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- 01LentIt is the Easter holidays at Gorse Park Preparatory School. Everyone has gone home except four elderly members of staff and young Paul Blake, the orphaned son of the former headmaster. The weather is beautiful, the countryside is lovely, but all is far from peaceful as the adults quarrel and Paul grows up.
- 02The Last RomanticsA semi-fictionalized account of the life of writer F.R. Leavis, his mentor Arthur Quiller Couch, and Leavis's own students at Cambridge University.
- 03The SnapperWhen 20 years old Sharon announces that she is pregnant but refuses to tell who the father is, her tight-knit Irish family struggles to cope with the news.
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01
ContactJanuary 6, 1985—A platoon of British soldiers aggressively descend upon a car on a Northern Irish border roadside and promptly execute the driver and appreh - S01E02PoppylandJanuary 13, 1985—He is a respectable pillar of London society who yearns for an idyllic existence away from the noise and the smoke. She feels hemmed in by t
- S01E03Unfair ExchangesJanuary 20, 1985—Mavis's plight will ring a bell in the heart of anyone who ever felt like murdering a telephone. Is some ghoulish mind behind the increasing
- S01E04Knockback (1)January 27, 1985—In 1965, at the age of 25, Alan Ackland is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a business associate. In 1971, Sylvia Barker, lo
- S01E05Knockback (2)February 3, 1985—Alan and Sylvia fall in love and Alan gains a renewed sense of purpose. He begins to hope for an eventual release on licence. However both h
- S01E06LentFebruary 10, 1985It is the Easter holidays at Gorse Park Preparatory School. Everyone has gone home except four elderly members of staff and young Paul Blake
- S01E07The Unknown SoldierFebruary 17, 1985—The soldier in the spinal carriage can neither move nor speak. Who is he? His fellow wounded and officers are intent on finding out.
- S01E08The Burston RebellionFebruary 24, 1985—On a chilly winter's day in 1911, Kitty and Tom Higdon arrived in the Norfolk village of Burston to take up positions in the village school.
- S01E09Space StationMarch 3, 1985—"It's a city of glass. There are trees and flowers from all over the world. And marble. Acres of it. And in a field, there are cows as still
- S01E10In the Secret StateMarch 10, 1985—A department head within the British secret service uncovers some unpleasant secrets when he investigates the apparent suicide of a colleagu
Season02
- S02E01The McGuffinJanuary 12, 1986—From his window, film critic Paul Hatcher watches neighbour Mrs. Forbes-Duthie and her transvestite grandson, Gavin. He sees two men attacki
- S02E02The Silent TwinsJanuary 19, 1986—Twins June and Jennifer Gibbons speak only to each other in a language of their own creation. As young teens, they commit a violent crime. A
- S02E03Time After TimeJanuary 26, 1986—The aging Swift family of one brother, Jasper, and three sisters, April, May and June, are forced to live together in the run-down family ma
- S02E04Frankie and JohnnieFebruary 2, 1986—When two teenagers commit suicide the police and the press assume the motive to be some kind of love pact. However, Allan Blakeston, a local
- S02E05Honest, Decent and TrueFebruary 9, 1986—The launch of Chaser lager could be big for KFS if Alun shows some commitment; if Mike's lifestyle doesn't catch up with him; if the rest of
- S02E06Song of ExperienceFebruary 16, 1986—As the Lady Chatterley court case puts its seal on the 1950s, three boys set out for a day's train-spotting. They see more than just trains,
- S02E07Insurance ManFebruary 23, 1986—Franz, a young man, works in a dye factory in Prague. One day he notices a skin-rash, like eczema, growing on his hands. All attempts to tre
- S02E08
Hotel du LacMarch 2, 1986—An authoress, whose career is more successful than her private life, arrives at a Swiss hotel and finds her life changing in unexpected ways - S02E09The Russian SoldierMarch 9, 1986—What is it that Edgar Garrett sees, or thinks he sees, on his farm one morning in the mists of early spring? Whatever it is, one thing is ce
- S02E10Blood HuntMarch 16, 1986—The Highlands of Scotland. A fight outside the village hall. Robert Menzies lies dead and Allan Innes flees to the hills, pursued by Robert'
- S02E11ShergarMarch 23, 1986—Malachy: "Who do you kidnap? You can't touch children, women, no sons of Irish mothers. What's left?" When Frankie is released from Portlaoi
- S02E12Hard TravellingMarch 30, 1986—Jessica's promising debut as a young artist is shattered by a sudden violent death. She escapes into a restless succession of journeys. Enco
- S02E13Double ImageApril 6, 1986—This film tells the true-life story of Yuri Nosenko, a top Soviet KGB agent who defected to the West at the height of the Cold War in 1962.
