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The Water Margin

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Last updated: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 2:00
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BBC translation of the 1973-74 Japanese series based on the classical Chinese novel about clashes between outlaws and local officials during the Song Dynasty.
Show Details:
Start date: Sep 1976
End date: Jan 1978
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC Two (UK) / NHK (JP)
Run time: 50 min
Episodes: 26 eps
Genre(s): Drama
Credits:
Episode list & details from:  TVmaze • 
TV.com
Episode # Original
Air Date
Titles
 
Season 1
 
1.1-1 02 Oct 73Nine Dozen Heroes and One Wicked Man
2.1-2 09 Oct 73None Ever Escape Alive
3.1-3 16 Oct 73Both at Last Will Reach the Sea
4.1-4 23 Oct 73Ever Busy Are the Gods of Love
5.1-5 30 Oct 73A Treasure of Gold and Jade
6.1-6 06 Nov 73Bandits Who Steal Are Executed
7.1-7 13 Nov 73How Easy to Die, How Hard to Live
8.1-8 20 Nov 73A Man's Only Happiness
9.1-9 27 Nov 73A Dutiful Son and the Love of a Brother
10.1-1004 Dec 73Escape Is Not Freedom
11.1-1111 Dec 73The Girl Who Loved the Flower Priest
12.1-1218 Dec 73Kao Chiu Loses His Heart
13.1-1325 Dec 73When Liang Shan Po Robbed the Poor
14.1-1401 Jan 74A Death for Love, More Deaths from Greed
15.1-1508 Jan 74The Bravest Tiger Is First Killed
16.1-1615 Jan 74Heaven Aims the Master's Arrow
17.1-1722 Jan 74The Traps of Love and Hate
18.1-1829 Jan 74A Foolish Sage Who Got Involved
19.1-1905 Feb 74Mourn the Slaughter of So Many
20.1-2012 Feb 74The War to End All Wars
21.1-2119 Feb 74Death of a Great Man
22.1-2226 Feb 74Lin Chung Is Beaten
23.1-2305 Mar 74A Concubine's Dowry
24.1-2412 Mar 74Liang Shan Po and the Millionaire
25.1-2519 Mar 74Knight of the Long Sword
26.1-2626 Mar 74The Dynasty of Kao
 
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NOTES
Airdates for BBC2.

individual 2-episode DVDs are available only in the UK Region 2 (PAL) format:
1&2
DVD 1&2
3&4
DVD 3&4
5&6
DVD 5&6
7&8
DVD 7&8
9&10
DVD 9&10
11&12
DVD 11&12
13&14
DVD 13&14
15&16
DVD 15&16
17&18
DVD 17&18
19&20
DVD 19&20
season 1 and 2 DVD sets are available only in the UK Region 2 (PAL) format:
Season 1 (6-disc set)
DVD S1
Season 2 (6-disc set)
DVD S2