Screen One
Screen One is a British television anthology drama series, produced by BBC Studios and distributed by BBC Worldwide. It was shown on BBC1 between 1991 and 1998.[1] Sixty films were made over six series. Some were shown as stand-alone specials.
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Various |
| Directed by | Various |
| Starring | Various |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 60 (list of episodes) |
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| Cinematography | John McGlashan et al. |
| Editor | Ken Pearce et al. |
| Running time | 90 minutes (approx.) |
| Production company | BBC Studios |
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| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 10 September 1989 – 15 February 1998 |
The BBC's Play for Today ran from 1970 to 1984. After it ended, Kenneth Trodd was asked to make a new series of one-off television dramas. These became Screen Two. They were shown on BBC2 in 1985. Play for Today had often been a studio-based form of theatre on television. Screen Two was shot entirely on film.
In 1989, the series was adapted for more mainstream audiences on BBC1 as Screen One. It followed the lead taken by Channel 4, whose television films had later been released in Cinemas. Screen One had actors familiar to television and film audiences, including Alfred Molina, Sean Bean, David Thewlis, Ray Winstone, Alan Bates, Judi Dench, James Fox, Keith Allen, Bob Peck, Alun Armstrong, Marina Sirtis, David Jason, Brenda Blethyn, James Bolam, Adrian Edmondson, Alison Steadman, Timothy West, Clive Russell and Janet McTeer. Several actors also made their on-screen debuts during the series, including Keira Knightley in the fifth series episode Royal Celebration.
In 1993, the BBC moved away from single dramas to make series and serials. In 1994, Screen One was a six-episode series. This was the last full-length series of Screen One. Eight one-off specials followed. The last one was shown on 15 February 1998.
Transmissions
change| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| 1 | 8 (7 + 1 Special) | 10 September 1991 | 27 December 1991 | |
| 2 | 10 (8 + 2 Specials) | 2 September 1993 | 1 January 1993 | |
| 3 | 10 (8 + 2 Specials) | 20 June 1993 | 1 January 1994 | |
| 4 | 9 (8 + 1 Special) | 6 September 1994 | 31 October 1994 | |
| 5 | 8 | 5 September 1995 | 24 October 1996 | |
| 6 | 7 (6 + 1 Special) | 6 February 1996 | 16 October 1996 | |
| 7 | 8 (8 Specials) | 20 January 1997 | 15 February 1998 | |
Episodes
changeSeries 1 (1991)
change| Episode | Title | Written by | Directed by | Original airdate | |
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| 1 | "One Way Out" | Mick Ford | Robert Young | 10 September 1991 | |
| 2 | "Nineteen 96" | G. F. Newman | Karl Francis | 17 September 1991 | |
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Starring Keith Barron, Alun Armstrong, Keith Allen, Dudley Sutton, Roger Brierley, Clyde Pollitt and Roger Nott | |||||
| 3 | "The Accountant" | Geoffrey Case | Les Blair | 24 September 1991 | |
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Starring Alfred Molina and David Graham | |||||
| 4 | "Home Run" | Andy Armitage | Nicholas Renton | 1 October 1991 | |
| 5 | "She's Been Away" | Stephen Poliakoff | Peter Hall | 8 October 1991 | |
| 6 | "The Mountain and the Molehill" | David Reid | Moira Armstrong | 15 October 1991 | |
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Starring Michael Gough, John Carson, Paul Brooke, Roger Brierley, Peter Howell, Ian Thompson and James Appleby | |||||
| 7 | "Blore M.P." | Robin Chapman | Robert Young | 22 October 1991 | |
| 8 | "Ball-Trap on the Cote Sauvage" | Andrew Davies | Jack Gold | 27 December 1991 | |
Series 2 (1992—1993)
change| Episode | Title | Written by | Directed by | Original airdate | |
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| 1 | "News Hounds" | Les Blair (uncredited) | Les Blair | 2 December 1992 | |
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Starring Adrian Edmonson, Alison Steadman, Steven Mackintosh, Edwina Currie, Paul Kember and Nigel Pegram | |||||
| 2 | "Frankenstein's Baby" | Emma Tennant | Robert Bierman | 9 December 1992 | |
| 3 | "The Police" | Arthur Ellis | Ian Knox | 16 March 1993 | |
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Starring Oliver Ford Davies, Derek Martin, Arbel Jones and Paul Collins | |||||
| 4 | "Sweet Nothing" | Vincent O'Connell | Tony Smith | 23 March 1993 | |
| 5 | "Can You Hear Me Thinking?" | Monty Haltrecht & Beverley Marcus | Christopher Morahan | 30 March 1993 | |
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Starring Judi Dench, Michael Williams, Charmian May, Pik-Sen Lim, Cyril Shaps, Sally Bretton and Christopher Burgess
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| 6 | "One Last Chance" | Andrew Kazamia | Gabrielle Beaumont | 7 April 1993 | |
| 7 | "Sticky Wickets" | Fletcher Watkins | Dewi Humphreys | 14 April 1993 | |
| 8 | "Survival of the Fittest" | Julian Mitchell | Martyn Friend | 21 April 1993 | |
| 9 | "Dark City" | David Lan | Chris Curling | 11 May 1993 | |
