Screen Two
1985•6.8/10
Drama
Ratings
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6.8/10(6)
Series of single made-for-television dramas.
Production
BBC
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
January 6, 1985
Last Aired
January 1, 1998
Networks
BBC Two
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Contact
Air date: 1985-01-06
A platoon of British soldiers aggressively descend upon a car on a Northern Irish border roadside and promptly execute the driver and apprehend the passenger.
E2
Poppyland
Air date: 1985-01-13
He is a respectable pillar of London society who yearns for an idyllic existence away from the noise and the smoke. She feels hemmed in by the confines of an isolated fishing village and dreams of the bright lights, and even brighter people, of the great metropolis. On a hot August day in 1883, Clement Scott, the writer, and Louie Jermy, the miller's daughter, meet each other for the first time.
E3
Unfair Exchanges
Air date: 1985-01-20
E4
Knockback (1)
Air date: 1985-01-27
E5
Knockback (2)
Air date: 1985-02-03
E6
Lent
Air date: 1985-02-10
It is the Easter holidays at Gorse Park Preparatory School. Everyone has gone home except four elderly members of staff and young Paul Blake, the orphaned son of the former headmaster. The weather is beautiful, the countryside is lovely, but all is far from peaceful as the adults quarrel and Paul grows up.
E7
The Unknown Soldier
Air date: 1985-02-17
E8
The Burston Rebellion
Air date: 1985-02-24
On a chilly winter's day in 1911, Kitty and Tom Higdon arrived in the Norfolk village of Burston to take up positions in the village school. Their arrival was to irrevocably change the lives of the villagers and their children.
E9
Space Station
Air date: 1985-03-03
E10
In the Secret State
Air date: 1985-03-10
