Screen Two

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Screen Two is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1985 to 1998 (not to be confused with a run of films shown on BBC2 under the billing Screen 2 between April 1977 and March 1978).

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Following the demise of the BBC's Play for Today , which ran from 1970 to 1984, producer Kenith Trodd was asked to formulate a new series of one-off television dramas. However, while Play for Today's style had been a largely studio-based form of theatre on television, the new series was shot entirely on film. This was an attempt by the BBC to repeat the success of Channel 4's television films, many of which had been released in cinemas. [1]

From 1989 to 1998, a companion series, Screen One , was broadcast on the more mainstream BBC1. After appearing more sporadically in the mid-1990s, Screen Two came to an end as the BBC moved its attentions away from single dramas and concentrated production on series and serials instead. The last programme shown under the Screen Two name was Stephen Poliakoff's The Tribe in June 1998.

Plays

DateTitleWriterDirectorProducer
6 January 1985Contact [2] A. F. N. Clarke Alan Clarke Terry Coles
The British army call Northern Ireland close to the southern border "bandit country". Patrolling here is always tense, tiring, unpredictable and usually very dangerous. Contact – the army term for an armed exchange with terrorists – can take place at any time.

Cast: Sean Chapman, John Blundell, Ozzie Stevens, Jem Ahmet, Jason Cunliffe, Steve Fletcher, Graham Fletcher Cook, Gary Hailes, Chris Lee, Dennis Savage, Sam Smart, Steve Sweeney and James Mathews

13 January 1985Poppyland [3] William Humble John Madden Richard Broke
On a hot August day in 1883 the theatre critic and writer Clement Scott met nineteen-year-old Louie Jermy, a Norfolk miller's daughter, for the first time.

Cast: Alan Howard, Phoebe Nicholls, John McEnery, Richard Wilson, John Shrapnel, Jonathan Hyde, Norman Jones, Hilton McRae, Isla Blair, Tim Wylton, Kristin Milward, Martin Wyldeck, David Redgrave, Colin Rix, Susan Porrett, James Fagan and Paul Sirr

20 January 1985Unfair Exchanges [4] Ken Campbell Gavin Millar Kenith Trodd
Mavis is plagued by increasingly mysterious and sinister telephone calls.

Cast: Julie Walters, George Lapham, David Rappaport, Robert Kingswell, Bert Parnaby, Ken Campbell, Janet Henfrey, John Abineri, Christopher Ellison, Wolf Kahler, Malcolm Terris, Dave Lee Travis, Arnold Diamond, Henry Stamper, Charles Pemberton

27 January 1985Knockback: Part One [5] Brian Phelan
Based on the book by Peter Adams & Shirley Cooklin
Piers Haggard Philip Hinchcliffe
A prison visitor meets a murderer

Cast: Derrick O'Connor, Leslie Grantham, Pauline Collins, Laurence Harrington, Eric Mason, Paddy Joyce, Stanley McGeagh, Roy Pattison, Hilary Sesta, David Webb

3 February 1985Knockback: Part Two [6] Brian Phelan
Based on the book by Peter Adams & Shirley Cooklin
Piers Haggard Philip Hinchcliffe

Cast: Leslie Grantham, Pauline Collins

10 February 1985Lent [7] Michael Wilcox Peter Barber-Fleming Tom Kinninmont

Cast: Harry Andrews, Constance Chapman, Fabia Drake, David Langton and Graham McGrath

17 February 1985The Unknown Soldier [8] Raymond Hitchcock Mike Vardy Rosemary Hill

Cast: Nicholas Clay, David Neal, James Gaddas

24 February 1985The Burston Rebellion [9] Elaine Morgan Norman Stone Ruth Caleb

Cast: Eileen Atkins, Bernard Hill, John Shrapnel, Geoffrey Chater, John Abineri, Frank Mills, Peter Benson, Jon Laurimore, Norman Jones, Peter Tuddenham, John Gleeson, Alan Mason

3 March 1985Space Station: Milton Keynes [10] Leslie Stewart Colin Rogers & Leslie Stewart Colin Rogers

Cast: Patricia Garwood, Gian Sammarco, Nigel Lambert

10 March 1985In The Secret State [11] Brian Phelan
From the novel by Robert McCrum
Christopher Morahan Ann Scott

Cast: Frank Finlay, Thorley Walters, Michael Byrne, Ronald Fraser, Ken Campbell, Natasha Richardson, Hilary Minster, Malcolm Terris, Geoffrey Chater, Tony Selby, Roger Brierley, Gorden Kaye, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Ivor Salter, Stephen Churchett, Pip Donaghy, Emma Relph

12 January 1986The McGuffin [12] [13] Michael Thomas
From the novel by John Bowen
Colin Bucksey Kenith Trodd

Cast: Charles Dance, Mark Rylance, Ann Todd, Anna Massey, Chris Langham, Francis Matthews, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Brian Glover, Jerry Stiller, Stephen Lewis, Phyllis Logan

19 January 1986The Silent Twins [14] Marjorie Wallace Jon Amiel Martin Thompson

Cast: Tony Robinson, John Savident, Clyde Pollitt

26 January 1986Time After Time [15] Molly Keane
Screenplay by Andrew Davies
Bill Hays Terry Coles

Cast: John Gielgud, Googie Withers, Helen Cherry, Brenda Bruce, Freddie Jones, Fiona Walker, George Baker

2 February 1986Frankie & Johnnie [16] Paula Milne Martin Campbell Graham Benson

Cast: Hywel Bennett, Diana Hardcastle, Amanda Donohoe, Shelagh Fraser, Norman Jones

9 February 1986Honest, Decent and True [17] Les Blair Les Blair Graham Benson

Cast: Derrick O'Connor, Adrian Edmondson, Gary Oldman, Richard E. Grant, Arabella Weir, Owen Brenman

16 February 1986Song of Experience [18] Martin Allen Stephen Frears Innes Lloyd

Cast: Rachel Bell, Nigel Terry

23 February 1986The Insurance Man [19] Alan Bennett Richard Eyre Innes Lloyd

Cast: Trevor Peacock, Alan MacNaughtan, Teddy Turner, Vivian Pickles, Tony Haygarth, Jim Broadbent, Daniel Day-Lewis, Richenda Carey, Geoffrey Palmer, Roger Hammond, Benjamin Whitrow, Oona Kirsch, Richard Kane

2 March 1986 Hotel du Lac [20] [21] Christopher Hampton
From the novel by Anita Brookner
Giles Foster Sue Birtwistle

Cast: Anna Massey, Denholm Elliott, Googie Withers, Julia McKenzie, Patricia Hodge, Irene Handl, Barry Foster, Geoffrey Chater, Jeffry Wickham, Patsy Byrne, Colette Gleeson

9 March 1986The Russian Soldier [22] Brian Phelan Gavin Millar Alan Shallcross

Cast: Warren Clarke, Alan MacNaughtan, Patrick Malahide, Jerome Flynn, June Page, Iain Rattray, Eileen Helsby, Charles Pemberton

16 March 1986Blood Hunt [23] Neil Gunn (novel)
Adapted by Stewart Conn
Peter Barber-Fleming Norman McCandlish

Cast: Iain Glen, Andrew Keir, Nigel Stock, Michael Carter, Arabella Weir, Jon Croft