Season03
- S03E01Coast to CoastJanuary 4, 1987—Two guys meet, one American, a deserter from the US army, one Brit, and they are drawn together by their mutual love of Soul music. Neither
- S03E02Blunt: The Fourth ManJanuary 11, 1987—The story of Anthony Blunt, the "fourth man" in a notorious 1951 spy scandal.
- S03E03Will You Love Me TomorrowJanuary 18, 1987—Freedom fascinates and frightens Jackie, encountering the real world for the first time in years, She clings to an ideal: 'What I want most
- S03E04After PilkingtonJanuary 25, 1987—What's happened to Pilkington? James doesn't much care, he's far more interested in renewing acquaintance with the girl he silently adored a
- S03E05
East of IpswichFebruary 1, 1987—Michael Palin's nostalgic comedy about a family holiday at a Suffolk seaside resort. Richard Burrill, a 17-year-old, is reluctantly dragged - S03E06Naming the NamesFebruary 8, 1987—Finn's story seems to begin when Henry Kirk comes into the bookshop where she works. But it goes back a lot further than that.
- S03E07Northanger AbbeyFebruary 15, 1987—Teenage Catherine enjoys reading Gothic Novels. She visits Bath and meets Henry and his sister Eleanor. Upon returning home, Eleanor invites
- S03E08VisitorsFebruary 22, 1987—This production for the BBC-2's "Screen Two" series was the last of Dennis Potter's "one-shot, one-slot" plays for television. It had its or
- S03E09Heaven on EarthMarch 1, 1987—Heaven On Earth follows several children and teens as they are sent from their homes in Wales and England to Canada. Host families await the
- S03E10
Inappropriate BehaviourMarch 8, 1987—Jo teaches 'difficult' children - American style. Young Helen, one of her most rebellious pupils, teaches horse-riding - Cotswold style. Who - S03E11Going HomeMarch 15, 1987—After the Great War, thousands of Canadian troops were sent to Kinmel Park Camp in North Wales to await their return as young heroes.
- S03E12
Quartermaine's TermsMarch 22, 1987—St. John Quartermaine, a teacher in an English language college for foreign students, his life revolving around work, seemingly without a so - S03E13On the PalmApril 5, 1987—Fledge needs a job. He'll take anything. And when Dawlish gives him strange errands to run, for cash in hand, strictly 'on the palm', it's a
- S03E14Hedgehog WeddingApril 17, 1987—Mr and Mrs Desmond Howard Jones invite you to the wedding of their daughter Mariella to Dominic Frazer.
