Air date: 1975-12-01

Runtime: 55 min

Margaret Hale is pleased to be leaving London to live with her parents in Hampshire. She is unaware that an even longer journey is in store.

Air date: 1975-12-08

Runtime: 55 min

Mr Hale has left the Church and is working as a tutor in a Northern industrial town. Times are hard for the mill workers and a strike is threatened.

Air date: 1975-12-15

Runtime: 55 min

John Thornton has succeeded in breaking the strike. Margaret Hale has put her reputation at risk by protecting him from a mob of angry workers. John Thornton has misinterpreted her action and, with the grudging approval of his mother, he has resolved to marry her.

Air date: 1975-12-22

Runtime: 55 min

Margaret Hale has rejected John Thornton 's proposal of marriage and has defended herself against Mrs Thornton 's accusations.