The Upchat Line
Mike Upchat is an unsuccessful novelist who lives out of a railway station locker - he has the gift of the Gab and changes his life story every episode to impress different women - basically he reinvents himself to score.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Pulling
26-09-197730 minWhen it comes to bedtime, living in a luggage locker at Marylebone Station can be a problem for Mike Upchat. He solves it by living up to his pen-name at a party for liberated ladi...
- Ep 2
2.Accommodation Address
03-10-197730 minWhen Mike's old English teacher invites herself to tea, she expects to be entertained in surroundings becoming of a successful writer.
- Ep 3
3.Casualty Ward
10-10-197730 minBorrowing a car for a few days is simple for the smooth-talking Mike Upchat. The problems arise when he realises he has no address to have the vehicle delivered to. St Edwin's Hosp...
- Ep 4
4.Albert's Benefit
17-10-197730 minWhen Mike discovers that old Albert is not getting a retirement gift after 35 years devoted service, he decides to take action.
- Ep 5
5.The One That Got Away
24-10-197730 minThe law finally catches up with Mike and he finds himself in court. No doubt he will have some pretty good stories up his sleeve.
- Ep 6
6.One Good Turn
31-10-197730 minTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor — Mike Upchat could pass himself off as any of these, and many more too. But when challenged to impersonate a computer expert it looks as though he...
- Ep 7
7.Home Is the Hunter
07-11-197730 minA problem arises for Mike when he decides to pass himself off as someone and then realises he doesn't know what they do for a living. But a pretty girl spurs him on in the charade...
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