Compact S1E161

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Compact

Episodes

1. The First Issue

2. Advice To Readers

3. Efficiency Expert

4. Cover Photograph

5. Tea Break

6. Personal Problem

7. The New Broom

8. Sally Speaks Up

9. Question Of Identity

10. Wedding Grove

11. Suspicion Of Theft

12. Happy Birthday

13. Valentine's Day

14. Testing Time

15. Something To Celebrate

16. Press Reception

17. A True Story

18. Circulation Figures

19. News From New York

20. A Breath Of Air

21. The Party

22. After The Ball

23. Shocks And Bruises

24. Weekend

25. Action Stations

26. The Ideal Husband

27. Future Plans

28. Facing The Facts

29. A Night Out

30. Point Of Departure

31. Surprises By Post

32. A Piece Of Cake

33. Pets Corner

34. The Man For The Job

35. Down The Hatch

36. Stormy Weather

37. Musical Evening

38. Talent Contest

39. Visting Hours

40. Mixed Receptions

41. Home And Away

42. Day Of Frenzy

43. Moment Of Truth

44. In A Spin

45. The Big Chance

46. Garden Party

47. Happy Returns

48. Man And Wife

49. Blackmail

50. Take-Over Time

51. The Proposal

52. Faraway Places

53. Barbecue

54. A Day Of Problems

55. Comings And Goings

56. Looking Ahead

57. Weekend Plans

58. Settlement Day

59. Gone Astray

60. Evening Date

61. A Night Out

62. Pay Off

63. Moving Up

64. Surprise Party

65. Riding For A Fall

66. Unguarded Moment

67. Skin Deep

68. The Contest

69. Ebb And Flow

70. Budget Leak

71. Andiamo

72. Out For The Count

73. Finger Of Suspicion

74. Detective Work

75. The Elopement

76. Heartbeat

77. The First Clue

78. Trapped

79. The Morning After

80. Facing The Facts

81. Heart To Heart

82. Day Of Revolutions

83. True To Type

84. Where There's Smoke

85. Burns And Shock

86. Who's Who?

87. Horoscope

88. Point Of Departure

89. The Truth Of The Matter

90. A Case Of Identity

91. Questions And Answers

92. French Leave

93. Lost And Found

94. Art And Craft

95. The Best Laid Plans

96. Profit And Loss

97. Setting A Trap

98. Sparks Flying

99. The Bad Penny

100. All That Jazz

101. Five More Shopping Days

102. Christmas Spirit

103. Business As Usual

121. Unofficial Strike

279. Many questions

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Compact

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Compact was a British television soap opera shown by the BBC between 1962 and 1965. The series was created by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling, who together went on to devise Crossroads. In contrast to the kitchen sink realism of Coronation Street, Compact was a distinctly middle-class serial, set in the more "sophisticated" arena of magazine publishing. An early "avarice" soap, it took the viewer into the business workplace, and aligned the professional lives of the characters with more personal storylines. The show was scheduled for broadcast on Tuesdays and Thursdays, thus avoiding a clash with ITV's Coronation Street on Mondays and Wednesdays. When Compact began, the editor was a woman, Joanne Minster, yet it was not long before she was replaced by Ian Harmon, the son of the magazine's owner. Despite being largely criticised by reviewers, Compact was popular with the general public, and in 1964 a regular omnibus edition was introduced, broadcast on Sundays. Morris Barry, a some-time actor and BBC director – he directed several Doctor Who stories in the 1960s – took over as producer and was given a brief to spice the series up in view of the criticism it had received from the national press. But the BBC, never comfortable with the concept of soap opera, quietly dropped the series in 1965.

Date: 01/02/1962

Rating: 3.0

Cast: Vincent Ball, Robert Desmond, Rachel Gurney, Clinton Greyn, Carmen Silvera, Mandy Miller, Patrick Troughton, Lionel Murton, Eric Barker, Robert Flemyng, David Langton, Sandra Payne, Shane Rimmer, Moray Watson, Julia Lockwood, Donald Hewlett, Bill Kerr, Tony Wright, Bernard Kay, Beryl Cooke, Dilys Watling, Elizabeth Wallace

Vincent Ball