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and produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (

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). Four series were produced between 2 January 1978 and 21 December 1981, all of which have been released on VHS and Region 2

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Series overview

Episodes

Series 1 (1978)

Series 1 aired on

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, Mondays, mostly 7:15 p.m., 2 January 1978 to 27 March 1978, Producer:

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. It averaged 9.22 million viewers on original airing in the UK, with an average chart position of 45.

Series 2 (1979)

Series 2 aired on BBC1, Tuesdays, mostly 7:20 p.m., 9 January 1979 to 3 April 1979. Producer: David Maloney. It averaged 7.14 million viewers on original airing in the UK, with an average chart position of 79, a drop of over two million viewers on that of Series A.

Series 3 (1980)

Series 3 aired on BBC1, Mondays, mostly 7:15 p.m., 7 January 1980 to 31 March 1980. Producer: David Maloney. It averaged 9.45 million viewers on original airing in the UK, with an average chart position of 32, the highest rated series.

Series 4 (1981)

Series 4 aired on BBC1, Mondays, mostly 7:15 p.m., 28 September 1981 to 21 December 1981. Producer:

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. It averaged 8.49 million viewers on original airing in the UK, with an average chart position of 74, a drop of about a million viewers on that of Series 3, and a chart position on par with that of Series 2. All 13 episodes were repeated on BBC1, Saturdays, mostly 5:25 p.m., 4 June to 27 August 1983.