Seasons & Episodes
All Together Now
The weekly brass band rehearsal is an enjoyable, light-hearted occasion. Then Mathew, the conductor, introduces James, a
Daylight Robbery
Neglected by her family, kept apart from her grandchildren, desperately short of money, Bea begins to gamble - at first
Brick Is Beautiful
'Bricks have a future, Mr Clark - you can count on that. They're out there waiting to be taken!' 'There is one small pro
Knowing the Score
Graeme has musical talent and is struggling to be allowed to express it. Lois is being pushed by her mother into solo pa
Drums Along Balmoral Drive
'I don't think at first I thought at all. I had a nice house, lovely kids. I didn't think about blacks at all. I should'
Asinamali
Five blacks in South Africa end up in jail - for crimes which range from shooting a security policeman to sleeping with
In Traction
Matters are bad enough when Mr Gentle tries to commit suicide. They are even worse when the attempt fails. Worst of all
The Mozart Inquest
Mozart's death in 1791 is surrounded by mystery. What are the secrets of his burial in an unmarked grave? Was he poisone
The Marlowe Inquest
In an unscripted inquest, three practicing barristers interrogate actors portraying relevant figures of the 16th century
Blood, Sweat and Tears
'Is this the judo place?' 'Dojo, yeh.' 'Wants a chuffin' coat of paint, if you ask me.' 'What is it you want?' 'Self-def
Shift Work
Julie, a cab driver, collects a fare from the local airport one evening. Unfortunately he dies of a suspected heart atta
Paying Guests - Part 1
Spend some time in the company of the guests at 'Wentworth' - all taking the waters except for the Colonel and Miss Howa
Paying Guests - Part 2
Miss Howard's exhibition of water-colours at the Green Salon falters but then takes off. The season at 'Wentworth' is no
The Trial of Klaus Barbie
Decades after the end of World War II, escaped war criminal Klaus Barbie is brought to justice
Land
The Amazonian jungle, Brazil, 1987. Ruthless landowners are hiring gunslingers to evict peasants from their land. The pe
Lily My Love
Lily is 13, Colin is 39 and a vagrant. They run away together. 'One and a half to the English Lakes, single, because we'
Carianai and the Courtesans
A painter falls in love with a woman whom he suspects may be a thief and a prostitute.
Our Lady Blue
In a Liverpool convent a touching and unusual friendship is forged between Rachel, a young volunteer, Paul, doing 100 ho
White Lady
In a derelict farmhouse, deep in the English countryside, Gil struggles alone to bring up his little daughters 'to need
The Shutter Falls
A 19th Century photographer travels to the North of Scotland to document the fishing industry, where he falls in love wi
Christine
Depiction of the everyday life of a teenage heroin addict.
The Interrogation of John
A man is brought into a small London police station and charged with gross indecency. A terrible murder has also been co
Road
Your tour guide for the night is one drunken man called Scullery. Prepare yourself for the experience of your lifetime a
No Further Cause for Concern
'I'm doing 15 years, three years at a time, and when I come out I'm going to be the same man as when I came in. The same
A Woman Alone
A housewife confides to her neighbour about the troubles she has been having with her possessive husband, her romantic l
Burning Ambition
When the luckless Martin and Renato have the bright idea of starting up a guided coach tour of the M25, London's orbital
Eskimos Do it
When the widowed Mrs Bing goes into hospital for a routine operation, she little realises she will soon make a dramatic
Out Of Love
The shy, hard-working farmer Thomas Price, whose life is dominated by his father Emrys, is strongly attracted to the ind
Home Front
'What about us? We have rights too. This is not just any residential home for kids in care. This is Home. You. tell them
Between The Cracks
The performers in this drama are not actors reciting other people's lines. They are who they say they are and they speak
The Black and Blue Lamp
In 1949, Tom Riley is arrested for the murder of PC George Dixon. As he awaits interrogation at the station, he is myste
The Diary of Rita Patel
It's a new start for teenager Rita Patel and her family - new home, new school, new diary, new life. But their happiness
Edvard
Set in 1902, this is the story of the artist Edvard Munch and his stormy affair with Tulla Larsen , the inspiration behi
Starlings
Gary Wilson loses his factory job, retrains as a butler and under the patronage of a wealthy young woman finds success i
Testimony of a Child
Being accused of child abuse is a nightmare every family dreads. The Taylors are an ordinary happy family, but Paul and
A Night on the Tyne
When four shipbuilders are made redundant they decide that as a protest they will launch the ship they have been working
Loving Hazel
Mike and his ex-wife have an 8-year-old daughter, Hazel. She calls her new mother's boyfriend 'daddy', which Mike goes a
The Attractions
When Danny, 'one of Maggie's wandering minstrels', visits a seaside horror museum, he is rather disappointed. 'It's all
Chinese Whispers
Kenny's work as a nurse in a psychiatric hospital isn't just a job, it's a vocation. His special group of patients are h
The Act
Eastern Europe, February 1944: Johann Frink and Otto Hansen, once famous Berlin cabaret artists, are summoned to take pa
Scout
Man United's scout for many generations of young footballers, sending across the water the best Irish talent regardless
The Spirit of Man
In pursuit of faith, God and the Devil, spells are cast, buckets of water thrown and men with black beards dance and sin
Beyond the Pale
Milly and her friends have been going on holiday together ever since they've known each other. This summer they return t
The Hen House
Lily lives on a remote smallholding in County Donegal. She keeps herself to herself. But a game of hide-and-seek exposes
Seeing in the Dark
Tony has begun to panic that life may be passing him by. As his friends forge ahead, he feels stuck in a dead end job an
A Small Mourning
When Marjorie's husband of 20 years dies of a brain tumour, she's hit financially as well as emotionally. The money she
Amongst Barbarians
Two teenage boys, Ralph and Bryan, are in a jail in Malaysia, awaiting death. They have been found guilty of smuggling d
Antonia and Jane
Plain Jane Hartman hates her life. She's goofy, boring and only has sex if she reads Iris Murdoch novels out loud to her
Night Voice
Clarence Flamer hosts a late-night talk show on regional radio station North Star Sound. A phone call he takes one night
The Englishman's Wife
A woman and her daughter are stranded in a rambling old house deep in the countryside of County Tyrone. Their economic c
The Land of Dreams
Joseph Mnwana arrives at Heathrow on a flight from Johannesburg and asks for political asylum. But what is he fleeing fr
Keeping Tom Nice
Doug and Winnie have tried hard to keep their disabled son Tom 'nice', but when Stephen, a young social worker, takes a
A Safe House
In the aftermath of the Guildford and Woolwich pub bombings, a large number of people of Irish descent were rounded up f
Afters
A man discovers his love for his wife as he prepares to face life without her.
