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Sam is a drama set in the coalfields of Yorkshire in the inter-war period.
Sam and his mother arrive in Skellerton and try to settle in with their relatives.
6/12/1973
The Labour Exchange is looking for Sam’s mother. Sam is taken on a tour of the local pit by his grandfather.
6/19/1973
Sam is bullied at school. Sam’s mother starts a new relationship with Alan. Sam doesn’t like this and runs away.
6/26/1973
Sam is found.
7/3/1973
Sam is taken on a day out to the seaside.
7/11/1973
Sam’s mother and new partner set up a family home.
7/18/1973
Sam’s family come under pressure from the disapproving locals.
7/25/1973
Sam discovers a book written by his father. The pit workers are given notice.
7/31/1973
Sam's mother falls pregnant. Sam’s father sends a letter asking for money to be sent to him so that he can come home from Canada.
8/7/1973
Dora passes away in hospital giving birth to a son, Leslie. Alan, devastated, decides to go south to look for work, leaving his mother to care for the baby. Sam’s uncle George goes with him.
8/14/1973
Frank is worried about Sam’s education and his grandfather wants to send him to a charity boarding school. Alan and George are disillusioned in the south and George returns home.
8/21/1973
Sam is at boarding school, hating it and longing to go home, but can’t, because of a diphtheria outbreak in Skellerton. After a fight at the school, he runs away and walks the fifty miles home.
8/28/1973
Sam’s uncle Toby sets up a garment factory in the old chapel, providing work for the women of Skellerton, leaving the men at home. Sam finally goes down the pit with his grandfather.
9/4/1973
