Screen One#The Bullion Boys

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| genre = Drama

| image = ScreenOneBBC.jpg

| image_size = 250

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| director = Various

| writer = Various

| starring = Various

| language = English

| country = United Kingdom

| composer = {{Plainlist|

Michael Storey
Bill Connor
Ilona Sekacz
Colin Towns et al.

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| num_series = 7

| num_episodes = 60

| producer = {{Plainlist|

Ruth Caleb
Andrée Molyneux et al.

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| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|

Richard Broke
Margaret Matheston et al.

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| cinematography = John McGlashan et al.

| editor = Ken Pearce et al.

| location =

| company = BBC

| runtime = 90 minutes (approx.)

| network = BBC1

| first_aired = {{Start date|1989|09|10|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{End date|1998|02|15|df=y}}

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Screen One is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and distributed by BBC Worldwide, that was transmitted on BBC One from 1989 to 1998.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06nd4qr | title=Screen One | publisher=BBC | access-date=6 August 2019}} A total of six series were broadcast, incorporating sixty individual films, several of which were broadcast as stand-alone specials. The series was born 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, the result of which was Screen Two, which began broadcasting on BBC2 in 1985. However, while Play for Today{{'}}s style had often been a largely studio-based form of theatre on television, Screen Two was shot entirely on film. Three of the episodes ("The Accountant", "News Hounds" and "A Question of Attribution") won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Single Drama.

In 1989, the series was adapted for more mainstream audiences on BBC1, and Screen One was born to follow the lead taken by Channel 4, several of whose many television films had later been released in cinemas.

==Talent==

Screen One attracted many names familiar to television and film audiences, including the likes of Peggy Ashcroft, 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, Janet McTeer and Michael Murphy. Several actors also made their on-screen debuts during the series, including Keira Knightley in the fifth series episode Royal Celebration.

Demise

By 1993, the prevailing mood within the BBC was to move away from single dramas and concentrate production on series and serials, and as such, a reduced six-episode series, broadcast in 1994, was to be the last full-length series of Screen One, although a further eight one-off specials followed up to 1998.

Transmissions

{{Series overview

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| link1 = #Series 1 (1989)

| episodes1 = 8 (7 + 1 Special)

| start1 = {{Start date|1989|9|10|df=y}}

| end1 = {{End date|1989|12|27|df=y}}

| color2 = #00A1D7

| link2 = #Series 2 (1990—1991)

| episodes2 = 10 (8 + 2 Specials)

| start2 = {{Start date|1990|9|2|df=y}}

| end2 = {{End date|1991|1|1|df=y}}

| color3 = #caf600

| link3 = #Series 3 (1991—1992)

| episodes3 = 10 (8 + 2 Specials)

| start3 = {{Start date|1991|6|20|df=y}}

| end3 = {{End date|1992|1|1|df=y}}

| color4 = #F98D87

| link4 = #Series 4 (1992)

| episodes4 = 9 (8 + 1 Special)

| start4 = {{Start date|1992|9|6|df=y}}

| end4 = {{End date|1992|10|31|df=y}}

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| link5 = #Series 5 (1993)

| episodes5 = 8

| start5 = {{Start date|1993|9|5|df=y}}

| end5 = {{End date|1993|10|24|df=y}}

| color6 = #A97DFF

| link6 = #Series 6 (1994)

| episodes6 = 7 (6 + 1 Special)

| start6 = {{Start date|1994|2|6|df=y}}

| end6 = {{End date|1994|10|16|df=y}}

| color7 = #FF4FBC

| link7 = #Specials (1995—1998)

| episodes7 = 8 (8 Specials)

| start7 = {{Start date|1995|1|20|df=y}}

| end7 = {{End date|1998|2|15|df=y}}

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Episodes

=Series 1 (1989)=

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|EpisodeNumber= 1 {{Anchor|One Way Out}}

|Title= One Way Out

|Aux1= Mick Ford

|Aux2= Robert Young

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1989|9|10|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Bob Peck, Denis Lawson, Samantha Bond and Enn Reitel