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Special. Starring Sello Maake Ka-Ncube, Vusi Dibakwane and Thapelo Mafokeng | |||||
| 10 | "Happy Feet" | Michael Bradwell | Michael Bradwell | 11 May 1993 | |
Series 3 (1994—1995)
change| Episode | Title | Written by | Directed by | Original airdate | |
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| 1 | "Skulduggery" | Phil Davis | Phil Davis | 20 June 1994 | |
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Special. Starring David Thewlis, Robin Weaver, Patsy Palmer, Charlie Creed-Miles, Jake Wood and Robert Pugh | |||||
| 2 | "Hancock" | William Humble | Tony Smith | 1 September 1994 | |
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Starring Alfred Molina, Frances Barber, Clive Russell, Paul Brooke, Kenneth Gilbert and Nick Burnell | |||||
| 3 | "Tell Me That You Love Me" | Adrian Hodges | Bruce MacDonald | 8 September 1994 | |
| 4 | "Filipina Dreamgirls" | Andrew Davies | Les Blair | 15 September 1994 | |
| 5 | "Dancin' Thru the Dark" | Willy Russell | Mike Ockrent | 22 January 1995 | |
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Linda is out on her hen night, while her fiance is out on his stag night. Linda is having major doubts about getting married. When both groups arrive at a club, they find the band fronted by her ex-boyfriend—and the love of her life—Peter. Linda has to decide: does she stay and settle down, like her friends want her to, or does she chuck it all in and run away with Peter? Starring Claire Hackett, Con O'Neill, Julia Deakin, Simon O'Brien and Mark Womack
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| 6 | "Ex" | William Humble | Paul Seed | 29 January 1995 | |
| 7 | "Prince" | Julie Burchill | David Wheatley | 6 March 1995 | |
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Starring Sean Bean, Janet McTeer, Celia Montague and Jackie McGuire | |||||
| 8 | "Alive and Kicking" | Al Hunter Ashton | Robert Young | 13 May 1995 | |
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Stevie "Smudger" Smith is a heroin dealer and an addict. His wife Marie is also an addict, and when their baby, Jason, is born he is addicted too. When Jason is taken into care, Marie leaves Smudger to get clean and win Jason back, with the help-of unorthodox drug counsellor Liam Kane. Stevie and Liam are soon at loggerheads as Stevie wants his wife and son back, but realises he can only do this if he also gets clean. In trouble with his old gang and his rivals, he does so, but has no interest in the conventional rehabilitation on offer. He decides to form a football team of recovering addicts, helped by his old coach, Earl.[4] Starring Lenny Henry, Robbie Coltrane, Jane Horrocks, Paul Barber, Annabelle Apsion, Imogen Boorman, Geff Francis, Jillie Meers and Sakuntala Ramanee | |||||
| 9 | "A Question of Attribution" | Alan Bennett | John Schlesinger | 20 June 1995 | |
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Starring James Fox, Prunella Scales, Geoffrey Palmer, David Calder, John Cater and Edward de Souza
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| 10 | "Adam Bede" | Maggie Wadey | Giles Foster | 1 July 1995 | |
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Special. Starring Patsy Kensit, Julia McKenzie, Jean Marsh, Freddie Jones, Paul Brooke, Patsy Byrne, Roy Evans, Edward Jewesbury and Michael Robbins
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Series 4 (1995)
change| Episode | Title | Written by | Directed by | Original airdate | |
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| 1 | "A Very Polish Practice" | Andrew Davies | David Tucker | 6 September 1995 | |
| 2 | "Disaster at Valdez" | Michael Baker | Paul Seed | 13 September 1995 | |
| 3 | "Born Kicking" | Barry Hines | Mandie Fletcher | 20 September 1995 | |
| 4 | "Black and Blue" | G. F. Newman | David Hayman | 27 September 1995 | |
| 5 | "Seconds Out" | Lynda La Plante | Bruce MacDonald | 4 October 1995 | |
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Starring Steven Waddington, Tom Bell, Derek Newark, Jack Watson, Nick Brimble, Frank Mills, Thomas Craig, Tim Barlow, Eric Mason and Roy Heather | |||||
| 6 | "Running Late" | Simon Gray | Udayan Prasad | 11 October 1995 | |
| 7 | "Losing Track" | Roger Eldridge | Jim Lee | 18 October 1995 | |
| 8 | "Trust Me" | Tony Sarchet | Tony Dow | 25 October 1995 | |
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Starring Alfred Molina, Hywel Bennett, Jill Gascoine, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Edna Doré, Harry Towb, Derek Benfield and David Simeon | |||||
| 9 | "Ghostwatch" | Stephen Volk | Lesley Manning | 31 October 1995 | |
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Special. Starring Michael Parkinson, Sarah Greene, Mike Smith and Craig Charles
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Series 5 (1995-1996)
change| Episode | Title | Written by | Directed by | Original airdate | |
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| 1 | "Wide-Eyed and Legless" | Deric Longden & Jack Rosenthal | Richard Loncraine | 5 December 1993 | |
