Compact
Season 3 Episode 4 - The Enquiry
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.
Episodes in Season 3
Weekend Guest
30 min
A Place Of Your Own
30 min
A Question Of Morals
30 min
The Enquiry
30 min
The Opening
30 min
Hand In Marriage
30 min
The Best Policy
30 min
One Of Us Must Go
30 min
Love You And Leave You
30 min
Battle Of The Sexes
30 min
Unexpected Guests
30 min
Mutual Understanding
30 min
Surprises
30 min
Walls Have Ears
30 min
In The Air
30 min
The Poison Spreads
30 min
The Fatal Call
30 min
An End And A Beginning
30 min
The Night Visitors
30 min
Plots And Plans
30 min
Secrets And Lies
30 min
The Ides Of March
30 min
False Evidence
30 min
A Difficult Assignment
30 min
The Eve Of The Wedding
30 min
Just Married - Good Luck
30 min
Honeymoon And Holidays
30 min
Rush Job
30 min
Moment Of Truth
30 min
Hot And Cold
30 min
Home And Away
30 min
Ian In Danger
30 min
Investigations
30 min
Guilty Conscience
30 min
To Be Delivered By Hand
30 min
Business Not Blackmail
30 min
A Ray Of Hope
30 min
Success Story
30 min
Wine, Women, And Song
30 min
Delicate Negotiations
30 min
Parties And Quarrels
30 min
Who Is Eddie Pritchard?
30 min
Crossed Swords
30 min
A Question Of Loyalties
30 min
To Catch A Thief
30 min
Play On Crime
30 min
The Unexpected
30 min
Encounter
30 min
The Verdict Was Guilty
30 min
Emergency Call
30 min
The Kiss Of Life
30 min
Have You Anything To Say?
30 min
Hide And Seek
30 min
Find The Lady
30 min
Responsibilities
30 min
Time Of Trial
30 min
A Boy Comes Home
30 min
Old Friends And Familiar Faces
30 min
The Offer
30 min
The Dilemma
30 min
The Bowler Hat Trick
30 min
A Game Of Consequences
30 min
Model Mystery
30 min
Unexpected Temperament
30 min
Paradise - My Island Home
30 min
Departures
30 min
Backfire
30 min
Business With Pleasure
30 min
Treasure Hunt
30 min
Many Questions
30 min
Blow The Wind - Westerly
30 min
Dear Mister Bruce
30 min
Unconditional Surrender
30 min
Best Laid Plans
30 min
Credit Where Credit's Due
30 min
The Warning
30 min
Departure And Return
30 min
Friends And Relations
30 min
Goodbye Forever
30 min
The Shadow Of Danger
30 min
Between Life And Death
30 min
A Spy In The Camp
30 min
Smugglers Gold
30 min
Kooky Christening
30 min
Moving On
30 min
To The Rescue
30 min
Over The Wall
30 min
Mistaken Identity
30 min
Home And Dry
30 min
Maiden Voyage
30 min
Tangled Web
30 min
Secrets All Round
30 min
Lost Property
30 min
The Truth Will Out
30 min
Weekend Plans
30 min
Accident - Presumed Drowned
30 min
On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donner And Blitzen!
30 min
Seven More Shopping Days
30 min
Change Partners
30 min
Do Me A Favour!
30 min
A Surprise For Christmas
30 min
A Partridge In A Pear Tree
30 min
