Performance

Performance

1991•2h 0m•6.0/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(2)

An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.

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Production

BBC

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

October 5, 1991

Last Aired

March 21, 1998

Networks

BBC Four

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

US

No providers available for this region.

Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

E1

Absolute Hell

Air date: 1991-10-05

Black comedy set in Soho, London, right after WW2. Half of the fun is seeing a slew of very familiar faces kick up their heels as gay men, lesbians, party-girls, drunks, and drag queens.

E2

Uncle Vanya

Air date: 1991-10-12

When Vanya's brother-in-law declares his intention to sell the family's house, polite facades begin to crumble and long repressed feelings start to emerge with devastating consequences.

E3

Nona

Air date: 1991-10-19

An adaptation of Roberto Cossa's Argentinian drama, the play focuses on a family desperately struggling against inflation and unemployment while trying to assuage the insatiable appetite of their 100-year old grandmother.

E4

Old Times

Air date: 1991-10-26

A married couple are visited by a friend from their past, who causes them unease and even embarrassment.

E5

Top Girls

Air date: 1991-11-02

Marlene celebrates her new position as MD of Top Girls Appointment Agency by giving a dinner party for five oddly assorted women from centuries past.

E6

The Trials of Oz

Air date: 1991-11-09

Dramatization of the famous 1971 trial in which the editors of the British underground magazine "Oz" were charged with obscenity.

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