23 March 1986Shergar [24] Bill Morrison Nigel Finch Ruth Caleb

Cast: Stephen Rea, Gary Waldhorn, Ian McElhinney, Dermot Crowley, Peter Caffrey

30 March 1986Hard Travelling [25] Hugh Stoddart Colin Gregg Andree Molyneux

Cast: Suzanne Burden, Tom Bell, Jack Shepherd, Michael Gough, Perry Benson, Denis Carey, Colette O'Neil, Gordon Salkilld, Sarah Berger

6 April 1986Double Image [26] Stephen Davis Mick Jackson Graham Massey

Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, David Healy

4 January 1987Coast to Coast [27] Stan Hey Sandy Johnson Graham Benson

Cast: Lenny Henry, John Shea, Peter Vaughan, George Baker, Pete Postlethwaite, Cherie Lunghi, Al Matthews, Edward Peel, Neville Smith, Tony Haygarth

11 January 1987Blunt [28] Robin Chapman John Glenister Martin Thompson

Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ian Richardson, Michael Williams, Geoffrey Chater, Albert Welling, Michael McStay

18 January 1987Will You Love Me Tomorrow [29] Adrian Shergold , David Snodin Adrian Shergold David Snodin

Cast: Joanne Whalley, Tilly Vosburgh, Phil Daniels, Iain Glen, Beverley Sowden (aka Callard), Richard Ireson

25 January 1987 After Pilkington [30] Simon Gray Christopher Morahan Kenith Trodd

Cast: Bob Peck, Miranda Richardson, Gary Waldhorn, Barry Foster, Derek Ware, John Gill

1 February 1987 East of Ipswich [31] [32] Michael Palin Tristram Powell Innes Lloyd

Cast: Edward Rawle-Hicks, John Nettleton, Pat Heywood, Graham Crowden, Janine Duvitski, Timothy Bateson, Roger Brierley, Tip Tipping, Wayne Michaels, Oona Kirsch, Phyllida Hewat, June Ellis

8 February 1987Naming the Names [33] Anne Devlin Stuart Burge Chris Parr

Cast: Sylvestra Le Touzel, Michael Maloney, Mick Ford, James Ellis, Eileen Way

15 February 1987 Northanger Abbey [34] Maggie Wadey
from the novel by Jane Austen
Giles Foster Louis Marks

Cast: Katharine Schlesinger, Peter Firth, Robert Hardy, Googie Withers, Geoffrey Chater, Elvi Hale, Helen Fraser, Elaine Ives-Cameron

22 February 1987Visitors [35] [36] [37] Dennis Potter Piers Haggard Kenith Trodd

Cast: John Standing, Michael Brandon, Nicola Pagett, Glynis Barber

1 March 1987 Heaven on Earth [38] Margaret Atwood and Peter Pearson Allan Kroeker W. Paterson Ferns

Cast: Torquil Campbell, Sarah Polley, Fiona Reid

8 March 1987Inappropriate Behaviour [39] [40] Andrew Davies Paul Seed Terry Coles

Cast: Charlotte Coleman, Anne Reid

15 March 1987Going Home [41] Christopher Green Terence Ryan Ray Marshall

Cast: Nicholas Campbell, Milan Cheylov, Albert Schultz, Clyde Pollitt

29 March 1987 Quartermaine's Terms [42] Simon Gray Bill Hays Louis Marks

Cast: Eleanor Bron, Edward Fox, Clive Francis, John Gielgud, Peter Jeffrey, Tessa Peake-Jones

5 April 1987On the Palm [43] Dave Sheasby Michael Whyte Kenith Trodd

Cast: Phillip Jackson, Cathy Tyson, James Hazeldine, Peter Martin, Liz Smith

17 April 1987Hedgehog Wedding [44] Elizabeth Spender Tim King Innes Lloyd

Cast: Sheila Allen, Lynsey Baxter, Frederick Treves, Aimée Delamain, David Blake Kelly

19 April 1987 The Children of Dynmouth [45] William Trevor Peter Hammond Rosemary Hill

Cast: Simon Fox, John Bird, Avril Elgar, Peter Jones, Gary Raymond

10 January 1988The Vision [46] William Nicholson Norman Stone David M. Thompson

Cast: Eileen Atkins, Dirk Bogarde, Helena Bonham Carter, Lynda Bellingham, Alan Curtis, Bruce Boa, Bruce Montague, Lee Remick, Paul Maxwell

17 January 1988Dead Lucky [47] Ruth Rendell (novel), Barbara Rennie Barbara Rennie Ann Scott

Cast: Phil Davis, Nicholas Farrell, William Gaminara, Donald Douglas

24 January 1988Sweet as You Are [48] [49] William Nicholson Angela Pope Ruth Caleb

Cast: Liam Neeson, Miranda Richardson, Philip Bird, Philip McGough

31 January 1988 Stanley [50] Elaine Morgan Anna Benson Gyles Ruth Caleb

Cast: Lesley Dunlop, David Horovitch, Juliet Stevenson, Anton Lesser, Sarah Berger

7 February 1988Border [51] Tim Rose Price
from a story by Jiri Stanislav
Misha Williams Terry Coles

Cast: Edita Brychta, Daniel Hill, Norman Jones, Catherine Schell, Lynn Farleigh, Roy Evans, Hana Maria Pravda, Paul Humpoletz, Gordon Faith, Richard Ireson, Roy Pattison

6 March 1988Lovebirds [52] Barry Collins Stephen Whittaker Chris Parr

Cast: Stephen Bent, Linda Henry, Shaheen Khan, Paul Bhattacharjee, Lloyd McGuire, Tracey Wilkinson

13 March 1988Shadow on the Earth [53] David Kane Chris Bernard David M Thompson

Cast: Billy Hartman

27 March 1988Reasonable Force [54] P. G. Duggan Jim Goddard Martyn Auty

Cast: John Hannah, Warren Clarke, Adrian Dunbar, Michael Melia

3 April 1988The Temptation of Eileen Hughes [55] Brian Moore Tristram Powell Martin Thompson

Cast: Angharad Rees, Birdy Sweeney

17 April 1988Lucky Sunil [56] [57] Andrew Davies
Based on a story by Tariq Yunus
Michael Caton-Jones Andree Molyneux

Cast: Kulvinder Ghir, Michelle Collins, Hugh Cornwell, Niamh Cusack, Richenda Carey, Albert Moses, Benjamin Whitrow, Ahmed Khalil, Tariq Yunus

24 April 1988Run for the Lifeboat [58] Douglas Livingstone Douglas Livingstone Carol Parks

Cast: Stacey Tendeter, Jeff Rawle, Tenniel Evans, David Garfield, Sion Tudor Owen, Stephen Thorne

8 January 1989Death of a Son [59] Tony Marchant Ross Devenish Martin Thompson

Cast: Lynn Redgrave, Jay Simpson, Oliver Ford Davies, Frederick Treves, Jerome Willis, Richard Moore, Derek Ware, Roy Evans, Glyn Pritchard