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 2 {{Anchor|Nineteen 96}}

|Title= Nineteen 96

|Aux1= G. F. Newman

|Aux2= Karl Francis

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1989|9|17|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Keith Barron, Alun Armstrong, Keith Allen, Dudley Sutton, Roger Brierley, Clyde Pollitt and Roger Nott

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|EpisodeNumber= 3 {{Anchor|The Accountant}}

|Title= The Accountant

|Aux1= Geoffrey Case

|Aux2= Les Blair

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1989|9|24|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Alfred Molina and David Graham

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 4 {{Anchor|Home Run}}

|Title= Home Run

|Aux1= Andy Armitage

|Aux2= Nicholas Renton

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1989|10|1|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Michael Kitchen, Tom Georgeson, Keith Barron, Dean Harris, Dominic Jephcott, Christine Kavanagh and Andrew Powell

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 5 {{Anchor|She's Been Away}}

|Title= She's Been Away

|Aux1= Stephen Poliakoff

|Aux2= Peter Hall

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1989|10|8|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox, Michael Carter, Rosalie Crutchley, Donald Douglas, David Hargreaves, Geraldine James, Hugh Lloyd, René Zagger and Barnaby Holm

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 6 {{Anchor|The Mountain and the Molehill}}

|Title= The Mountain and the Molehill

|Aux1= David Reid

|Aux2= Moira Armstrong

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1989|10|15|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Michael Gough, John Carson, Paul Brooke, Roger Brierley, Peter Howell, Ian Thompson and James Appleby

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 7 {{Anchor|Blore M.P.}}

|Title= Blore M.P.

|Aux1= Robin Chapman

|Aux2= Robert Young

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1989|10|22|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Timothy West, Oscar Quitak, James Warwick, Barry Jackson, Stephen Moore, Ray Winstone, David Jackson, John Baddeley and Clyde Pollitt. (Based on the novel Scandal, by A.N. Wilson).

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 8 {{Anchor|Ball-Trap on the Cote Sauvage}}

|Title= Ball-Trap on the Cote Sauvage

|Aux1= Andrew Davies

|Aux2= Jack Gold

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1989|12|27|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Special. Starring Jack Shepherd, Zoë Wanamaker, Miranda Richardson and Michael Kitchen

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=Series 2 (1990—1991)=

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|EpisodeNumber= 1 {{Anchor|News Hounds}}

|Title= News Hounds

|Aux1= Les Blair

|Aux2= Les Blair

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1990|9|2|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Adrian Edmondson, Alison Steadman, Steven Mackintosh, Edwina Currie, Paul Kember and Nigel Pegram

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 2 {{Anchor|Frankenstein's Baby}}

|Title= Frankenstein's Baby

|Aux1= Emma Tennant

|Aux2= Robert Bierman

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1990|9|9|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Nigel Planer, Kate Buffery and Elizabeth Carling

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 3 {{Anchor|The Police}}

|Title= The Police

|Aux1= Arthur Ellis

|Aux2= Ian Knox

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1990|9|16|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Oliver Ford Davies, Derek Martin, Arbel Jones and Paul Collins

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 4 {{Anchor|Sweet Nothing}}

|Title= Sweet Nothing

|Aux1= Vincent O'Connell

|Aux2= Tony Smith

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1990|9|23|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Lee Ross, Charlotte Coleman, Simon Cadell, Victor Maddern and Michael Melia

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 5 {{Anchor|Can You Hear Me Thinking?}}

|Title= Can You Hear Me Thinking?

|Aux1= Monty Haltrecht & Beverley Marcus

|Aux2= Christopher Morahan

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1990|9|30|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Judi Dench, Michael Williams, Richard Henders, Charmian May, Pik-Sen Lim, Cyril Shaps, Sally Bretton and Christopher Burgess