- S03E15The Children of DynmouthApril 19, 1987—Easter holidays in the charming seaside town of Dynmouth. The fair has come to town with roundabouts, the big wheel and a spot-the-talent co
Season04
- S04E01The VisionJanuary 9, 1988—Veteran broadcaster James Marriner is persuaded to front a new big budget national family TV channel. But he begins to suspect that the chan
- S04E02Dead LuckyJanuary 17, 1988—Martin Urban, a young accountant, is gay but unwilling to own up to this fact because he desperately wants to be the ideal son for his paren
- S04E03
Sweet As You AreJanuary 24, 1988—A lecturer has an extra-marital one night stand and contracts HIV. The movie shows how he tells his wife and the way in which she is forced - S04E04Stanley SpencerJanuary 31, 1988—The controversial English artist Stanley Spencer scandalised the art world when he painted the Resurrection taking place in the churchyard o
- S04E05BorderFebruary 7, 1988—Czechoslovakia, 1952. For some, life under the post-war Stalinist regime is hardly worth living and although the escape route to the West is
- S04E06Love BirdsMarch 6, 1988—Barbara and Naseem are in the same hospital, having babies. They make friends. But the celebrations of their husbands, Kenny and Quereshi, '
- S04E07Shadow On The EarthMarch 13, 1988—Two brothers growing up in a small Scottish mining town become convinced the albino man living in their street is an alien. Influenced by sc
- S04E08Reasonable ForceMarch 27, 1988—In times of civil unrest, crack police units like Inspector Maclntyre's get the job of keeping order on the streets. But when a demonstrator
- S04E09The Temptation of Eileen HughesApril 3, 1988—The McAuleys are local celebrities and Eileen Hughes, a young shop assistant, is flattered to be taken under their wing. Then she accepts th
- S04E10
Lucky SunilApril 17, 1988—Young, handsome and alone in London at the start of a great career. But will Sunil's luck hold out against the seductions of pretty girls, t - S04E11Run for the LifeboatApril 24, 1988—Problems of a Welsh coastal village where the lifeboat crew is the main focus.
Season05
- S05E01Death of a SonJanuary 8, 1989—In September 1982, Pauline and Ray Williams were woken with the news that their 19-year-old son John had been found dead. They discovered he
- S05E02Angel VoicesJanuary 15, 1989—It is the summer of 1963: the year of the Beatles and wild dances like the Hully Gully. Tommy Bray's choirboys set off on their annual trip
- S05E03Flying in the BranchesJanuary 22, 1989—Sue hasn't seen her family in Prague since she became a refugee in London in 1968. When her younger sister, Dana, is allowed to visit the We
- S05E04Words of LoveJanuary 29, 1989—2 February 1959. The Winter Dance party, Clear Lake, Iowa - another date on Buddy Holly's whistle-stop tour. Across the Atlantic, a schoolbo
- S05E05LeavingFebruary 5, 1989—A moving, comic tale of three boys about to leave a grim Catholic School in Greenock, Scotland, who find they must each choose a different p
- S05E06VirtuosoFebruary 12, 1989—In 1962, the young pianist, John Ogdon wins international success in Moscow and embarks on a whirlwind career. Ten years later, he suffers t
- S05E07
The PicnicFebruary 19, 1989—'I, Margie Starling, am perfectly, perfectly happy, right now!'... and why not? An adoring young husband, a grown-up daughter who'll soon ad - S05E08
The FirmFebruary 26, 1989—This is the story of rival "Firms" of football (soccer) supporters, and how one man has a wish to team them up for the European Championship - S05E09Here Is the NewsMarch 3, 1989—Freelance journalist David Dunhill stumbles onto the biggest story of his career - but his personal eccentricities seem likely to thwart him
- S05E10Ice DanceMarch 12, 1989—A pair of teenagers are determined to achieve their ambition and become professional ice skaters, alternately helped and hindered by their f
- S05E11Sitting TargetsMarch 19, 1989—Who has bought the house which is the home for a dozen flat dwellers? When the heating fails and a flat is violently repossessed, things beg
- S05E12Defrosting the FridgeMarch 26, 1989—An American football coach takes over the running of a no-hope English soccer team.
Season06
- S06E01Old FlamesJanuary 14, 1990—Daniel is an obeying and high-flying barrister with the good life on his side. Nathaniel Quass is a rich and bizarre recluse, generous, obse
- S06E02The Man from the PruJanuary 21, 1990—The story of a famous real-life murder case in which an employee of the Prudential Insurance Company was suspected of killing his wife.
- S06E03Drowning in the Shallow EndJanuary 28, 1990—A young man's personal and professional life falls apart.