15 January 1989Angel Voices [60] Stephen Wakelam Michael Darlow Andree Molyneux

Cast: Michael Williams, Alan Rothwell, Lee Woods

22 January 1989Flying in the Branches [61] Anna Fodorova Eva Kolouchova Martyn Auty

Cast: Ralph Bates, Edita Brychta, Susan Fleetwood, Ian McNeice, Donald Gee

29 January 1989Words of Love [62] Philip Norman Colin Nutley Brian Eastman

Cast: Charlie Creed-Miles, Tom Bell, Liz Smith

5 February 1989 Leaving [63] Daniel Boyle Sandy Johnson Barry Hanson

Cast: Maggie Bell, Paul Young, Hugh Martin

12 February 1989 Virtuoso [64] William Humble
based on the book by Brenda Lucas Ogdon and Michael Kerr
Tony Smith Philip Hinchcliffe

Cast: Alfred Molina, Alison Steadman, Philip Locke, Mark Wing-Davey, Bruce Boa

19 February 1989The Picnic [65] Lesley Bruce Paul Seed Terry Coles

Cast: Billie Whitelaw, Iain Glen, Brenda Fricker, Ross Kemp, Phil Smeeton

26 February 1989 The Firm [66] [67] Al Hunter Ashton Alan Clarke David M. Thompson

Cast: Gary Oldman, Lesley Manville, Philip Davis, Steve McFadden, Roderick Smith, Mark Monero, Phillip Joseph

5 March 1989Here is the News [68] [69] G. F. Newman Udayan Prasad Kenith Trodd

Cast: Richard E. Grant, Jim Carter, Heathcote Williams, Josette Simon, Michael Melia, Simon Rouse, Max Harvey, Christopher Burgess, Alan MacNaughtan

12 March 1989Ice Dance [70] Stephen Lowe Alan Dossor Michael Wearing

Cast: Warren Clarke

19 March 1989Sitting Targets [71] Peter Ransley Jenny Wilkes Andrée Molyneux

Cast: Gina Bellman, Jonathan Hyde, Phyllis Logan, John Bowe, Leslee Udwin (actor and consultant) [72] [73]

26 March 1989Defrosting the Fridge [74] Ray Connolly Sandy Johnson Terry Coles

Cast: Joe Don Baker, Phyllis Logan, Togo Igawa, Victor Maddern, Russell Floyd, William Ilkley, Michael Crane, David Redgrave

14 January 1990Old Flames [75] [76] Simon Gray Christopher Morahan Kenith Trodd

Cast: Stephen Fry, Simon Callow, Miriam Margoyles, Celia Imrie, Roger Hammond

21 January 1990The Man from the Pru [77] Robert Smith Rob Rohrer Roger Gregory

Cast: Jonathan Pryce, Anna Massey, Susannah York, Tom Georgeson, Philip Latham, Geoffrey Hughes

28 January 1990Drowning in the Shallow End [78] Leigh Jackson Colin Gregg Susi Hush

Cast: Paul McGann, Phoebe Nicholls, Adrian Dunbar, Arkie Whiteley, Alfred Molina, ...
Sam Preston, Caroline Guthrie, Simone Parfaitt, Max Stafford-Clark, Danny Webb, Rupert Holliday Evans, Liz Smith, Katherine Best, Ian Redford, Tony Slattery, Michele Wade, Fiona Victory, Emma D'Inverno, Ric Wadsworth, Janet Behan, Anna Sawa, Georgia Clarke, Ruddy L. Davis, Frederik de Groot, Martina Berne, Olivier Pierre, Hal Lindes and Denise Margetts
4 February 1990Close Relations [79] Stanley Price Adrian Shergold Ruth Caleb

Cast: James Hazeldine, Clare Holman, Rosalind March, Annie Gurney, Eric Heath, June Barrie, Glynis Brooks, Michael Egan, Robert Morgan, Richard Cubison, Andrew Wilde, Adie Allen, William Knightley, Daphne Neville, Mark Draper, Stephen Bent, Ian Sharp, Amanda Drewry, Peter Bayliss, Nigel Le Vaillant and Wilfred Grove

11 February 1990 The Impossible Spy [80] Marty Ross and Douglas Livingstone Jim Goddard Graham Massey and David Goldstein

Cast: Eli Wallach

18 February 1990He's Asking for Me [81] Boleslaw Sulik Witold Starecki Kenith Trodd

Cast: Maggie O'Neill, David Threlfall, Thorley Walters, Gina McKee

25 February 1990Sometime in August [82] Bernard MacLaverty John Glenister Norman McCandlish

Cast: Mary Morris

4 March 1990Small Zones [83] Jim Hawkins from an idea by Simon Thirsk Michael Whyte Terry Coles

Cast: Sean Bean, William Ilkley, Christopher Saul, Stephanie Turner, Jonathan Burn

11 March 1990Circles of Deceit [84] Nina Bawden (novel)
Stephen Wakelam (screenplay)
Stuart Burge Louis Marks

Cast: Edward Fox, Jane Lapotaire, Brenda Bruce, John Bird, John Nettleton, Stefan Schwartz

18 March 1990The Lorelei [85] Nick Dunning Terry Johnson Robert Cooper

Cast: Amanda Redman, Michael Maloney, John Nettleton,

25 March 1990Children Crossing [86] Trevor Preston Angela Pope David M Thompson

Cast: Peter Firth, Saskia Reeves, Bob Peck

1 April 1990Kremlin Farewell [87] Nigel Williams Tristram Powell David M Thompson

Cast: Freddie Jones, Kenneth Colley, Richard Wilson, Bernard Kay, Graham Crowden, Polly Walker

13 January 1991Heading Home [88] David Hare David Hare Rick McCallum

Cast: Gary Oldman, Joely Richardson, Michael Bryant, Leon Eagles, David Schneider

27 January 1991Hallelujah Anyhow [89] Jean "Binta" Breeze and Matthew Jacobs Matthew Jacobs David Stacey

Cast: Doña Croll, Keith David, George Harris, Ram John Holder

3 February 1991Korczak [90] Agnieszka Holland Andrzej Wajda David M Thompson

Cast: Wojtek Pszoniak

10 February 1991Fellow Traveller [91] Michael Eaton Philip Saville Michael Wearing

Cast: Ron Silver, Imogen Stubbs, Daniel J. Travanti, Hart Bochner, Richard Wilson, Doreen Mantle, Allan Mitchell, Roger Hammond, Trevor Cooper

17 February 1991 102 Boulevard Haussmann [92] Alan Bennett Udayan Prasad Innes Lloyd

Cast: Alan Bates, Paul Rhys, Janet McTeer, Philip McGough and Celia Imrie

24 February 1991A Private Life [93] [94] Andrew Davies Francis GerardFrancis Gerard

Cast: Bill Flynn, Jana Cilliers, Embeth Davidtz

3 March 1991The Laughter of God [95] [96] Tony Bicat Tony Bicat Bill Shapter

Cast: Peter Firth, Amanda Donohoe, Sylvia Syms, Nick Hobbs, John Forgeham

10 March 1991Morphine and Dolly Mixtures [97] Carol Ann Courtney (novel)
Karl Francis
Karl Francis Ruth Kenley-Letts

Cast: Patrick Bergin, Joanna Griffiths

17 March 1991Do Not Disturb [98] Timberlake Wertenbaker Nicholas Renton Simon Passmore

Cast: Frances Barber, Peter Capaldi, Stefan Schwartz, Patrick Godfrey, Dermot Crowley, Roger Brierley

