons, not pay his debts and lead others into trouble. Craig has the task of dragging the boy back to reality.
Episode 61966-02-11
Girl in a Thousand
Through her outrageous schemes for bending school discipline, Chris Elliott clashes head-on with Ian Craig and the rest of the teaching staff.
Episode 71966-02-18
Three's Company
The small American community at Strathaird becomes the focus of a 'Yanks - Go Home' campaign.
Episode 81966-02-25
Live Like a Man
Davy Murchie is a late developer, though hitherto he has been as much of a 'rough diamond' as the rest of Lower Four. Now, at fourteen, he is showing a passion for mathematics, coupled with a brilliant ability. He is confused and his family and friends don't understand what has happened to him. The only person who can help him is his Maths teacher, Miss Dougall.
Episode 91966-03-04
A Lower Deep
On the face of it Mr. Griffin seems a fine acquisition to the teaching staff. But before he can settle down he clashes violently with a bright boy called Innes. His savage reaction to the boy makes Ian Craig doubt his suitability.
Episode 101966-03-11
Sticks and Stones
When Keith Mitchell keeps having one cold after another, Ian Craig's suspicions that he is playing truant are well founded - but the reasons go deeper than he suspects.
Episode 111966-03-18
Big Fall
The death of one of the pupils creates an atmosphere of suspicion and distrust at Strathaird School.
Episode 121966-03-25
The Bike
Angus Galbraith works a neglected farm. Because his poverty is masked by pride he rejects as charity Craig's efforts to provide his son with a bicycle.
Episode 131966-04-01
Time For Protest
Craig is in trouble after accepting an invitation to speak at a political meeting.
Episode 141966-04-08
The Key to it All
A probationer teacher cannot control a difficult class. How far has the school the right to protect her from publicity?
Episode 151966-04-15
Tall, Fat and Ugly
Wallace Welton is bullied by the other boys, given a nickname and generally knocked around.
Episode 161966-04-22
A Rough Passage
Charles Houston, an undergraduate, comes to Strathaird as a temporary teacher. He is given a rough passage before he learns how to translate his idealist theories into practice.
Episode 171966-04-29
The Expedition
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Episode 181966-05-06
The Romantic
Sixteen-year-old Jane Brewer has a row with her history teacher which brings her to the notice of Ian Craig, her Housemaster. He treats her sympathetically, but in doing so becomes the victim of a crush.
Episode 191966-05-13
Certain Standards
Brenda Graham returns to Strathaird as housekeeper at the Big House, once her family home. Extravagant and condescending, she insists on maintaining 'certain standards'.
Episode 201966-05-20
Two Thousand a Year
Alec McKinlay, a miner's son, is one of Craig's brighter pupils. Opposition to his going to University comes from an expected source - and an unexpected one.
Episode 211966-05-27
A Question of Biology
Sally Scott is both precocious and vulnerable, hiding her shyness behind a facade of extrovert gaiety. One day when she writes a poem she is surprised to find that it shocks Ian Craig. His show of puritan disapproval makes Sally withdraw into a shell of resentment.
Episode 221966-06-03
Mates
Francis Cook, nicknamed 'Wee Bonkers' by his classmates because of his bookishness and old-fashioned manner, is moved to another form. Here he teams up with Fisher, one of the School's wilder spirits, with surprising results.
Episode 231966-06-10
The Rubbing Rag
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Episode 241966-06-17
Whose Pigeon?
Robin Kyle runs off to the Highlands. Who is responsible for his disappearance? His Parents? The garage where he has been sent on an educational scheme? Or the School itself?
Episode 251966-06-24
The Golden Key to Knowledge
Arriving quietly in Strathaird, Ivor Fallon, an apparently charming man, singles out a woman teacher as his natural victim for a particularly ruthless venture.
Episode 261966-07-01
Old Flame
Kenneth Woodburn is preparing a glossy tourist film in Scotland. An old flame of Margaret Craig, he stirs up not only the school, but Craig's family life as well.
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