- S06E04Close RelationsFebruary 4, 1990—At a family funeral, Trevor Orwin meets Jenny, the sister he never knew he had. The relationship that develops between them has a dramatic a
- S06E05The Impossible SpyFebruary 11, 1990—This is the true story of an Israeli civilian who was recruited into Israel's Secret Intelligence Agency to become a spy in Damascus, where
- S06E06He's Asking for MeFebruary 18, 1990—When the first call comes, Norah thinks it is just an average dirty breather. The next time he asks for her personally and knows all about h
- S06E07Sometime in AugustFebruary 25, 1990—'Nobody's going to force you to swim.' Neil's beach holiday with the Middleton family turns sour over his refusal to bathe. The situation is
- S06E08Small ZonesMarch 4, 1990—
- S06E09Circles of DeceitMarch 11, 1990—Philip, a painter who specialises as a copyist, has always been dominated by strong women with secrets.
- S06E10The LoreleiMarch 18, 1990—A lonely schoolteacher has a strange experience on her walking holiday. It haunts her and threatens to wreck her growing romance with a coll
- S06E11Children CrossingMarch 25, 1990—Is Joe really having an affair - or is Rosie imagining it all? A story of sexual jealousy, betrayal and vengeance - an emotional journey whi
- S06E12The Kremlin FarewellApril 1, 1990—A drama of intrigue and betrayal in Stalin's Russia. Stepan grows up in an orphanage, learning to love Stalin as 'a father to all children'.
Season07
- S07E01Heading HomeJanuary 13, 1991—A story of a woman who is torn between two men in post World War II London.
- S07E02Hallelujah AnyhowJanuary 27, 1991—When local pastor Adlyn meets and falls in love again with her old childhood sweetheart, she is forced to make an agonising choice between h
- S07E03KorczakFebruary 3, 1991—The last days of life of the legendary Polish pedagogue Dr. Janusz Korczak and his heroic dedication to protecting Jewish orphans in the War
- S07E04Fellow TravellerFebruary 10, 1991—1950s Hollywood: the McCarthy senate committee is conducting a witch-hunt for supposed communists in the entertainment industry and betrayal
- S07E05102 Boulevard HaussmannFebruary 17, 1991—In 1916 author Marcel Proust is leading a reclusive life in Paris. He hires a quartet of musicians and befriends one of them, a wounded serv
- S07E06A Private LifeFebruary 24, 1991—Jack and Stella were unable to marry in South Africa because she was classified as coloured. They persevere by living together in a mixed ne
- S07E07The Laughter of GodMarch 3, 1991—Husband and wife are stuck in a loveless marriage because of their kids. They cheat and fantasize about murdering each-other. When an ancien
- S07E08Morphine and Dolly MixturesMarch 10, 1991—A girl's childhood in the 1950s with her brutal alcoholic father.
- S07E09Do Not DisturbMarch 17, 1991—When Jenny and Bruce Coldfield bring a curious party of enthusiasts to a remote Norfolk village to visit the hidden world of ghost story wri
- S07E10DreamingMarch 24, 1991—McIlvanney's reworking of his short story, from "Walking Wounded" (Hodder and Stoughton, 1989). Sammy Nelson envisions 'alternatives' to the
- S07E11They Never SleptMarch 31, 1991—When plucky Corporal Pru Merriman reports to her superiors, she is catapulted into the murky world of the French Resistance.
- S07E12AiméeApril 7, 1991—A white Mercedes, the English countryside, a cathedral city, a haunted figure at the wheel with an overnight bag in the boot. Frank Summers
Season08
- S08E01The Grass ArenaJanuary 19, 1992—
- S08E02Flea BitesJanuary 26, 1992—
- S08E03The Count of SolarFebruary 2, 1992—
- S08E04
The Lost Language of CranesFebruary 9, 1992— - S08E05The Object of BeautyFebruary 16, 1992—
- S08E06My Sister-WifeFebruary 23, 1992—
- S08E07Truly Madly DeeplyMarch 1, 1992—
- S08E08Common PursuitMarch 8, 1992British drama following the lives of a group of friends who met at university.