24 March 1991Dreaming [99] William Mcllvanney Mike Alexander Andy Park

Cast: Ewen Bremner, Mary McCusker, Deacon Blue, Billy Connolly and Marianne Faithfull

31 March 1991They Never Slept [100] Simon Gray Udayan Prasad Kenith Trodd

Cast: Edward Fox, Emily Morgan, James Fleet, Peter Czajowski, Pete Postlethwaite, Derek Fowlds, Imelda Staunton

7 April 1991Aimee [101] Guy Hibbert Pedr James Michael Wearing

Cast: Donald Sumpter, Juliet Stevenson, Edward Burnham, Tony Steedman

19 January 1992 The Grass Arena [102] [103] Frank Deasy , based on John Healy 's autobiography Gillies MacKinnon Ruth Baumgarten

Cast: Mark Rylance, Pete Postlethwaite, Harry Landis, Tim Barlow, Jon Croft

26 January 1992Flea Bites [104] Stephen Lowe Alan Dossor Alan Dossor and Peter Kendal

Cast: Nigel Hawthorne, Tim Healy

2 February 1992The Count of Solar [105] David Nokes Tristram Powell Ruth Caleb

Cast: David Calder, Tyron Woolfe, Patrick Godfrey, Peter Benson, Janet Henfrey, Lisa Bowerman, Arthur Hewlett

9 February 1992 The Lost Language of Cranes [106] [107] Sean Mathias
David Leavitt (novel)
Nigel Finch Ruth Caleb

Cast: Brian Cox, Eileen Atkins, Angus MacFadyen, Corey Parker, René Auberjonois, John Schlesinger and Cathy Tyson

16 February 1992 The Object of Beauty [108] Michael Lindsay-Hogg Michael Lindsay-Hogg John S Denny

Cast: John Malkovich, Andie MacDowell, Joss Ackland, Bill Paterson, Jack Shepherd, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Stephen Churchett, Richard Ireson

23 February 1992My Sister-Wife [109] Meera Syal Lesley Manning Ruth Baumgarten

Cast: Meera Syal, Paul Bhattacharjee, Shaheen Khan, Peter Howell, Mary Jo Randle, Sakuntala Ramanee

1 March 1992 Truly Madly Deeply [110] Anthony Minghella Anthony Minghella Robert Cooper

Cast: Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman and Bill Paterson

8 March 1992 The Common Pursuit [111] [112] Simon Gray Christopher Morahan Kenith Trodd

Cast: Stella Gonet, Kevin McNally, Tim Roth, Stephen Fry, Ian Bannen

15 March 1992 Utz [113] Hugh Whitemore
Bruce Chatwin (novel)
George Sluizer John Goldschmidt

Cast: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Brenda Fricker, Peter Riegert, Paul Scofield, Pauline Melville, Anthony Donovan

22 March 1992The Law Lord [114] John Cooper Jim Goddard Simon Passmore

Cast: Anthony Andrews, Bernard Hill, Tom Baker, T. P. McKenna, Tim Preece, George Harris, Roger Brierley, John Stratton, Leonard Maguire, Harriet Reynolds, Gian Sammarco, Ellie Beaven

29 March 1992The Last Romantics [115] Nigel Williams Jack Gold David M Thompson

Cast: Ian Holm, Sara Kestelman, Leo McKern, Alan Cumming, Charles Dale

5 April 1992 Enchanted April [116] [117] Peter Barnes
Elizabeth von Arnim (novel)
Mike Newell Ann Scott

Cast: Miranda Richardson, Josie Lawrence, Polly Walker, Joan Plowright, Alfred Molina, Jim Broadbent, Michael Kitchen

19 April 1992 Memento Mori [118] Muriel Spark (novel)
Jack Clayton
Jack Clayton Louis Marks

Cast: Maggie Smith, Michael Hordern, Renée Asherson, Stephanie Cole, Maurice Denham, Thora Hird, Zoë Wanamaker, Damaris Hayman, Leonard Maguire, Anna Cropper, Preston Lockwood, Arthur Hewlett, John Baskcomb, Walter Sparrow, Aimée Delamain, Cyril Cusack

17 January 1993The Clothes in the Wardrobe [119] Alice Thomas Ellis (novel)
Martin Sherman
Waris Hussein Norma Heyman

Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Joan Plowright, Julie Walters, Lena Headey, Catherine Schell, David Threlfall, John Wood, Tommy Duggan, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Gwyneth Strong

24 January 1993 Edward II [120] Christopher Marlowe (play)
Derek Jarman
Stephen McBride
Ken Butler
Derek Jarman Steve Clark-Hall
Antony Root

Cast: Steven Waddington, Tilda Swinton, Andrew Tiernan, Dudley Sutton, Jerome Flynn, Roger Hammond, Allan Corduner, Annie Lennox

31 January 1993The Long Roads [121] John McGrath Tristram Powell Peter Kendal

Cast: Robert Urquhart, Edith MacArthur, John Owens, Bhasker Patel, Metin Yenal, Brian Miller

7 February 1993Femme Fatale [122] [123] Simon Gray Udayan Prasad Kenith Trodd

Cast: Simon Callow, Donald Pleasence, Colin Welland, Jason Durr, Rosalie Crutchley, Al Hunter Ashton

14 February 1993Dead Romantic [124] [125] Simon Brett (novel)
Jan Ashdown
Patrick Lau Chris Griffin

Cast: Janet McTeer, Clive Wood, Jonny Lee Miller, Elspet Gray, Simon Rouse, Ralph Arliss, Laurence Harrington

21 February 1993The Cormorant [126] Stephen Gregory (novel)
Peter Ransley
Peter Markham Ruth Kenley-Letts

Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Helen Schlesinger

28 February 1993Prague [127] Ian Sellar Ian Sellar Christopher Young

Cast: Alan Cumming, Sandrine Bonnaire and Bruno Ganz

7 March 1993Voices In the Garden [128] Dirk Bogarde (novel)
adapted by Lee Langley
Pierre Boutron Christian Charret
Peter Jefferies

Cast: Anouk Aimée, Joss Ackland, Samuel West

28 March 1993Maria's Child [129] Malcolm McKay Malcolm McKay Kenith Trodd

Cast: Yolanda Vazquez

4 April 1993 The Snapper [130] Roddy Doyle Stephen Frears Lynda Myles

Cast: Tina Kellegher, Colm Meaney

19 December 1993 The Trial [131] Franz Kafka (novel)
Harold Pinter (adaptation)
David Jones Louis Marks

Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Anthony Hopkins, Juliet Stevenson, Alfred Molina, David Thewlis, Michael Kitchen, Tony Haygarth, Paul Brooke, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Patrick Godfrey, Don Henderson, John Woodvine

30 December 1993 The Railway Station Man [132] Jennifer Johnston (novel)
Shelagh Delaney (dramatisation)
Michael Whyte Andrée Molyneux
Roger Randall-Cutler

Cast: Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland

2 March 1994Genghis Cohn [133] [134] Romain Gary (novel)
Stanley Price
Elijah Moshinsky Ruth Caleb

Cast: Robert Lindsay, Antony Sher, Diana Rigg, John Wells, Frances de la Tour, Paul Brooke, Cheryl Fergison, Daniel Craig, Shaun Dingwall, Charles Dale, Arnold Yarrow, Patrick Godfrey


