Drama on 4 Episodes Episode guide
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Jane Beeson - The Discourse of Two Once-Young Women
Three old friends plan to meet up. But why are the two women feeling nervous?
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East Coast Girls Are Hip
Comedy by Ian McMillan. What if Grimsby had been the cradle of pop music in the 1960s?
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The Kerlogue
The crew of a small Irish cargo ship decide to rescue 168 German sailors during WW2.
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Dinner in the Iguanodon
By Chrissie Gittins. On New Year's Eve 1854, 21 leading scientists enjoy a celebration.
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Tony's Little Sister and the Paradox of Monasticism
By David and Caroline Stafford. The story of St Anthony from his sister's point of view.
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Odd
By Robert Shearman. Every word in the English language seems to have changed its meaning.
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Is He Still Breathing?
Drama-documentary by Howard Belgard exploring the world of the ambulance call centre.
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Bringing Eddie ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
By John Peacock, based on a true story about a soldier killed in Aden in 1965.
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The Gertie
By Shane Connaughton. When octogenarian Billy wins a cabin cruiser he has a great idea.
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Mind Out
By Jonathan Myerson. A whole family are undergoing self-help cognitive therapy.
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A Short Ride to Dusseldorf
By Janice Okoh. A chance meeting in a job centre offers Alison some easy money.
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Amy's Spaghetti
Colin Hough's comedy about love, sex, parenthood and dressing up as Sonny and Cher.
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Icarus Falling
By Jonathan Davidson. An artist seeks to expand his horizons and takes up gliding.
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Rapture
Fiona Shaw reads from Carol Ann Duffy's T S Eliot Prize-winning collection of love poems.
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A Two Pipe Problem
By Michael Chaplin. Two inmates in a retirement home tackle a mystery.
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Alice in Paris
Elizabeth Lewis's comic parable about the pitfalls of romantic fantasy.
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Excerpt from a Dog's Ear
By Kavyasiddhi. Dodging impending fatherhood, a man escapes to a beach.
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The King of Pripyat
A nuclear physicist from Sellafield is on an exchange trip to Chernobyl.
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Clear Water
Based on the true story of the disappearance of Alan Maclean off Somalia in September 1999
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Rachel Joyce - To Be a Pilgrim
After retiring six months earlier, tired Harold opens a letter and everything changes.
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A Regent's Tale
By David Pownall. An exasperated Prince of Wales seeks to be king.
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Lawn Wars
Story about a woman who takes on a gardener after the death of her mother.
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A Shropshire Lad
AE Housman's famous poem, exploring the fleetingness of love and decay of youth.
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The Climb
Lance Woodman's drama-documentary follows two competitive cyclists facing the hill climb.
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Nick Leather - The Domino Man of Lancashire
Loneliness, romance, and does record-breaking really matter? Stars Tom Courtenay.
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Puzzle Women
By Gill Adams. A young woman tracks down the former Stasi man who spied on her.
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Longus - Daphnis and Chloe
The ancient story of two young lovers, beset by pirates but aided by the power of love.
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The Female Husband
Sheila Hamilton's dramatisation of the 1746 trial of Mary Hamilton, who married as a man.
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The Boy Fathers
By Peter Hunter and David Johnson. In hospital, Richie is desperate see his child's birth.