Gerald Harper
Gazette (1968)
Season 1
London millionaire playboy, James Hadleigh, returns to his Yorkshire birthplace and buys a local newspaper his father founded and decides to turn it into a relevant force for change against the wishes of its plodding editor, Frank Walters.
Released Aug. 1, 1968
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Drama
Keywords: imdb.newspaper
Production Companies: Yorkshire Television
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Arrival
A small country newspaper's owner, an MP, has until now been a sleeping partner, but on retirement, he returns to take an active, and autocratic hand in the daily workings, conflicting with the staff.
Aug. 2, 1968, midnight
S1E2 - Turn a Blind Eye
Aug. 9, 1968, midnight
S1E3 - Exposure
Aug. 16, 1968, midnight
S1E4 - Missing
Susan must assist in getting the story of a missing local schoolgirl, but Bill is working with an exceedingly seedy and aggressive Fleet Street reporter in hopes of getting a byline in a London paper.
Aug. 23, 1968, midnight
S1E5 - It's All Happening
Aug. 30, 1968, midnight
S1E6 - Between the Lines
Sept. 6, 1968, midnight
S1E7 - In Loving Memory
A black sheep son arrives in Westdale to attend the funeral of his recently drowned brother, but his motives are not to honour a family member, but to humiliate his despised parents, whom he hasn't seen in years.
Sept. 13, 1968, midnight
S1E8 - The Old Folks at Home
Reporters investigate a rumour that an assault has taken place on one of the students of an exclusive girls finishing school, and that she'd been put in harm's way by a new headmistress's social work scheme.
Sept. 20, 1968, midnight
S1E9 - Announcement
Sept. 27, 1968, midnight
S1E10 - Why Stay in Westdale
American business men arrive in Westdale to recruit young men with advanced technical skills away from Yorkshire, to resettle with their families in the USA. The Locals put pressure on Hadleigh for articles on it in the Gazette.
Oct. 4, 1968, midnight
S1E11 - Stranger
A strange girl parks her car at a local pub, then walks to a random house and suicides in the dining room. Sue works on the story, piecing it together from reluctant sources while competing against the national press and a deadline.
Oct. 11, 1968, midnight
S1E12 - Not for Publication
A local stone quarry owner seems to be getting far too much of the borough's business, living exceedingly well, and driving a new sports car. Susan is charmed, but is he corrupt or is his business rival spreading ill rumours?
Oct. 18, 1968, midnight
S1E13 - The Critic
Oct. 25, 1968, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 60 min.
Released: Aug. 1, 1968
Last Air Date: Oct. 25, 1968, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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