Compact

Compact

1962

Season

4
3
2
1
60 - Journey's End
Jul. 30,1965

59 - If The Shoe Fits…
Jul. 27,1965

58 - Paris Is For Lovers
Jul. 23,1965

57 - Destination - Paris
Jul. 20,1965

56 - Trouble Across The Water
Jul. 16,1965

55 - Change Of Plans
Jul. 13,1965

54 - Storm Warning
Jul. 09,1965

53 - Engagements At Sea
Jul. 06,1965

52 - Winners And Losers
Jul. 02,1965

51 - The Off-White Elephant
Jun. 29,1965

50 - The Truth Will Out
Jun. 25,1965

49 - Appearances Can Be Deceptive
Jun. 22,1965

48 - Hidden Depths
Jun. 18,1965

47 - Day Of Decision
Jun. 15,1965

46 - Friends And Enemies
Jun. 11,1965

45 - Time Flies
Jun. 08,1965

44 - Any Other Business?
Jun. 04,1965

43 - Trouble Brewing
Jun. 01,1965

42 - Best Laid Schemes
May. 28,1965

41 - High Court, Low Court
May. 21,1965

40 - Wild Goose Chase
May. 18,1965

39 - Hide And Seek
May. 14,1965

38 - True Or False?
May. 11,1965

37 - Plots, Plans, And A Party
May. 07,1965

36 - Testing Time
May. 04,1965

35 - Action For Libel
Apr. 30,1965

34 - Publish And Be Damned
Apr. 27,1965

33 - Gone Away
Apr. 23,1965

32 - Travellers Return
Apr. 20,1965

31 - Never Trust A Woman
Apr. 16,1965

30 - Who's Who?
Apr. 13,1965

29 - A Tangled Web
Apr. 09,1965

28 - The Last Act
Apr. 06,1965

27 - A Cigarette That Bears A Lipstick's Trace
Apr. 02,1965

26 - The Egnet Sings
Mar. 30,1965

25 - The Wrong Set
Mar. 26,1965

24 - The Man From Paris
Mar. 23,1965

23 - The End Of A Song
Mar. 19,1965

22 - Food For Thought
Mar. 16,1965

21 - Change Of Heart
Mar. 12,1965

20 - Blow Hot, Blow Cold
Mar. 09,1965

19 - Patience On A Monument
Mar. 05,1965

18 - Where There's Smoke
Mar. 02,1965

17 - It Happens To Other People
Feb. 26,1965

16 - Kidnapped
Feb. 23,1965

15 - Change Of Plan
Feb. 19,1965

14 - A Family Affair
Feb. 16,1965

13 - Tell It Not In Faith
Feb. 12,1965

12 - Thunder On The Left
Feb. 09,1965

11 - Many A Slip
Feb. 05,1965

10 - A Marriage Has Been Arranged…
Feb. 02,1965

9 - Late Call
Jan. 29,1965

8 - Heart To Heart
Jan. 26,1965

7 - The Last Straw
Jan. 22,1965

6 - Troublemaker
Jan. 19,1965

5 - Togetherness
Jan. 15,1965

4 - Discoveries Of The Day
Jan. 12,1965

3 - Fare Thee Well, For I Must Leave Thee
Jan. 08,1965

2 - Day Of Deliverance
Jan. 05,1965

1 - Ring In The New
Jan. 01,1965

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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.

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