- S08E09UtzMarch 15, 1992—
- S08E10The Law LordMarch 22, 1992—
- S08E11The Last RomanticsMarch 29, 1992A semi-fictionalized account of the life of writer F.R. Leavis, his mentor Arthur Quiller Couch, and Leavis's own students at Cambridge Univ
- S08E12
Enchanted AprilApril 5, 1992— - S08E13
Memento MoriApril 19, 1992—
Season09
- S09E01
The Clothes in the WardrobeDecember 23, 1993—Margaret would really rather become a nun than a housewife, but the wedding is all arranged, the guests have begun to arrive, so what can be - S09E02Edward IIDecember 30, 1993—In this Derek Jarman version of Christopher Marlowe's Elizabethan drama, in modern costumes and settings, Plantagenet king Edward II hands t
- S09E03The Long RoadsJanuary 31, 1993—An elderly woman learns that she is dying of cancer. She and her husband leave their small farm on the Isle of Skye to visit their children
- S09E04Femme FataleFebruary 7, 1993—The tantalizing beauty and vivacity of the irresistible Maddalena has a devastating effect on nearly every man she meets - sometimes with un
- S09E05Dead RomanticFebruary 14, 1993—Madeleine Severn is a teacher and a virgin in a small town searching for Mr. Right. She falls in love with Bernard, a fellow teacher but is
- S09E06The CormorantFebruary 21, 1993—Inheriting a remote house in Snowdonia seems like a dream come true. But the dream becomes a nightmare for a family who discover it's not th
- S09E07PragueFebruary 28, 1993—Alexander (Alan Cumming) is a young, emotionally-repressed Scot who, upset by his Czechoslovakian mother's death, journeys to Prague to scat
- S09E08Voices in the GardenMarch 7, 1993—Sir Archie and Cuckoo Peveril have lived in elegant splendour on Cap Ferrat since the end of the war. But the heady days of extravagant soci
- S09E09Maria's ChildMarch 28, 1993—Maria is a dancer who becomes pregnant, unexpectedly, and has to decide whether or not to keep the baby. When her live-in boyfriend, who is
- S09E10The SnapperApril 2, 1993When 20 years old Sharon announces that she is pregnant but refuses to tell who the father is, her tight-knit Irish family struggles to cope
- S09E11
The TrialDecember 19, 1993—Harold Pinter's screen adaptation of Franz Kafka's enigmatic masterpiece. The story of a man who gets drawn into a world of lies and corrupt - S09E12The Railway Station ManDecember 30, 1993—A Northern Irish artist, widowed by an IRA bomb, embarks on a new life on the coast with her teenaged son. Romance slowly blossoms when she
- S09E99DeleteApril 12, 1992—
Season10
- S10E01Genghis CohnMarch 2, 1994—A former SS officer is haunted by the ghost of a man he murdered during WWII.
- S10E02SkallagriggMarch 9, 1994—Back in the 'bad old days' when the physically and mentally disabled were locked away in institutions a legend grew of someone who could sta
- S10E03All Things Bright and BeautifulMarch 16, 1994—A young boy's innocent observations leads the local priest to believe he has borne witness to a manifestation of the Virgin Mary. Set in an
- S10E04The Reflecting SkinMarch 23, 1994—In the 1950s, a young boy living with his troublesome family in rural USA fantasizes that a neighbouring widow is actually a vampire, respon
- S10E05O Mary This LondonMarch 30, 1994—Three young Dubliners go to London in search of fun, fortune and, in the case of 17-year-old Mary Kelly, an abortion. Homeless and jobless,
- S10E06DirtysomethingApril 6, 1994—A comedy that pits the hippy ideals of the New Age against the yuppy aspirations of suburbia. Dog and Becca meet at the Glastonbury Festival
- S10E07Return to Blood RiverApril 13, 1994—Douglas Livingstone has direct experience of the tensions in South Africa. On a research visit there in the summer of 1993, he was mugged wi
- S10E08HenriApril 20, 1994—A ten year old Protestant girl travels to Belfast to take part in a music festival, and is billetted with a Catholic family.
