Screenplay (Season 1)

This was a series of summer plays, one of which ("Waxwork") led to the popular series Cribb (1980).

  • Poster for Gossip from the Forest

    Gossip from the Forest (Episode 1)

    Writer: Brian Gibson

    Air date: 1979-07-29

    Runtime: 90 min

    Overview: Drama about the signing of the Armistice at the end of the First World War.

  • Poster for Talent

    Talent (Episode 2)

    Writer: Victoria Wood

    Air date: 1979-08-05

    Overview: Julie, a young woman seeking an escape from the encroaching drudgery of domestic life, and Maureen, her frumpish friend, prepare for a talent show at a seedy club.

  • Poster for The Sound of Guns

    The Sound of Guns (Episode 3)

    Air date: 1979-08-12

  • Poster for Waxwork

    Waxwork (Episode 4)

    Writer: Peter Lovesey

    Air date: 1979-08-19

  • Poster for Nearly a Happy Ending

    Nearly a Happy Ending (Episode 5) 8.0

    Writer: Alma Cullen

    Air date: 1980-06-01

  • Poster for Lives of Our Own

    Lives of Our Own (Episode 6)

    Air date: 1980-06-21

  • Poster for The Zoo

    The Zoo (Episode 7)

    Writer: Barry Purchese

    Air date: 1980-09-21

  • Poster for Paradise Is Closing Down

    Paradise Is Closing Down (Episode 8)

    Writer: Pieter-Dirk Uys

    Air date: 1981-06-23

  • Poster for Happy Since I Met You

    Happy Since I Met You (Episode 9)

    Writer: Victoria Wood

    Air date: 1981-08-09

    Overview: Frances is 28, single and happy, despite ritual interrogation from her family as to why she's not married. Then she meets Jim, and finds she has decisions to make.

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