Awards: American cable television's Ace Award for best screenplay – Stanley Price

9 March 1994 Skallagrigg [135] William Horwood (novel)
Nigel Williams
Richard Spence John Chapman

Cast: Bernard Hill, Kerry Noble, John McArdle, Tom Tomalin, Karl Andrew Purden, Adam Walker, Jamie Beddard, Billie Whitelaw, Nick Brimble, Richard Briers, Tracy Gillman, Ian Dury, Kevin Whately, Linda Bassett and Nabil Shaban


Awards: BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama in 1995 [136]

16 March 1994All Things Bright and Beautiful [137] Barry Devlin Barry Devlin Katy McGuinness

Cast: Ciarán Fitzgerald, Tom Wilkinson, Gabriel Byrne, Kevin McNally, Gabrielle Reidy, Lorraine Pilkington, Marie Jones and John Keegan

23 March 1994 The Reflecting Skin [138] Philip Ridley Philip Ridley Dominic Anciano
Ray Burdis

Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Cooper, Sheila Moore and Duncan Fraser

30 March 1994O Mary This London [139] Shane Connaughton Suri Krishnamma Helen Greaves

Cast: Jason Barry, Oba Seagrave, Dylan Tighe, Ram John Holder, Lesley Manville, John Otway, Meera Syal, Frank Kelly, Leslie French, Richard Strange, Declan Mulholland, Arthur Hewlett and Philip Bloomfield

6 April 1994Dirtysomething [140] Peter Saimi
Carl Prechezer
Carl Prechezer

Cast: Rachel Weisz, Rufus Sewell, Bernard Hill, Paul Reynolds, Walter Sparrow, Susannah Doyle

13 April 1994Return to Blood River [141] Douglas Livingstone Jane Howell Peter Goodchild

Cast: Kevin McNally, Warren Clarke, Frances Barber, Samantha Bond, Brian Capron, Ilario Bisi-Pedro and Stephen Thorne

20 April 1994Henri [142] [143] John Forte Simon Shore Colin Tucker

Cast: Kara Bowman, Sean Caffrey

27 April 1994Continental Drift [144] Adisakdi Tantimedh Paul Tickell Tatiana Kennedy

Cast: Dmitri Shevchenko, Olga Rodina, Natasha Bain and Andrei Smolyakov

4 May 1994 Ethan Frome [145] Edith Wharton (novel)
Richard Nelson
John Madden Stan Wlodkowski

Cast: Liam Neeson, Patricia Arquette, Joan Allen, Tate Donovan, Katherine Houghton, Stephen Mendillo, Debbon Ayer, Jay Goede, Rob Campbell

11 May 1994Hope in the Year Two [146] Trevor Griffiths Elijah Moshinsky Ann Scott

Cast: Jack Shepherd, Tom Bowles and Sophie Unfield

18 May 1994Sin Bin [147] Catherine Johnson George Case Charles Pattinson

Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, George Costigan, Kathy Burke, James Cosmo, Moya Brady, Anna Keaveney, Ruth Sheen, Graham Aggrey, Angus Barnett, Dave Hill, Jackie Downey, David Hatton, Phil Rose, Steve Swinscoe, Tina Malone and Tommy Wright

25 May 1994Men of the Month [148] Rona Munro Jean Stewart Caroline Oulton

Cast: Douglas Hodge, Akim Mogaji, Clare Higgins, Britta Smith, Ricci Harnett, Nicholas Woddeson, Alexander Morton, Claire Hackett, Eddie Osei, Emer McCourt and Sandy Ratcliff

1 June 1994Safe [149] [150] [151] [152] [153] Al Ashton
Billy Bragg (songs)
Antonia Bird David M Thompson

Cast: Kate Hardie, Aidan Gillen, George Costigan, Andrew Tiernan, Steve Mackintosh, Robert Carlyle, Carol Leader, Neil Smals, Cheryl Maiker, Marc O'Shea, Kevin Walsh, Louise Heaney, Marsha Thompson, Jimmy Gallagher, Cheryl Hall and Vincent Pickering


Awards: BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama in 1994 [154]
Winner of the Best New Director Award at the 1993 Edinburgh International Film Festival.
Also co-winner ... won two awards at the 1993 Edinburgh International Film Festival

8 June 1994 A Landing on the Sun [155] Michael Frayn Nicholas Renton David Snodin

Cast: Robert Glenister, Susan Fleetwood, Roger Allam, Judith Scott, Patrick Godfrey, Oliver Ford Davies, Jane Wymark, June Barrie, Michael Fitzgerald, August Aharris, Marlene Sidaway, Mary MacLeod, Sharon Bower, Robert Langdon Lloyd and Nicholas Haley

15 June 1994In the Cold Light of Day [156] Richard Monks Richard Monks Tatiana Kennedy

Cast: Frances Barber, Jim Carter, Stephanie Cole, Bernard Hepton, Ronald Pickup, Margery Withers, Laura Tristram, Dean Burgin, Michael Friel, Denis Lill and Linda Bassett

22 June 1994Criminal [157] Vincent O'Connell Corin Campbell-Hill Hilary Salmon

Cast: Paul Popplewell, Leanne Whalley, Cheryl Godber, Nicky Evans, Jensen Marriott, June Watson, Lynda Rooke, Richard Mayes and Ray Ashcroft


Awards: Won Royal Television Society Best Single Drama in 1995

29 June 1994A Little Bit of Lippy [158] Martyn Hesford Chris Bernard George Faber

Cast: Kenneth Cranham, Rachel Davies, Alison Swann, Danny Cunningham, Elizabeth Bradley, Bette Bourne, Tina Earl, Cliff Howells, Alan David, Sandra Gough and Finetime Fontayne

26 December 1994Midnight Movie [159] [160] Dennis Potter Renny Rye Dennis Potter

Cast: Jim Carter, Louise Germaine, Brian Dennehy, Colin Salmon, Anna Cropper, John Cater, Stephen Greif

2 January 1995 The Blue Boy [161] [162] Paul Murton Paul Murton Kate Swann

Cast: Emma Thompson, Adrian Dunbar, Eleanor Bron
David Horovitch, Joanna Roth, Phyllida Law, Barry Molloy, Sandy Welsh, Jim Twaddle, Carol Ann Crawford and Lewis Howden

26 March 1995A Very Open Prison [163] [164] Guy Jenkin Guy Jenkin Geoffrey Perkins

Cast: Tom Wilkinson, Ronald Pickup, Stephen Tompkinson, Emily Mortimer, Peter Wingfield, Michael Hordern, Geoffrey Whitehead, John Fortune, Celia Imrie, Julian Fellowes, Michael Fenton-Stevens, William Hoyland, Trevor Cooper, Jason Barry, David Sterne, Andy Hamilton, Susannah Hitching, Frederick Warder, Andrew Barrow, Ben Forster, Andrew Castell, Charlotte Attenborough and Sue Carpenter

2 April 1995Life after Life [165] [166] Graham Reid Tim Fywell Anthony Rowe

Cast: Lorcan Cranitch, Bridget Turner, Ingrid Craigie, Jonathan Arun, Des McAleer, Michelle Fairley

