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This Man Craig

1966
2 seasons
52 episodes

This Man Craig was a TV drama series produced by BBC Scotland and screened over 52 episodes in 1966 and 1967. It was set in a secondary school in the fictional Scottish town of Strathaird. Episodes were filmed at Glasgow’s Bellahouston Academy and Glenwood School. The series dealt with the everyday issues affecting both staff and pupils at Strathaird School, and in particular the titular character, idealistic science teacher and housemaster Ian Craig. The first series was shown over 26 episodes between January 7 1966 and July 1 1966. The second series was shown over 26 episodes between September 17 1966 and March 21 1967. Only one episode is known to be still in existence in the BBC archives. The opening sequence showed him driving over the Forth Road Bridge, which at the time was newly built and a Scottish cultural icon.

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  • Ep 1

    1.With Luv from Rosie

    07-01-1966

    Robertson, the Headmaster, gives Craig the unpleasant task of stopping an older woman teacher from using the strap on her pupils.

  • Ep 2

    2.Patterson

    14-01-1966

    When a boy is shoved down a flight of stairs and knocked out it falls to Craig to prove what everyone already knows - that the deed was done by the school 'hard case', Kenny Patter...

  • Ep 3

    3.The Search

    21-01-1966

    The death of a loved one is hard to accept at any age. For thirteen year old Hamish it is the beginning of a night of terror.

  • Ep 4

    4.A Wise Father

    28-01-1966

    Obsession can corrupt a man. Allied to jealousy it threatens to destroy Alec McGregor's whole way of life.

  • Ep 5

    5.Dougie

    04-02-1966

    The most popular boy at Strathaird School should have no problems, but Dougie Seaton has plenty. As a natural leader he does what he likes: shirks lessons, not pay his debts and l...

  • Ep 6

    6.Girl in a Thousand

    11-02-1966

    Through her outrageous schemes for bending school discipline, Chris Elliott clashes head-on with Ian Craig and the rest of the teaching staff.

  • Ep 7

    7.Three's Company

    18-02-1966

    The small American community at Strathaird becomes the focus of a 'Yanks - Go Home' campaign.

  • Ep 8

    8.Live Like a Man

    25-02-1966

    Davy Murchie is a late developer, though hitherto he has been as much of a 'rough diamond' as the rest of Lower Four. Now, at fourteen, he is showing a passion for mathematics, co...

  • Ep 9

    9.A Lower Deep

    04-03-1966

    On the face of it Mr. Griffin seems a fine acquisition to the teaching staff. But before he can settle down he clashes violently with a bright boy called Innes. His savage reacti...

  • Ep 10

    10.Sticks and Stones

    11-03-1966

    When Keith Mitchell keeps having one cold after another, Ian Craig's suspicions that he is playing truant are well founded - but the reasons go deeper than he suspects.

  • Ep 11

    11.Big Fall

    18-03-1966

    The death of one of the pupils creates an atmosphere of suspicion and distrust at Strathaird School.

  • Ep 12

    12.The Bike

    25-03-1966

    Angus Galbraith works a neglected farm. Because his poverty is masked by pride he rejects as charity Craig's efforts to provide his son with a bicycle.

  • Ep 13

    13.Time For Protest

    01-04-1966

    Craig is in trouble after accepting an invitation to speak at a political meeting.

  • Ep 14

    14.The Key to it All

    08-04-1966

    A probationer teacher cannot control a difficult class. How far has the school the right to protect her from publicity?

  • Ep 15

    15.Tall, Fat and Ugly

    15-04-1966

    Wallace Welton is bullied by the other boys, given a nickname and generally knocked around.

  • Ep 16

    16.A Rough Passage

    22-04-1966

    Charles Houston, an undergraduate, comes to Strathaird as a temporary teacher. He is given a rough passage before he learns how to translate his idealist theories into practice.

  • Ep 17

    17.The Expedition

    29-04-1966
  • Ep 18

    18.The Romantic

    06-05-1966

    Sixteen-year-old Jane Brewer has a row with her history teacher which brings her to the notice of Ian Craig, her Housemaster. He treats her sympathetically, but in doing so become...

  • Ep 19

    19.Certain Standards

    13-05-1966

    Brenda Graham returns to Strathaird as housekeeper at the Big House, once her family home. Extravagant and condescending, she insists on maintaining 'certain standards'.

  • Ep 20

    20.Two Thousand a Year

    20-05-1966

    Alec McKinlay, a miner's son, is one of Craig's brighter pupils. Opposition to his going to University comes from an expected source - and an unexpected one.

  • Ep 21

    21.A Question of Biology

    27-05-1966

    Sally Scott is both precocious and vulnerable, hiding her shyness behind a facade of extrovert gaiety. One day when she writes a poem she is surprised to find that it shocks Ian C...

  • Ep 22

    22.Mates

    03-06-1966

    Francis Cook, nicknamed 'Wee Bonkers' by his classmates because of his bookishness and old-fashioned manner, is moved to another form. Here he teams up with Fisher, one of the Sch...

  • Ep 23

    23.The Rubbing Rag

    10-06-1966
  • Ep 24

    24.Whose Pigeon?

    17-06-1966

    Robin Kyle runs off to the Highlands. Who is responsible for his disappearance? His Parents? The garage where he has been sent on an educational scheme? Or the School itself?

  • Ep 25

    25.The Golden Key to Knowledge

    24-06-1966

    Arriving quietly in Strathaird, Ivor Fallon, an apparently charming man, singles out a woman teacher as his natural victim for a particularly ruthless venture.

  • Ep 26

    26.Old Flame

    01-07-1966

    Kenneth Woodburn is preparing a glossy tourist film in Scotland. An old flame of Margaret Craig, he stirs up not only the school, but Craig's family life as well.

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