Released on DVD on 5 November 2007 as part of The Judi Dench Collection.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Judi-Dench-Collection-DVD-1966-1991/dp/B000VA3J9S/|title=The Judi Dench Collection|publisher=Amazon|date=5 November 2007}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 6 {{Anchor|One Last Chance}}

|Title= One Last Chance

|Aux1= Andrew Kazamia

|Aux2= Gabrielle Beaumont

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1990|10|7|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Marina Sirtis, Bernard Spear and Eileen Way

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 7 {{Anchor|Sticky Wickets}}

|Title= Sticky Wickets

|Aux1= Fletcher Watkins

|Aux2= Dewi Humphreys

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1990|10|14|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Gillian Elisa, George Sewell and William Thomas

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 8 {{Anchor|Survival of the Fittest}}

|Title= Survival of the Fittest

|Aux1= Julian Mitchell

|Aux2= Martyn Friend

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1990|10|21|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Timothy West, Jean Anderson, Nerys Hughes and Elizabeth Spriggs

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 9 {{Anchor|Dark City}}

|Title= Dark City

|Aux1= David Lan

|Aux2= Chris Curling

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1990|12|11|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Special.

Starring Sello Maake Ka-Ncube, Vusi Dibakwane and Thapelo Mafokeng

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 10 {{Anchor|Happy Feet}}

|Title= Happy Feet

|Aux1= Michael Bradwell

|Aux2= Michael Bradwell

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1991|1|1|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Special.

Starring Phyllis Logan, Jim Broadbent, Derrick O'Connor and Chris Jury

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=Series 3 (1991—1992)=

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|EpisodeNumber= 1 {{Anchor|Skulduggery}}

|Title= Skulduggery

|Aux1= Phil Davis

|Aux2= Phil Davis

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1991|6|20|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Special.

Starring David Thewlis, Robin Weaver, Patsy Palmer, Charlie Creed-Miles, Jake Wood and Robert Pugh

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 2 {{Anchor|Hancock}}

|Title= Hancock

|Aux1= William Humble

|Aux2= Tony Smith

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1991|9|1|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Alfred Molina, Frances Barber, Clive Russell, Paul Brooke, Kenneth Gilbert and Nick Burnell{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p032kj1k|title = BBC One – Screen One, Series 3, Hancock}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 3 {{Anchor|Tell Me That You Love Me}}

|Title= Tell Me That You Love Me

|Aux1= Adrian Hodges

|Aux2= Bruce MacDonald

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1991|9|8|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Judith Scott, Sean Bean, James Wilby, Michael Cochrane and Barbara Ward

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 4 {{Anchor|Filipina Dreamgirls}}

|Title= Filipina Dreamgirls

|Aux1= Andrew Davies

|Aux2= Les Blair

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1991|9|15|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Bill Maynard, Charlie Drake, David Thewlis, Geoffrey Hutchings and Lee Cornes

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|EpisodeNumber= 5 {{Anchor|Dancin' Thru the Dark}}

|Title= Dancin' Thru the Dark

|Aux1= Willy Russell

|Aux2= Mike Ockrent

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1991|9|22|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= 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

Based on the play Stags and Hens. Released on DVD on 26 March 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dancin-Thru-Dark-Digitally-Remastered/dp/B004X6A502/|title = Dancin' Thru the Dark|publisher = Amazon|date = 26 March 2012}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 6 {{Anchor|Ex}}

|Title= Ex

|Aux1= William Humble

|Aux2= Paul Seed

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1991|9|29|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Griff Rhys Jones, Geraldine James, Penny Downie, Dermot Crowley, Mary Jo Randle, Bruce Montague and Colin Douglas

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 7 {{Anchor|Prince}}

|Title= Prince

|Aux1= Julie Burchill

|Aux2= David Wheatley

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1991|10|6|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Sean Bean, Janet McTeer, Celia Montague and Jackie McGuire

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 8 {{Anchor|Alive and Kicking}}

|Title= Alive and Kicking

|Aux1= Al Hunter Ashton

|Aux2= Robert Young

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1991|10|13|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= 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.[https://letterboxd.com/man_out_of_time/film/alive-and-kicking-1991/ 2015 review] by Mark Cunliffe at letterbox.com; retrieved 24 January 2018