16 April 1995 Persuasion [167] [168] Jane Austen (novel)
Nick Dear
Roger Michell Fiona Finlay

Cast: Amanda Root as Anne Elliot, Ciarán Hinds, Susan Fleetwood, Corin Redgrave, Fiona Shaw, John Woodvine, Phoebe Nicholls, Samuel West, Sophie Thompson, Judy Cornwell, Simon Russell Beale, Felicity Dean, Roger Hammond, Emma Roberts, Victoria Hamilton, Robert Glenister, Richard McCabe, Helen Schlesinger, Jane Wood, David Collings, Darlene Johnson, Cinnamon Faye, Isaac Maxwell-Hunt, Roger Llewellyn, Sally George, Bill McGuirk

23 April 1995Crazy for a Kiss [169] Greg Snow Chris Bould Clive Brill

Cast: Mike McShane

18 May 1995 The Absence of War [170] David Hare Richard Eyre Simon Curtis

Cast: John Thaw, Richard Pasco, Nicholas Day, Michael Bryant, Saskia Wickham, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Clare Higgins, Paul Moriarty, George Harris, Oliver Ford Davies, Alastair Galbraith, Tyrone Huggins, Judith Coke, Martin Jarvis and Judy Damas

21 May 1995Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre [171] Philippa Gregory Noella Smith Debbie Shewell

Cast: Pam Ferris, Ken Christiansen, Charlotte Coleman, Constance Chapman, David Ryall, Danny Webb, Peter Blythe, Jim Carter, Gary McDonald, Emily Piercy, Kate Fenwick, Amanda Symonds, Jill Spurrier, Carol MacReady, Maeve Murphy and Jonathan Wrather

4 June 1995Black Easter [172] David Pirie Ben Bolt Peter Goodchild

Cast: Trevor Eve, Shaun Dingwall, Bruce Myers, Murray Ewan, John Shrapnel, Peter Jordan, Amanda Ooms, Penelope Beaumont, Peter Stormare, Corinne Jaber, Josef Cervenak, Judita Hessova, Katerina Dankova, Frank Kovaks and Rudolf Pellar

11 June 1995Bliss [173] Les Blair Les Blair Lynn Horsford

Cast: Douglas Hodge, Judith Scott, Saira Todd, Gary McDonald and Magnus Magnusson

11 November 1995 Great Moments in Aviation [174] Jeanette Winterson Beeban Kidron Philippa Giles

Cast: Rakie Ayola, Jonathan Pryce, John Hurt, Vanessa Redgrave, Dorothy Tutin, Carmen Munroe, Oliver Samuels, David Harewood, Stan Pretty, Sol Raye, Muriel Hunte, Jeillo Edwards, Bertie Green, Willie Payne, Joan Hooley, Dora Dixon-Fyle, Marc Mathews, Alex Tetteh-Lartey, Margaret Robertson and Myleisha Powlette

18 November 1995 Priest [175] Jimmy McGovern Antonia Bird George Faber
Josephine Ward

Cast: Linus Roache, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Carlyle, Cathy Tyson, James Ellis, Lesley Sharp, Robert Pugh, Christine Tremarco, Paul Barber, Rio Fanning, Gilly Coman, Fred Pearson, Jimmy Gallagher, Tony Booth, John Bennett, Kim Johnson, Keith Cole, Bobby Martino, Valerie Lilley, Jimmy Coleman, Michael Ananins, Mickey Poppins, Adrian Luty, Bill Dean, Matyelok Gibbs, Charley Wilde, Euan Blair, Marsha Thomason, Victoria Arnold and Guiseppe Murphy

25 November 1995Streetlife [176] Karl Francis Karl Francis Ruth Caleb

Cast: Helen McCrory, Rhys Ifans, Donna Edwards, Ruth Lloyd, Lynwen Hobbs, Clare Isaac, Christine Tuckett, Lynn Hunter, Nicola Branson, Claire Erasmus, Jeremi Cockram, John Pierce Jones, Gary Howe, Roger Nott, Gemma Probert, Huw Davies, Richard Harrington, Teresa Hennessy, Philip Howe, Julie Higginson, Judith Humphries, Richard Goodfield, Lowri Mae, Helen Veasey, Wynford Ellis Owen, Brinley Jenkins, Ray Gravel, Michael Forrest and Russell Gomer

2 December 1995Nervous Energy [177] Howard Schuman Jean Stewart Ann Scott

Cast: Alfred Molina, Cal MacAninch, John McGlynn, Siobhan Redmond, Annette Crosbie, Joseph Brady, Caroline Guthrie, Robert Donovan, Gary Cady, Kal Weber, William Scott Masson, Marian McLoughlin, Mabel Aitken, Richard Good, Neil Conrich, Tony Curran, Keith Hutcheon, Francine Morgan, Isobel Raine, Sharon Hinds, Craig Smith and John Kazek

16 December 1995Saigon Baby [178] Guy Hibbert David Attwood Josh Golding

Cast: Kerry Fox, Douglas Hodge, John Hurt, Beng Jordan, Sornchai Chatwiriyachai, Duangkhae Buaprakhon, Suvimon Sae-Eung, Hernan Robles, Helene Patarot, Santanee Sirikul, Maneerat Xu-To, Nguyen Kimtung, Betty Ponce, Sasithon Kaewdang, Manuel Manikan, Ronnie Martinez, Christopher Layog, Augusto Victa, Pham Bichthuy and Chito Fulminar

24 December 1995 The Hawk [179] Peter Ransley David Hayman Eileen Quinn
Ann Wingate
A serial killer nicknamed "the Hawk" is preying on women, and suburban wife Annie Marsh begins to suspect her husband. But her past psychiatric history means that nobody will take her seriously.

Cast: Helen Mirren, George Costigan, Rosemary Leach, Melanie Hill, Owen Teale, Clive Russell, Christopher Madin, Marie Hamer, David Harewood, Pooky Quesnel, Caroline Paterson, Jayne MacKenzie, John Duttine, Nadim Sawalha, Helen Ryan and Rachel Moores

26 December 1995 The Hour of the Pig [180] Leslie Megahey Leslie Megahey David M. Thompson

Cast: Colin Firth, Ian Holm, Donald Pleasence, Amina Annabi, Nicol Williamson, Michael Gough, Harriet Walter, Jim Carter, Lysette Anthony, Justin Chadwick, Sophie Dix, Michael Cronin, Elizabeth Spriggs, Vernon Dobtcheff, Charles Dale and Roy Evans

31 December 1995 Return of the Native [181] Thomas Hardy (novel)
Robert W Lenski
Jack Gold Nick Gillott

Cast: Catherine Zeta Jones, Clive Owen, Joan Plowright, Ray Stevenson, Steven MacKintosh, Claire Skinner, Paul Rogers, Celia Imrie, Richard Avery, Peter Wight, Jeremy Peters, Gregg Saunders, John Boswall, William Waghorn, Matthew Owens, Britta Smith, John Breslin and Daniel Newman

18 February 1996Half the Picture [182] Richard Norton-Taylor and John McGrath Nick Kent John McGrath

Cast: Jan Chappell, Michael Stroud, William Hoyland, Thomas Wheatley, Jeremy Clyde, Sylvia Syms, Robert East, David Robb and Michael Culver

