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Second City Firsts

Second City Firsts

Description: Second City Firsts is a BBC drama anthology series of single plays, all lasting thirty minutes. Recorded at BBC Pebble Mill in Birmingham, or sometimes filmed on location, the series was broadcast between 1973 and 1978. Wikipedia
Genre: Drama
Year Released: 1973
Number of seasons: 9
Number of episodes: 54
First episode air date: October 15, 1973
Network: BBC Two
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