4 Play (Season 1)

Chains of Love (Episode 1)

Writer: Mike Bradwell

Air date: 1989-11-11

Dawn and the Candidate (Episode 2)

Writer: Jane Rogers

Air date: 1989-11-18

Overview: A dashing young Conservative is sent to cut his political teeth by standing for election in a safe Labour constituency in the north. Here he forms a relationship with a single mother living on a council estate who agrees to help him with his campaign, much to the disapproval of his snobbish election agent and her staunchly working-class friends and neighbours. Filmed in Burnley, Lancashire.

Nobody Here But Us Chickens (Episode 3)

Writer: Peter Barnes

Air date: 1989-11-25

Overview: Three short plays that celebrate people with disabilities and their right not to be patronized.

The Book Liberator (Episode 4)

Writer: John Dollar

Air date: 1989-12-02

Goodbye and I Hope We Meet Again (Episode 5)

Writer: David Cregan

Air date: 1989-12-16

Shalom Joan Collins (Episode 6)

Writer: Mark Wadlow

Air date: 1989-12-23

Family (Episode 7)

Writer: Andrew Kazamia

Air date: 1989-12-30

Valentine Falls (Episode 8)

Writer: Mark Brennan

Air date: 1990-01-06

Overview: When a young black Englishman responds to an ad to work in a Belfast bar, he brings shock to the landlord and the locals.

When Love Dies (Episode 9)

Writer: Nigel Moffatt

Air date: 1990-01-20

Madly in Love (Episode 10)

Writer: Sandy Welch

Air date: 1990-01-27

A Fair and Easy Passage (Episode 11)

Writer: Jenny Diski

Air date: 1990-02-03

Talking Takes Two (Episode 12)

Air date: 1990-02-10