11 May 1996 Captives [183] Frank Deasy Angela Pope David M. Thompson

Cast: Tim Roth, Julia Ormond, Keith Allen, Siobhan Redmond, Peter Capaldi, Colin Salmon, Richard Hawley, Annette Badland, Jeff Nuttall, Kenneth Cope, Mark Strong, Bill Moody, Christina Collingridge, Victoria Scarborough, Aedin Moloney, Tricia Thorns, Nathan Dambuza, Cathy Murphy, Sandra James-Young, Sharon Hines, Julian Maud, Anthony Kernan, Tony Curran, Joe Tucker, James Hooton, Steve Swinscoe, David MacCreedy, Douglas McFerran, Catherine Sanderson, Shaheen Khan, Gilbert Martin, Michael L Blair and David Hounslow

18 May 1996 A Man of No Importance [184] Barry Devlin Suri Krishnamma Jonathan Cavendish

Cast: Albert Finney, Rufus Sewell, Brenda Fricker, Tara Fitzgerald, Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide, Anna Manahan, Joe Pilkington, Brendan Conroy, Pat Killalea, John Killalea, Pascal Perry, Joan O'Hara, Eileen Reid, David Kelly, Mick Lally, Eileen Conroy, Stuart Dunne, Joe Savino, Paudge Behan, Dylan Tighe, Enda Oates, Jimmy Keogh, Catherine Byrne, Maureen Egan, Paddy Ashe, Ingrid Craigie, Damien Kaye, Jonathan Rhys-Myers and Paul Roe

25 May 1996 The Cement Garden [185] Ian McEwan (novel)
Andrew Birkin
Andrew Birkin Bee Gilbert
Ene Vanaveski

Cast: Andrew Robertson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sinéad Cusack, Alice Coulthard, Ned Birkin, Hanns Zischler, Jochen Horst, Gareth Brown, William Hootkins, Dick Flockhart and Mike Clark

1 June 1996Bad Boy Blues [186] [187] Biyi Bandele-Thomas Andy Wilson Gub Neal

Cast: Clive Owen, Maynard Eziashi, Christopher Fulford, Eve Bland, James D White, Otis Munyang'iri, Nitzan Sharron, Burt Caesar, Pip Donaghy, Brian Lipson, Tunde Ona Oba, Vera Jakob, Rosemary Da Costa, Julie Smith, Georgina Ackerman, Homa Ashman and Patrick Miller

8 June 1996The Precious Blood [188] Graham Reid John Woods Robert Cooper
Anthony Rowe

Cast: Amanda Burton, Kevin McNally, Michael Legge, Michelle Fairley, James Ellis, Margaret D'Arcy, Cara Kelly, Gavin Kennedy, Derek Halligan, Marc O'Shea, Tim Loane, Gerard Crossan, Andrew Roddy, David Calvert, Trevor Moore, Catherine Brennan, Rosemary McCauley and Catherine Higgins

15 June 1996 Century [189] [190] Stephen Poliakoff Stephen Poliakoff Thomas Pickard
Thérèse Pickard

Cast: Charles Dance, Clive Owen, Miranda Richardson, Robert Stephens, Joan Hickson, Lena Headey, Neil Stuke, Liza Walker, Fiona Walker, Joseph Bennett, Carlton Chance, Graham Loughridge, Alexis Daniel, Ian Shaw, Bruce Alexander, Mark Strong, Dail Sullivan, Mark Hadfield, Geoffrey Beevers, Trevor Cooper, David Barrass, David Roderick, Michael Burrell, Allie Byrne, Nicholas Gleaves, Anna Chancellor, Katherine Best and Dorothea Phillips

5 October 1996Crossing the Floor [191] Guy Jenkin Guy Jenkin Lissa Evans

Cast: Tom Wilkinson, Neil Pearson, Diana Kent, Helen Baxendale, Douglas Henshall, James Fleet, Clive Russell, Meera Syal, Jonathan Cullen, James Ellis, Rosemary Martin, Andy Hamilton, Paula Jacobs, Geoffrey Whitehead, Julian Fellowes, Norman Bird and Mark Benton

12 October 1996 Deadly Voyage [192] Stuart Urban John MacKenzie Bradley Adams
John Goldschmidt

Cast: Omar Epps, Joss Ackland, Sean Pertwee, David Suchet, Andrew Divoff, Jean Claude La Marre, Ade Wale, Ilia Volokh, Roman Varshavsky, Chjwetel Ejiofor, Eugene Shaw, Henry Nartey, Oscar Provencal, Wakefield Ackuaku, David Dontoh, Maxine Burth, Michael Byrne, Ravil Isyanov, Tomas Lukes and Zillah Yeo

19 October 1996 Loving [193] Henry Green (novel)
Maggie Wadey
Diarmuid Lawrence Louis Marks

Cast: Mark Rylance, Georgina Cates, Sara Stephens, Danny Dyer, Gabrielle Lloyd, Carol MacReadie, Max Brazier, Purdita Weeks, Charlotte Curley, Lucy Cohu, Judy Parfitt, Phyllis Ryan, Brian McGuinness, Owen Roe, Peadar Lamb, Michael James Ford and Ruth Comiskey

26 October 1996Flowers of the Forest [194] Michael Eaton Michael Whyte Norman McCandlish

Cast: Lia Williams, Pauline Collins, Annette Crosbie, Patricia Kerrigan, Kelly MacDonald, Clive Russell, Susan Vidler, Barbara Peirson, Garrick Hagon, Gordon McCorkell, Lyndsay Henderson, Molly Weir, Janette Foggo, Lesley Mackie, Gary Lewis, John Buick, Patricia Ross, Sophie Scott, Gareth White, David Gallacher, Ronald Simon, Mary Waters and Philip Carroll

2 November 1996Look Me in the Eye [195] Nick WardNick Ward Simon Relph

Cast: Caroline Catz, Seamus Gibbins, Barnaby Stone, Joseph Long, Paloma Baeza, Rachel Inman, Reece Baani, Alice Mathews, Pia Mathews, Chattie Salaman, Matt Patresi, Daniel Brewer, Kelly Hunter, Katrin Cartlidge, Edward Atterton, Alan Cooke, Titus Forbes-Adam, John Sandford, Peter Tate, Khaki, Sandra Voe, Christopher Simon, Matthew Scurfield and Tom Faber

16 November 1996 Dallas Doll [196] [197] Ann Turner Ann Turner Ray Brown
Penny Chapman

Cast: Sandra Bernhard, Victoria Longley, Frank Gallacher, Jake Blundell, Rose Byrne, Jonathan Leahy, Douglas Hedge, Melissa Thomas, Elaine Lee, Alethea McGrath, John Frawley, Roy Bilung, Laura Bentley, Sally Cahill, Hannah O'Brien, John Hinde, Roseann McDonald, Beatrice Remy, Eva Dicesare, William Usic, Walter Sullivan, Luke Carroll, Alan Campbell, David Ngoombujarra, Ken Senga, Kuni Hashimoto, Bob Lovett, Margie McCrae, Roy Billing, Celia Ireland

