Sebastian Graham Jones
Director
The Play on One (1988)
Season 3
A series of plays specially written for television.
Released Jan. 19, 1988
Episode 63 min
None+
Genres: Drama
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Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S3E1 - Changing Step
Spring 1917: the privileged world of Sorn Castle is upside down, its stately rooms full of amputees from the Western Front. While the local aristocracy makes a first attempt at nursing, a romance blossoms.
July 26, 1990, midnight
S3E2 - The Wreck on the Highway
Washed up country-and-western singer John McGuire is broke and his family is emigrating. He and grandson Billy share the same dreams. They run away together in search of John's wealthy American ex-co-star Betsy Hall.
Aug. 2, 1990, midnight
S3E3 - Killing Time
DHSS clerk Martin meets 17-year-old Harry, who is sleeping rough, and invites him to stay for the weekend. Martin begins to trust Harry. Could this be the love that they are both looking for?
Aug. 9, 1990, midnight
S3E4 - Obituaries
In a nursing home for the elderly, White and Apcar compete for the privilege of shaking the Royal hand. The Daily Telegraph is the battleground, the obituary columns the challenge. As the game progresses it soon becomes clear that both are in deadly earnest.
Aug. 16, 1990, midnight
S3E5 - Separation
When Sarah, a New York actress, calls Joe, a London playwright they begin a very special relationship conducted through trans-Atlantic phone calls. And both Sarah and Joe have very special conditions they both have to fight to overcome their separation. Later distributed under the title Don't Hang Up.
Aug. 23, 1990, midnight
S3E6 - Yellowbacks
Chilling drama set in the future when draconian powers have been given to the authorities under the new Secret Emergency Provisions of the Dangerous Disease Act. Dr Juliet Horwitz finds herself hooded, handcuffed and interrogated by a ruthless pair, as does a scientist Alex McPherson, both of whom are the key to finding Martin Pitt, a virus carrier who has disappeared.
Aug. 30, 1990, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 63 min.
Season Runtime: 1890 min.
Released: Jan. 19, 1988
Last Air Date: Aug. 29, 1991, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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