This Man Craig(1966)
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First Air Date: 1966-01-01
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Seasons: 2
Episodes: 52
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.
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 26E01
With Luv from Rosie
Air Date: 1966-01-07
Robertson, the Headmaster, gives Craig the unpleasant task of stopping an older woman teacher from using the strap on...
E02
Patterson
Air Date: 1966-01-14
When a boy is shoved down a flight of stairs and knocked out it falls to Craig to prove what everyone already knows -...
E03
The Search
Air Date: 1966-01-21
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 o...
E04
A Wise Father
Air Date: 1966-01-28
Obsession can corrupt a man. Allied to jealousy it threatens to destroy Alec McGregor's whole way of life.
E05
Dougie
Air Date: 1966-02-04
The most popular boy at Strathaird School should have no problems, but Dougie Seaton has plenty. As a natural leader...
E06
Girl in a Thousand
Air Date: 1966-02-11
Through her outrageous schemes for bending school discipline, Chris Elliott clashes head-on with Ian Craig and the re...
E07
Three's Company
Air Date: 1966-02-18
The small American community at Strathaird becomes the focus of a 'Yanks - Go Home' campaign.
E08
Live Like a Man
Air Date: 1966-02-25
Davy Murchie is a late developer, though hitherto he has been as much of a 'rough diamond' as the rest of Lower Four....
E09
A Lower Deep
Air Date: 1966-03-04
On the face of it Mr. Griffin seems a fine acquisition to the teaching staff. But before he can settle down he clash...
E10
Sticks and Stones
Air Date: 1966-03-11
When Keith Mitchell keeps having one cold after another, Ian Craig's suspicions that he is playing truant are well fo...
E11
Big Fall
Air Date: 1966-03-18
The death of one of the pupils creates an atmosphere of suspicion and distrust at Strathaird School.
E12
The Bike
Air Date: 1966-03-25
Angus Galbraith works a neglected farm. Because his poverty is masked by pride he rejects as charity Craig's efforts...
E13
Time For Protest
Air Date: 1966-04-01
Craig is in trouble after accepting an invitation to speak at a political meeting.
E14
The Key to it All
Air Date: 1966-04-08
A probationer teacher cannot control a difficult class. How far has the school the right to protect her from publicity?
E15
Tall, Fat and Ugly
Air Date: 1966-04-15
Wallace Welton is bullied by the other boys, given a nickname and generally knocked around.
E16
A Rough Passage
Air Date: 1966-04-22
Charles Houston, an undergraduate, comes to Strathaird as a temporary teacher. He is given a rough passage before he...
E17
The Expedition
Air Date: 1966-04-29
No episode overview available.
E18
The Romantic
Air Date: 1966-05-06
Sixteen-year-old Jane Brewer has a row with her history teacher which brings her to the notice of Ian Craig, her Hous...
E19
Certain Standards
Air Date: 1966-05-13
Brenda Graham returns to Strathaird as housekeeper at the Big House, once her family home. Extravagant and condescen...
E20
Two Thousand a Year
Air Date: 1966-05-20
Alec McKinlay, a miner's son, is one of Craig's brighter pupils. Opposition to his going to University comes from an...
E21
A Question of Biology
Air Date: 1966-05-27
Sally Scott is both precocious and vulnerable, hiding her shyness behind a facade of extrovert gaiety. One day when ...
E22
Mates
Air Date: 1966-06-03
Francis Cook, nicknamed 'Wee Bonkers' by his classmates because of his bookishness and old-fashioned manner, is moved...
E23
The Rubbing Rag
Air Date: 1966-06-10
No episode overview available.
E24
Whose Pigeon?
Air Date: 1966-06-17
Robin Kyle runs off to the Highlands. Who is responsible for his disappearance? His Parents? The garage where he h...
E25
The Golden Key to Knowledge
Air Date: 1966-06-24
Arriving quietly in Strathaird, Ivor Fallon, an apparently charming man, singles out a woman teacher as his natural v...
E26
Old Flame
Air Date: 1966-07-01
Kenneth Woodburn is preparing a glossy tourist film in Scotland. An old flame of Margaret Craig, he stirs up not onl...
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