31 December 1996Burn Your Phone [198] Andrew Wallace Alan Cumming Dixie Linder

Cast: Alan Cumming, Jason Isaacs, Burt Caesar, Trevor Cooper, Ian Dunne, Beverley Hills and Anthony Jackson

17 May 1997 Stonewall [199] [200] Rikki Beadle-Blair
Martin Duberman (book [201] )
Nigel Finch Christine Vachon

Cast: Guillermo Diaz, Frederick Weller, Brendan Corbalis, Duane Boutte, Bruce MacVittie, Peter Ratray, Dwight Ewell, Matthew Faber, Michael McElroy, Luis Guzman, Joey Dedio, Candis Cayne, David Drumgold, Keith Levy, Fenton Lawless, Margaret Gibson, Vincent Capone, Jose Zuniga and Emanuel Xuereb

1 June 1997 ID [202] Vincent O'Connell
James Bannon (story)
Philip Davis Sally Hibbin

Cast: Reece Dinsdale, Richard Graham, Claire Skinner, Sean Pertwee, Saskia Reeves, Warren Clarke, Philip Glenister, Perry Fenwick, Charles De'Ath, Lee Ross, Ian Redford, Phil Davis, Frank Coda and Thomas Craig

7 June 1997Stone, Scissors, Paper [203] Richard Cameron Stephen Whittaker Laurence Bowen
Sally French

Cast: Juliet Stevenson, Ken Stott, Melanie Kilburn, John Bowler, Ian Redford, Ian Dunn, Katherine Dow Blyton, Hazel Douglas, David Kay, Keith Humphries, Joanna Knowles, Justin Ellery and Hope Johnstone

14 June 1997 Butterfly Kiss [204] Frank Cottrell Boyce Michael Winterbottom Julie Baines
Sarah Daniel

Cast: Amanda Plummer, Saskia Reeves, Ricky Tomlinson, Des McAleer, Paul Bown, Freda Dowie, Fine Time Fontayne, Kathy Jameson, Lisa Jane Riley, Paula Tilbrook, Joanne Cook, Emily Aston and Katy Murphy

21 June 1997Brothers in Trouble [205] [206] [207] Robert Buckler
Abdullah Hussein (story)
Udayan Prasad Robert Buckler

Cast: Om Puri, Angeline Ball, Pavan Malhotra, Pravesh Kumar, Ahsen Bhatti, Bhasker Patel, William Maxwell

28 December 1997 Mothertime [208] Matthew Jacobs
Gillian White (novel)
Matthew Jacobs Josh Golding

Cast: Kate Maberley, Gina McKee, Anthony Andrews, Imogen Stubbs, Zohren Weiss, Rosy de Wolf, Megan de Wolf, Felix Bell, Ian Reddington, Faith Brook, Sheila Allen, Rosalind Bennett, Stephanie Fayerman, Georgie Glen, Sarah-Marie Maltha, Kevin Dyer and Fenella Shepherd

1 January 1998 Small Faces [209] Billy MacKinnon
Gillies MacKinnon
Gillies MacKinnon Steve Clark-Hall

Cast: Iain Robertson, Joseph McFadden, J.S. Duffy, Laura Fraser, Garry Sweeney, Clare Higgins, Kevin McKidd, Mark McConnochie, Steven Singleton and David Walker

21 June 1998 The Tribe [210] [211] Stephen Poliakoff Stephen Poliakoff Anita Overland

Cast: Joely Richardson, Anna Friel, Jeremy Northam, Trevor Eve, Laura Fraser, Jonathan Rhys-Myers, Sean Francis, Stephanie Buttle, George Costigan, Lynne Miller, Emma Amos, Rene Lawrence, Michael Feast, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Kate Isitt, Rupert Penry-Jones and Frank Mills

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  133. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Genghis Cohn
  134. 'Diana Rigg at the BBC': A Worthy, Albeit Partial, Tribute to a Worthy Actor – Sarah Boslaugh, 27 September 2011
  135. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Skallagrigg
  136. BAFTA Awards – Television – Best Single Drama in 1995
  137. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: All Things Bright and Beautiful
  138. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: The Reflecting Skin
  139. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: O Mary This London
  140. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Dirtysomething
  141. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Return to Blood River
  142. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Henri
  143. Review – Where there is discord, let there be harmonics – Thomas Sutclife, The Independent, 21 April 1994
  144. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Continental Drift
  145. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Ethan Frome
  146. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Hope in the Year Two
  147. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Sin Bin
  148. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Men of the Month
  149. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Safe
  150. Street level – The List, 8 Oct 1993
  151. Obituary: Antonia Bird, film and television director – Brian Pendreigh, The Scotsman, 28 October 2013
  152. Antonia Bird, 1951-2013 – Mark Cousins, BFI, 12 February 2014
  153. Mark Cousins unearths Antonia Bird's Safe (1993) – Keira Brown, The Edinburgh Reporter, 18 August 2016
  154. BAFTA Awards – Television – Best Single Drama in 1994
  155. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: A Landing on the Sun
  156. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: In the Cold Light of Day
  157. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Criminal
  158. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: A Little Bit of Lippy
  159. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Midnight Movie
  160. BBC – Screen Two – Midnight Movie
  161. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: The Blue Boy
  162. BBC – Screen Two – The Blue Boy
  163. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: A Very Open Prison
  164. BBC – Screen Two – A Very Open Prison
  165. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Life after Life
  166. BFI – Screen Online – Life after Life
  167. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Jane Austen's Persuasion
  168. BBC – Screen Two – Persuasion
  169. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Crazy for a Kiss
  170. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: The Absence of War
  171. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre
  172. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Black Easter
  173. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Bliss
  174. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Great Moments in Aviation
  175. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Priest
  176. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Streetlife
  177. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Nervous Energy
  178. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Saigon Baby
  179. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: The Hawk
  180. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: The Hour of the Pig
  181. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Return of the Native
  182. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Half the Picture
  183. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Captives
  184. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: A Man of No Importance
  185. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: The Cement Garden
  186. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Bad Boy Blues
  187. BFI – Bad Boy Blues
  188. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: The Precious Blood
  189. BBC – Radio Times – Screen Two: Century
  190. BBC – Screen Two – Century
  191. BBC – Radio Times – Crossing the Floor
  192. BBC – Radio Times – Deadly Voyage
  193. BBC – Radio Times – Loving
  194. BBC – Radio Times – Flowers of the Forest
  195. BBC – Radio Times – Look Me in the Eye
  196. BBC – Radio Times – Dallas Doll
  197. BBC – Screen Two – Dallas Doll
  198. BBC – Radio Times – Burn Your Phone
  199. BBC – Radio Times – Stonewall
  200. BBC – Screen Two – Stonewall
  201. Duberman, Martin (1993). Stonewall . Dutton Books. ISBN   9780525936022.
  202. BBC – Radio Times – ID
  203. BBC – Radio Times – Stone, Scissors, Paper
  204. BBC – Radio Times – Butterfly Kiss
  205. BBC – Radio Times – Brothers in Trouble
  206. BFI – Screen Online – Brothers in Trouble
  207. Review: Brothers in Trouble — Derek Elley, Variety, 28 August 1995
  208. BBC – Radio Times – Mothertime
  209. BBC – Radio Times – Small Faces
  210. BBC – Radio Times – The Tribe
  211. BBC – Screen Two – The Tribe