- S10E09Zinky Boys Go UndergroundApril 27, 1994—In Moscow, veterans of the Afghanistan war live on the margin. Their leader is Andrei, their former sergeant, blind from drinking wood alcoh
- S10E10Ethan FromeMay 4, 1994—A new pastor arrives in a stark Vermont village and is intrigued by crippled, misshapen Ethan Frome living on an isolated, hardscrabble farm
- S10E11Hope in the Year TwoMay 11, 1994—In April 1794, Georges Danton, the hero of the French Revolution, is imprisoned in a Paris jail, awaiting his morning appointment with La Gu
- S10E12Sin BinMay 18, 1994—When a psychiatric patient dies after a violent assault, a nurse is forced to choose between self-preservation and justice.
- S10E13Men of the MonthMay 25, 1994—Tracey, a hyperactive, inarticulate bicycle courier who unsuccessfully woos his girlfriend, watches Star Trek (1966) videos and delivers pac
- S10E14SarafinaJune 1, 1994—
- S10E15A Landing on the SunJune 8, 1994—By special request of the Prime Minister, civil servant Stephen Summerchild and philosopher Elizabeth Serafin are given the unusual brief of
- S10E16In the Cold Light of DayJune 15, 1994—It is the late 1930s and some British households still eagerly await the arrival of electricity. When a pylon is erected in the garden, Morr
- S10E17CriminalJune 22, 1994—Teenager Simon Willerton's suicide in 1990 brought to six the number of young prisoners who hanged themselves in British prisons in just ove
- S10E18Midnight MovieDecember 26, 1994—American producer James Boyce and his airhead wife Amber rent an English country mansion where the British horror flick "Smoke Rings" was fi
- S10E19
The Blue BoyJanuary 2, 1996—A couple expecting their first baby spend a few days in the Highlands, hoping to make a fresh start to their relationship - only for the pas
Season11
- S11E01A Very Open PrisonMarch 26, 1995—Three prisoners ruin the Home Secretary's week, and provide the catalyst that threatens to topple the Government, by breaking out of a newly
- S11E02
Life After LifeApril 2, 1995—Leo Doyle, in his mid-30s and single, is released into ceasefire Belfast after serving a life sentence for an IRA murder. Desperate for a ne - S11E03PersuasionApril 16, 1995—Based on the novel by Jane Austen, this period movie tells the story of Anne Elliot, spinster daughter of a British nobleman. Anne is unduly
- S11E04Crazy for a KissApril 23, 1995—This movie tells the story of the life of a young boy in Kansas who is committed by his parents to a mental institution for teenagers. In it
- S11E05
The Absence of WarMay 18, 1995—Political drama written by David Hare and starring John Thaw. Labour leader George Jones battles with his party on the campaign trail of a g - S11E06Mrs. Hartley and the Growth CentreMay 21, 1995—When a shy young man arrives on her doorstep, Alice Hartley grabs the chance to escape from her loveless marriage. She and Michael open a Gr
- S11E07Black EasterJune 4, 1995—Germany, March 2000: Detective Alex Fischer investigates the murder of a young Danish woman whose body has been slashed from head to foot. O
- S11E08BlissJune 11, 1995—Life for shy, romantic civil servant Leslie would be pure bliss if only he could get together with Julia, the new love of his life. Saffron
- S11E09Nervous EnergyJune 18, 1995—
Season12
- S12E01Great Moments in AviationNovember 11, 1995—Desire turns deadly as an intricate web of lies and betrayal unfolds on a voyage aboard a luxurious ocean liner. The journey begins when a n
- S12E02PriestNovember 18, 1995—A homosexual Catholic priest finds out during confessional that a young girl is being sexually abused by her father, and has to decide how t
- S12E03StreetlifeNovember 25, 1995—Single mother Jo, in the middle of a tempestuous love affair with a married man, is pregnant. When he starts to mess her around and her moth
- S12E04Nervous EnergyDecember 2, 1995—Tom is a young man with AIDS living in London with his lover Ira. The disease has exaggerated Toms nervous energy and in his manic state he
- S12E05Saigon BabyDecember 16, 1995—A childless couple's obsession with becoming parents draws them into the shadowy world of baby trafficking.
