This Man Craig

This Man Craig Season 1

TV Show

Season 1 Episodes

1. With Luv from Rosie

January 7th, 1966

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

2. Patterson

January 14th, 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 Patterson.

3. The Search

January 21st, 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.

4. A Wise Father

January 28th, 1966

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

5. Dougie

February 4th, 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 lead others into trouble. Craig has the task of dragging the boy back to reality.

6. Girl in a Thousand

February 11th, 1966

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

7. Three's Company

February 18th, 1966

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

8. Live Like a Man

February 25th, 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, coupled with a brilliant ability. He is confused and his family and friends don't understand what has happened to him. The only person who can help him is his Maths teacher, Miss Dougall.

9. A Lower Deep

March 4th, 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 reaction to the boy makes Ian Craig doubt his suitability.

10. Sticks and Stones

March 11th, 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.

11. Big Fall

March 18th, 1966

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

12. The Bike

March 25th, 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.

13. Time For Protest

April 1st, 1966

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

14. The Key to it All

April 8th, 1966

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

15. Tall, Fat and Ugly

April 15th, 1966

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

16. A Rough Passage

April 22nd, 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.

17. The Expedition

April 29th, 1966

18. The Romantic

May 6th, 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 becomes the victim of a crush.

19. Certain Standards

May 13th, 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'.

20. Two Thousand a Year

May 20th, 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.

21. A Question of Biology

May 27th, 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 Craig. His show of puritan disapproval makes Sally withdraw into a shell of resentment.

22. Mates

June 3rd, 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 School's wilder spirits, with surprising results.

23. The Rubbing Rag

June 10th, 1966

24. Whose Pigeon?

June 17th, 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?

25. The Golden Key to Knowledge

June 24th, 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.

26. Old Flame

July 1st, 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.

All Seasons

Season 2

Season 2

Sep 17, 1966
Season 1

Season 1

Jan 7, 1966