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Note: The following list of episodes and their Australian airdates has been drawn from television guides in contemporary newspapers. The episode synopses and author credits have been drawn from the Radio Times.

List of episodes:

1. Nobody's Man (aired 6 July 1975 [UK] 7 September 1975 [Australia]) (by Ted Roberts)

It promises to be a good year for cattleman Ben Hall until ex-convict bushranger Frank Gardiner escapes from a road gang to the Wheogo district, bringing the New South Wales Mounted Police after him and his ruthless companions, Piesley and Troy. (Radio Times, 3 July 1975, p.20)

2. The Vow (aired 13 July 1975 [UK] and 14 September 1975 [Australia]) (by Frank Nesbitt)

Escaped convict John Piesley Is out to kill Ben Hall and the peace of the Weddin' Mountains is shattered when Piesley and Gardiner arrive at the cattle muster at the McGuires'. What looked like being a nice social occasion turns into a very different sort of affair in tonight's story based on the real-life story of Ben Hall. (Radio Times, 10 July 1975, p.22)

3. The Promise (aired 20 July 1975 [UK] and 21 September 1975 [Australia]) (by Allan Prior)

Frank Gardiner plans to use Ben Hall 's wedding as a diversion while he tries to spring Flash Johnny Gilbert from the Wheogo gaol. (Radio Times, 17 July 1975, p.23)

4. The Cruel Season (aired 27 July 1975 [UK] and 28 September 1975 [Australia]) (by Eleanor Witcombe)

Ben Hall loses most of his stock in the drought and his wife Biddy is in despair demanding that he sell his beloved horses and leave to settle in a more favourable district. (Radio Times, 24 July 1975, p.21)

5. Blind Justice (aired 3 August 1975 [UK] and 4 October 1975 [Australia]) (by Tony Morphett)

Ben Hall is arrested for murder when bushranger 'Saucepan' Billy shoots the armed guard of a supply car and Ben's horse is recognised by the survivor, storekeeper Bacon. (Radio Times, 31 July 1975, p.21)

6. Going Home (aired 10 August 1975 [UK] and 12 October 1975 [Australia]) (by Tony Morphett)

Drought-impoverished Ben Hall joins the goldrush to seek the cash he needs to restock with cattle leaving his pregnant wife, Biddy, to run their farm. (Radio Times, 7 August 1975, p.18)

7. The Rock (aired 17 August 1975 [UK] and 19 October 1975 [Australia]) (by Jesse Laskey and Pat Silver)

An embittered Ben Hall , feeling that he has nothing left to lose but his life, joins bushranger Frank Gardiner and his gang to hold up the gold coach at The Rock. (Radio Times, 14 August 1975, p.21.)

8. Yellowback (aired 24 August 1975 [UK] and 26 October 1975 [Australia]) (by Lindsay Galloway)

The police organise a manhunt for bushrangers in the Weddin' Mountains and arrest Ben Hall 's wife Biddy as a deliberate ploy to lure him to Wheogo gaol. (Radio Times, 21 August 1975, p.22)

9. A Greater Love (aired 31 August 1975 [UK] and 2 November 1975 [Australia]) (by Lindsay Galloway)

In Sir Frederick Pottinger 's campaign against the bushrangers, innocent settlers are gaoled in an attempt to force Ben to confess. (Radio Times, 28 August 1975, p.23)

10. The Attack (aired 7 September 1975 [UK] and 9 November 1975 [Australia]) (by Ted Roberts)

Ben Hall , now openly in conflict with the law, disguises his men as troopers in command of a convict road-gang to surprise an army coach and later Sir Frederick Pottinger. (Radio Times, 4 September 1975, p.29)

11. The Legacy (aired 14 September 1975 [UK] and 16 November 1975 [Australia]) (by Ray Johnson)

Ben Hall plans to make use of Chief Inspector Pottinger in a daring scheme on behalf of the valley settlers to obtain legal rights to their land. (Radio Times, 11 September 1975, p.26)

12. The Pursued (aired 21 September 1975 [UK] and 23 November 1975 [Australia]) (by Ray Johnson)

Outlawed under the Felons Apprehension Act and with the Harbouring Act making it a risk for fellow settlers to give him shelter, Ben Hall is on the run with a price on his head of £1,000 - dead or alive. (Radio Times, 18 September 1975, p.31)

13. Once Upon a Time (aired 28 September 1975 [UK] and 30 November 1975 [Australia]) (by Ted Roberts)

As existence daily becomes more hazardous Ben decides to leave Wheogo and seek a new life with Biddy and their son, but Garland and the Troopers are closing in. (Radio Times, 25 September 1975, p.25)