- S12E06The HawkDecember 24, 1995—A housewife with a history of mental illness grows increasingly suspicious that her husband may be a notorious serial killer. As she investi
- S12E07The Hour of the PigDecember 26, 1995—In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous a
- S12E08Return of the NativeDecember 31, 1995—Set in 1842, it tells the turbulent story of mysterious Eustacia Vye, who longs for the excitement of a world beyond the constraints of vill
- S12E09Half the PictureFebruary 18, 1996—A dramatized account of the Scott Inquiry about the sales of arms to Iraq.
Season13
- S13E01CaptivesMay 11, 1996—A beautiful young dentist working in a tough British prison starts to become attracted to a violent inmate after the break-up of her marriag
- S13E02A Man of No ImportanceMay 18, 1996—A friendly, poetry quoting bus conductor in 1963 Dublin wants to stage Oscar Wilde's play, Salome, with passengers on his bus.
- S13E03The Cement GardenMay 25, 1996—Four children live with their terminally ill mother. After she dies, they try to hold things together. In their isolated house, they begin t
- S13E04Bad Boy BluesJune 1, 1996—Two boyhood friends end up on different sides of the law. How will each react when they meet up for the first time since school?
- S13E05
The Precious BloodJune 8, 1996—Drama set in Belfast that asks if it is possible to have peace with justice. Rosie Williams is haunted by the murder of her husband 12 year - S13E06CenturyJune 15, 1996—Paul Reisner, a young doctor, becomes a researcher in a prestigious medical institute. He feels he has a chance to be part of a movement of
Season14
- S14E01Crossing the FloorOctober 5, 1996—Political satire closely mirroring real-life British politics of the time - a self-serving Conservative minister "crosses the floor" to join
- S14E02Deadly VoyageOctober 12, 1996—When stowaways are found on board a Russian cargo ship, some of the officers and crew decide to dispose of them at sea. The last time they h
- S14E03LovingOctober 19, 1996—An upper class English family owns a villa in the Irish countryside. When the man of the house leaves to fight in WW2, his mother, wife, dyi
- S14E04Flowers of the ForestOctober 26, 1996—Two young children are brought to Janet Hinton, a social worker in the Scottish Highlands. When both she and an independent expert become co
- S14E05Look Me in the EyeNovember 2, 1996—A newlywed woman becomes embroiled in an erotic world of sexual fantasy.
- S14E06Dallas DollNovember 16, 1996—Dallas Adair, an American golf guru, comes to live with a middle-class family in suburban Australia. With her riotous antics and her capacit
- S14E07
Burn Your PhoneDecember 31, 1996—During a normal day of answering calls, telephone operator Andy begins to hear from someone who knows things that only Andy himself could kn
Season15
- S15E01
StonewallMay 17, 1997—A group of homosexual people try to live with dignity and self-respect while events build to the opening battle in the major gay rights move - S15E02I.D.June 1, 1997—When a cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of hooligans, he finds himself being drawn to the other side.
- S15E03Stone, Scissors, PaperJune 7, 1997—Jean moves to a riverside cottage in an effort to escape her violent husband. There she meets Redfern, a married stonemason, with whom she f
- S15E04Butterfly KissJune 14, 1997—Eunice searches for Judith, her love, at highway gas stations. Her dangerous behaviour frightens cashiers. Miriam, a hard-of-hearing woman,
- S15E05
Brothers in TroubleJune 21, 1997—A Pakistani immigrant works illegally in 1960s England, sharing cramped housing while sending money home. Movies offer escape as he faces de - S15E06MothertimeDecember 28, 1997—A drunken woman's children lock her in the sauna in an attempt to cure her of her alcoholism.
- S15E07Small FacesJanuary 1, 1998—Glaswegian teenager Lex is torn between the artistic life of middle brother Alan and the thuggish world of elder brother Bobby.
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