Wedded
A husband drives throughout the night on a voyage of self-discovery, while his wife waits at home, raking over the ashes
Available Light
A mercenary art dealer and his beguiling young assistant pay a visit to a once-famous artist. In his isolated house, the
Needle
Danny and Paula are a young married couple with a baby. They are moving up in the world, leaving their high-rise for a h
Shoot the Revolution
During the Romanian Revolution in December 1989, a young girl is shot in the head by Tudor Barbu, a member of the Securi
August Saturday
Grania did something 15 years ago that brought her great happiness but also great pain. The events of that day have been
Redemption
After 16 years away Stan Peachey returns to his village. His wife still loves him but his sister wants revenge. What was
Broke
A man and his wife, who are proprietors of a struggling window-covering business, agree to install curtains in an exclus
Events at Drimaghleen
The painful memories of the tragedy that awaited the people of Drimaghleen on 2/11/88 have just begun to fade; Hetty For
The Fallout Guy
Raymond Gold, a 40-year-old Walter Mitty character from Philadelphia, is recruited to pass secrets of the atom bomb to t
Murder in Oakland
Oakland, California, is the murder capital of the USA - there were 161 homicides in 1990 in a city the size of Cardiff.
The Hour of the Lynx
A young murderer in a psychiatric institution is given a cat to care for as part of a controlled experiment. He heaps de
Clubland
Sylvie, a Belgian girl living in London, arrives at her local police station. She starts to tell how she was picked up i
Arise and Go Now
Exploding poets, randy bishops and bungling IRA hoodlums are causing havoc in a small town in Northern Ireland. Kevin, a
Message to Major
This BBC film written and performed by South African satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys, is a 'video postcard' to the British Prim
Journey to Knock
Journey to Knock humorously follows three disabled men on their pilgrimage from the North of England to Knock shrine in
The Countess Alice
A reporter is assigned a then-and-now piece on a 50-year old photospread of three society beauties. One of them, Lady Al
Force of Duty
RUC detective Simpson Gabby is consumed by guilt after he fails to act decisively in a moment of terror. As the pressure
Bad Girl
A young single mother has to convince the authorities that she is a fit parent.
Bitter Harvest
A young black British woman goes to the Dominican Republic as an aid worker. When she goes missing, her parents make an
Man to Man
A German woman takes on her husband's identity after his death, and spends the next 40 years impersonating him.
Death and the Compass
In the comic book world of a timeless Latin American country, famed policeman Inspector Lonnrot becomes embroiled in a s
Dread Poets Society
Benjamin Zephaniah, renowned Rastafarian poet/rapper is traveling by train from Birmingham to Cambridge to receive his C
Buying a Landslide
Republican senator Walter Partin trails Democrat Philip Kautsky in the polls and will shortly face him in a televised de
Continental Drift
An eccentric Scottish spinster greets the collapse of communism by snapping up a statue of Lenin on the cheap and towing
A Little Bit of Lippy
Cross-dressing husband is unmasked but eventually wins through.
Small Metal Jacket
1969: America is losing the war in South-East Asia. A female officer plans a fresh initiative.
You, Me and Marley
A group of bored Roman Catholic teens from Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, steal cars and joyride around the
Love Lies Bleeding/L'Inconnue de Belfast
Conn is an IRA murderer serving a life sentence in an Irish prison. He is given a 24 hour home leave during which he goe
The Merrihill Millionaires
They were a top team - five miners who together had mined a million tons of coal but now they must face up to redundancy
The Vision Thing
In the run-up to a General Election, the British Prime Minister thinks he is receiving messages from God.
Safe
Kaz and her friends spend their days trying to get by and their nights in a homeless shelter. But how did they end up th
Not Even God Is Wise Enough
Sometimes Busi is a champion boxer, sometimes a rock star. But when he escapes from court, where he is facing charges of
Boswell & Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles
In the autumn of 1773, the English writer Samuel Johnson visits the Hebrides, or Western Isles, off the North-West coast
