Compact
Season 4 Episode 43 - Trouble Brewing
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 4
Ring In The New
30 min
Day Of Deliverance
30 min
Fare Thee Well, For I Must Leave Thee
30 min
Discoveries Of The Day
30 min
Togetherness
30 min
Troublemaker
30 min
The Last Straw
30 min
Heart To Heart
30 min
Late Call
30 min
A Marriage Has Been Arranged…
30 min
Many A Slip
30 min
Thunder On The Left
30 min
Tell It Not In Faith
30 min
A Family Affair
30 min
Change Of Plan
30 min
Kidnapped
30 min
It Happens To Other People
30 min
Where There's Smoke
30 min
Patience On A Monument
30 min
Blow Hot, Blow Cold
30 min
Change Of Heart
30 min
Food For Thought
30 min
The End Of A Song
30 min
The Man From Paris
30 min
The Wrong Set
30 min
The Egnet Sings
30 min
A Cigarette That Bears A Lipstick's Trace
30 min
The Last Act
30 min
A Tangled Web
30 min
Who's Who?
30 min
Never Trust A Woman
30 min
Travellers Return
30 min
Gone Away
30 min
Publish And Be Damned
30 min
Action For Libel
30 min
Testing Time
30 min
Plots, Plans, And A Party
30 min
True Or False?
30 min
Hide And Seek
30 min
Wild Goose Chase
30 min
High Court, Low Court
30 min
Best Laid Schemes
30 min
Trouble Brewing
30 min
Any Other Business?
30 min
Time Flies
30 min
Friends And Enemies
30 min
Day Of Decision
30 min
Hidden Depths
30 min
Appearances Can Be Deceptive
30 min
The Truth Will Out
30 min
The Off-White Elephant
30 min
Winners And Losers
30 min
Engagements At Sea
30 min
Storm Warning
30 min
Change Of Plans
30 min
Trouble Across The Water
30 min
Destination - Paris
30 min
Paris Is For Lovers
30 min
If The Shoe Fits…
30 min
Journey's End
30 min
