A pretty fine episode (although it has some odd cuts in it, such as when the main character is just about to molest? attack? fondle? a girl (Carole Yelland) and suddenly he's being roughed up by her crim associates).* The protagonist here, played by Alan Penney, is known only as Raincoat. He's a fence who went straight and he is clearly a sex, er, maniac. These are the final scenes of the show which as far as I'm concerned represent director John Jacob and/or David Hinrichsen paying homage to firstly, North by Northwest (the final double entendre) and Breathless (the last seconds of that film).
It's arty yes but it works as well. 
The loving concentration on the railway bridges is in itself quite delightful too.
Also, top marks to the set designer of this episode. Raincoat's living quarters are also a work of art.
*What I wonder is whether Channel 9 insisted on cuts here in what is, if you count the nudie pictures on the wall, a pretty explicit ep.
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