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Starring Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Thora Hird and Moya Brady
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| 2 | "A Foreign Field" | Roy Clarke | Charles Sturridge | 12 December 1995 | |
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Starring Alec Guinness, Leo McKern, Geraldine Chaplin, Lauren Bacall, Jeanne Moreau and Dorothy Grumbar
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| 3 | "Down Among the Big Boys" | Peter McDougall | Charles Gormley | 19 December 1995 | |
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Louie, the Glasgow detective son of a policeman, is about to marry the daughter of the accomplished robbery chief JoJo. Louie is placed in charge of investigating a mystery thief before his wedding. Jojo comes to realize that Louie is looking for him and wrestles with how to handle this. Starring Douglas Henshall, Billy Connolly, John Murtagh, Ewan Stewart, Maggie Bell and Ashley Jensen
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| 4 | "Royal Celebration" | William Humble | Ferdinand Fairfax | 26 December 1995 | |
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Starring Kenneth Cranham, Minnie Driver, Rupert Graves, Leslie Phillips, Keira Knightley and Gordon Salkilld. This was Knightley's first screen appearance. | |||||
| 5 | "Tender Loving Care" | Lucy Gannon | Dewi Humphreys | 3 March 1996 | |
| 6 | "Money for Nothing" | Tim Firth | Mike Ockrent | 10 March 1996 | |
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Starring Julian Glover, Martin Short, Christien Anholt, Paul Reynolds, Tim Preece, Wolf Kahler and Sean Baker | |||||
| 7 | "Wall of Silence" | Maurice Gran & Laurence Marks | Philip Saville | 17 March 1996 | |
| 8 | "The Bullion Boys" | Jim Hitchmough | Christopher Morahan | 24 March 1993 | |
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The true story of how Britain's gold reserve was secretly transferred to Liverpool at the start of the Second World War. Starring David Jason, Tim Pigott-Smith, Gorden Kaye, Brenda Blethyn, Geoffrey Hutchings and Paul Angelis
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Series 6 (1996)
change| Episode | Title | Written by | Directed by | Original airdate | |
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| 1 | "Bambino Mio" | Colin Welland | Edward Bennett | 6 February 1996 | |
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Special. Starring Julie Walters, Georges Corraface, John McArdle and Orlando Urdaneta
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| 2 | "A Breed of Heroes" | Charles Wood | Diarmuid Lawrence | 4 September 1996 | |
| 3 | "Pat and Margaret" | Victoria Wood | Gavin Millar | 11 September 1996 | |
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Starring Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Don Henderson, Duncan Preston, Thora Hird, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Shirley Stelfox, Roger Brierley, Tenniel Evans and Charles Pemberton
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| 4 | "Two Golden Balls" | Maureen Chadwick | Anya Camilleri | 18 September 1996 | |
| 5 | "Meat" | Danny Boyle | John Madden | 25 September 1996 | |
| 6 | "Murder in Mind" | Jenny Diski | Robert Bierman | 2 October 1996 | |
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Starring Cathryn Harrison, Trevor Eve, Anna Massey, Steven Mackintosh, Bruce Alexander and Christopher Owen | |||||
| 7 | "Doggin' Around" | Alan Plater | Desmond Davis | 16 October 1996 | |
Specials (1997—1998)
change| Episode | Title | Written by | Directed by | Original airdate | |
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| 1 | "The Plant" | Jonathan Lewis | Jonathan Lewis | 20 January 1997 | |
| 2 | "Trip Trap" | Lucy Gannon | Danny Hiller | 9 March 1997 | |
| 3 | "Killing Me Softly" | Rebecca Frayn | Stephen Whittaker | 7 July 1997 | |
| 4 | "Truth or Dare" | TBA | John Madden | 31 August 1997 | |
| 5 | "Gobble" | Ian Hislop & Nick Newman | Jimmy Mulville | 21 December 1997 | |
| 6 | "Deacon Brodie" | Simon Donald | Philip Saville | 8 March 1997 | |
| 7 | "Hostile Waters" | Troy Kennedy-Martin | David Drury | 26 July 1997 | |
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Starring Rutger Hauer, Martin Sheen, Max von Sydow, Colm Feore and Michael Attwell
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| 8 | "Our Boy" | Tony Grounds | David Evans | 15 February 1998 | |
References
change- ↑ "Screen One". BBC. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ↑ "The Judi Dench Collection". Amazon UK.
- ↑ "Dancin' Thru the Dark - Digitally Restored & Remastered". Amazon UK.
- ↑ 2015 review by Mark Cunliffe at letterbox.com; retrieved 24 January 2018
- ↑ "Alan Bennett at the BBC". Amazon UK.
- ↑ "Adam Bede". Amazon UK.
- ↑ "Ghostwatch". Amazon UK.
- ↑ "Wedding Gift". Amazon UK.
- ↑ "A Foreign Field". Amazon UK.
- ↑ "Down Among the Big Boys". Amazon UK.
- ↑ "Martins at War - The Bullion boys". Martinsbank.co.uk. 22 May 1940. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
- ↑ "Bambino Mio". Amazon UK. February 1999.
- ↑ "Pat & Margaret". Amazon UK.