Gazette

Season

1968

7.4

London millionaire playboy James Hadleigh returns to his Yorkshire birthplace and buys a local newspaper his father founded, intending to turn it into a relevant force for change against the wishes of its plodding editor, Frank Walters.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Arrival

A small country newspaper's owner, an MP, has until now been a sleeping partner, but on retirement, he returns to take an active, and autocratic hand in the daily workings, conflicting with the staff.

S1 • E2

Turn a Blind Eye

The local Police appear to be hiding something from Susan on her bi-weekly visit. A local Methodist minister is missing and Hadleigh questions a non story which the Gazette intends to publish about local council corruption.

S1 • E3

Exposure

The Gazette tangles with the unpopular Master of the local hunt.

S1 • E4

Missing

Susan must assist in getting the story of a missing local schoolgirl, but Bill is working with an exceedingly seedy and aggressive Fleet Street reporter in hopes of getting a byline in a London paper.

S1 • E5

It's All Happening

S1 • E6

In Between the Lines

The wayward son of Hadleigh's neighbour sues Hadleigh for libel over an article in the Gazette. Hadleigh has to decide whether to settle or fight the action.

S1 • E7

In Loving Memory

A black sheep son arrives in Westdale to attend the funeral of his recently drowned brother, but his motives are not to honour a family member, but to humiliate his despised parents, whom he hasn't seen in years.

S1 • E8

The Old Folks at Home

Reporters investigate a rumour that an assault has taken place on one of the students of an exclusive girls finishing school, and that she'd been put in harm's way by a new headmistress's social work scheme.

S1 • E9

Announcement

Hadleigh tangles with his ex minister who has come to Westdale to speak at a dinner, where local dignitaries hope that he will announce the siting of a new factory.

S1 • E10

Why Stay in Westdale

American business men arrive in Westdale to recruit young men with advanced technical skills away from Yorkshire, to resettle with their families in the USA. The Locals put pressure on Hadleigh for articles on it in the Gazette.

S1 • E11

Stranger

A strange girl parks her car at a local pub, then walks to a random house and suicides in the dining room. Sue works on the story, piecing it together from reluctant sources while competing against the national press and a deadline.

S1 • E12

Not for Publication

A local stone quarry owner seems to be getting far too much of the borough's business, living exceedingly well, and driving a new sports car. Susan is charmed, but is he corrupt or is his business rival spreading ill rumours?