The Standard
The Standard is a television series. Produced by BBC Scotland in 1978, it was shown on BBC1. The series dealt with an ailing Scottish newspaper - the eponymous Standard - and the attempts to reverse its declining fortunes by its team of journalists and administrators. Only one series of thirteen episodes was made. The series starred Patrick Malahide, Colette O'Neil, Tom Watson and Neil Stacy.
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Cast
Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Golden Boy
04-04-1978Peter Dawson arrives from London to assess whether Standard should close down due to heavy losses. He hijacks a Union meeting with a £5 million upgrade, of the paper, at expense of...
- Ep 2
2.Houseparty at Kildun
11-04-1978Colin Anderson investigates secret building work at Kildun House. He learns Sir George Calley bought the property using a holding company, in Lichtenstein. Contractors Grace and Ba...
- Ep 3
3.Come to the Revolution
18-04-1978The unions are battling for the Standard's future. Peter Dawson wants 65% redundancies when new machinery is introduced. Colin Anderson discovers former MP Arthur Major is working...
- Ep 4
4.De Mortuis
25-04-1978Colin Anderson is asked to write an obituary for self made multi-millionaire Lord Dulswinton who is dying. Alex Forsythe reports that three men died on a ship burning in the Clyde....
- Ep 5
5.Death of a Pink Elephant
02-05-1978Colin and Peter go to investigate an illegal sea-cull on a remote Scottish Island, but find themselves threatened with the same fate as the seals.
- Ep 6
6.Win a Few, Lose a Few
09-05-1978Aid worker Dr Graham Ferguson has been held in captivity, by Oramban Guerrillas, since 1974. Colin scoops everybody by being on the same Glasgow bound plane has him. He wants to ge...
- Ep 7
7.The Name of the Game
16-05-1978The takeover at the Standard is agreed but Peter Dawson finds the board has a changed it's mind and has voted to shut the paper down. Dawson has 24 hours to save, the Standard, but...
- Ep 8
8.Strictly Confidential
23-05-1978Tommy McCaine let's slip, to rival reporter Fred Allan, Alex Forsythe's exclusive about corruption during an oil rig deal. Peter Dawson over rules Felicity Grant and wants him sack...
- Ep 9
9.Two Birds, One Stone
30-05-1978The board warn Felicity about Forsythe's oil industry story. Anderson gets tipped off about sub-standard concrete causing a possible serious leak. With Pan-Global ready to open a n...
- Ep 10
10.Bread and Circuses
06-06-1978Lawrence Holt raped Maureen Carter and murdered husband Tom. He evaded justice by jumping under a train. The Standard give £10,000 to Maureen for her story and £5,000 to Holt's mot...
- Ep 11
11.Silence Is Golden
13-06-1978"Charlie" warns Anderson about arrests made after his Chronicle story on deer poaching. The Procurator. Fiscal wants him to answer questions the wounding of a police officer. With...
- Ep 12
12.A Fair Exchange
20-06-1978East German football player Hans Gruber wants to defect to the West. Colin Anderson interviews him but accidentally passes him back to the East Germans. The Standard writes a story...
- Ep 13
13.New Standards
27-06-1978East German striker Hans Gruber has been stopped by the Home Office when his team mates have left. He claims he wants to return home but has been lied about his wife defecting to B...
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