Drama on 4 Episodes Episode guide
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Zauberjackl
By Charlie Boucher. Two young men become involved with a gang in 17th-century Salzburg.
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Frank
By Ian McMillan. Unemployed Frank creates a doppelganger to help him fiddle the dole.
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Away Day
Comedy by DJ Britton. An inefficient airport ground services team are taken on an away day
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The Greater Good
True story set in WWI Germnay, by Justin Hopper.
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Mandrake
Irene threatens her neighbour when he suggests cutting down a tree.
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A Killing
A story about making money in industrial quantities.
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The Letter
A letter turns up 50 years after it was posted and threatens to upset a marriage.
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Swimming Around Ireland
By Martin Meenan. A physiotherapist comes up with an unusual plan to motivate her patient.
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Blinded by Science
Two research scientists find themselves in competition for a new goverment advisory role.
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O Margate
By Annie Caulfield. Aisha an Algerian artist, takes refuge from death threats in Margate.
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Love's Executioner
By Rachel Joyce. Thelma is 70 years old and in love with a man 24 years her junior.
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Caesar Price our Lord
By Fin Kennedy. Illusionist Caesar Price has reproduced most of the miracles of Jesus.
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Unseen Austen
By Judith French. Lydia Bennet discovers the truth about her sister Elizabeth.
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Nick Warburton - Last Days of Grace
Aging icon WG Grace contemplates another day in his life-long cricketing obsession.
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Elephant and Castle
Romantic comedy by Robin Baker.
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David Nobbs - Silent Nights
Gordon's hatred of noise is threatening his marriage. Stars Jonathan Coy.
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The Judgement Test
By Michael Butt. A probing journalist talks to an officer in the armed units of the police
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The Day They Wouldn't Take it Any More
By Sue Rodwell, based on real events. A peace celebration in Luton in 1919 becomes a riot.
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RK Narayan - A Tiger for Malgudi
An aging tiger looks back on his life and the human absurdities of 1970s India.
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Worktown
Worktown: Michael Symonds Roberts's play is inspired by photographs of Bolton in the 1930s
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Blue Sky Thinking
A psychological thriller about love and identity by Ben Lewis.
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Books
By Tessa Hadley. The daughter of a late novelist meets a university researcher.
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From Abstraction
By Stephen Phelps. Prof Matthew Coleman has a sideline in linguistic forensics.
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A Helping Hand
Dark comedy by Mike Stott. DS Dave Davis investigates a drunken football fan's murder.
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Lemon Meringue Pie
By Rachel Trezise. Katie is 16 and in love. Her mother would have a fit if she found out.
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Peter Lorre vs Peter Lorre
Michael Butt's play explores a strange legal case involving movie star Peter Lorre.
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From Abstraction
By Robert Thorogood. Paul is rich and in love. So why does he lock himself in the library?