A series of dramas featuring staged theatre plays.
Theatre Night (Season 4)
Arms and the Man (Episode 1)
Air date: 1989-04-16
Runtime: 120 min
Overview: A young Bulgarian girl saves the life of a Swiss soldier of fortune who has been fighting against her country. In the next few days, she learns that her ideals of love and war are romantic dreams.
The Contractor (Episode 2)
Air date: 1989-04-23
Runtime: 120 min
Overview: An ill-assorted gang of workmen arrives to put up a luxurious tent at the home of their boss, for his daughter's wedding reception. By the time the tent has been raised—and dismantled—a lot more has been learned about all of them, and their problems.
The Winslow Boy (Episode 3)
Air date: 1989-04-30
Runtime: 120 min
Overview: Ronnie Winslow, a naval cadet, is expelled from Osborne for the alleged theft of a five-shilling postal order. His family begins a long and costly fight to prove his innocence, a fight that finally shakes the government of the day.
Knuckle (Episode 4)
Air date: 1989-05-07
Runtime: 120 min
Overview: Curly Delafield is back in Guildford for the first time in 12 years to look for his missing sister Sarah. The only clues are her coat and purse which were found on Eastbourne beach. Was it suicide? Murder? Or is there some other explanation?
Metamorphosis (Episode 5)
Air date: 1989-05-21
Runtime: 120 min
Overview: The Samsa family live like parasites off their industrious son Gregor. One morning Gregor finds it harder than usual to get up. Waving his arms and legs around in an attempt to get out of bed he realises that he has been changed into an insect.
Benefactors (Episode 6)
Air date: 1989-05-28
Runtime: 120 min
Overview: David dreams to sweep away acres of crumbling south London houses and replace them with a perfect low-rise set of homes. But he has reckoned without the opposition of his oldest friend.