Starring Lenny Henry, Robbie Coltrane, Jane Horrocks, Paul Barber, Annabelle Apsion, Imogen Boorman, Geff Francis, Jillie Meers and Sakuntala Ramanee

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 9 {{Anchor|A Question of Attribution}}

|Title= A Question of Attribution

|Aux1= Alan Bennett

|Aux2= John Schlesinger

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1991|10|20|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring James Fox, Prunella Scales, Geoffrey Palmer, David Calder, John Cater and Edward de Souza

Adapted from the Alan Bennett play. Won the 1992 BAFTA Award for Best Single Drama. Prunella Scales was also nominated for Best Actress. Released on DVD on 26 October 2009 as part of Alan Bennett at the BBC.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alan-Bennett-at-BBC-DVD/dp/B002KSA40G/|title=Alan Bennett at the BBC|publisher=Amazon|date=26 October 2009}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 10 {{Anchor|Adam Bede}}

|Title= Adam Bede

|Aux1= Maggie Wadey

|Aux2= Giles Foster

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|1|1|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Special.

Starring Patsy Kensit, Julia McKenzie, Jean Marsh, Freddie Jones, Paul Brooke, Patsy Byrne, Roy Evans, Edward Jewesbury and Michael Robbins

Released on Region 1 DVD in 2007.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adam-Bede-DVD-Region-NTSC/dp/B000M2E31S/|title = Adam Bede|publisher = Amazon}}

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=Series 4 (1992)=

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|EpisodeNumber= 1 {{Anchor|A Very Polish Practice}}

|Title= A Very Polish Practice

|Aux1= Andrew Davies

|Aux2= David Tucker

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|9|6|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Peter Davison, David Troughton, Joanna Kanska, Alfred Molina and Gertan Klauber

A spin off from the comedy drama series A Very Peculiar Practice. Released together with the series on DVD.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 2 {{Anchor|Disaster at Valdez}}

|Title= Disaster at Valdez

|Aux1= Michael Baker

|Aux2= Paul Seed

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|9|13|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Christopher Lloyd, John Heard, Rip Torn, Michael Murphy and Paul Guilfoyle

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 3 {{Anchor|Born Kicking}}

|Title= Born Kicking

|Aux1= Barry Hines

|Aux2= Mandie Fletcher

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|9|20|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring John Abineri, Nicholas Courtney, Norman Bird, Thomas Craig, George Irving, Terry Wogan, David McAlister, Sheila Ruskin, Garfield Morgan, Norman Mitchell and Martin Cochrane

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 4 {{Anchor|Black and Blue}}

|Title= Black and Blue

|Aux1= G. F. Newman

|Aux2= David Hayman

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|9|27|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Linus Roache, Martin Shaw, Iain Glen, Ray Winstone, David Morrissey, Don Henderson, David Thewlis, Madhav Sharma and Colin McFarlane

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 5 {{Anchor|Seconds Out}}

|Title= Seconds Out

|Aux1= Lynda La Plante

|Aux2= Bruce MacDonald

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|10|4|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Steven Waddington, Tom Bell, Derek Newark, Jack Watson, Nick Brimble, Frank Mills, Thomas Craig, Tim Barlow, Eric Mason and Roy Heather

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 6 {{Anchor|Running Late}}

|Title= Running Late

|Aux1= Simon Gray

|Aux2= Udayan Prasad

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|10|11|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Peter Bowles, Michael Byrne, James Fleet, Jim McManus, Ian McNeice and Roshan Seth

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 7 {{Anchor|Losing Track}}

|Title= Losing Track

|Aux1= Roger Eldridge

|Aux2= Jim Lee

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|10|18|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Alan Bates, Geraldine James and Michael Culver

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 8 {{Anchor|Trust Me}}

|Title= Trust Me

|Aux1= Tony Sarchet

|Aux2= Tony Dow

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|10|25|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Alfred Molina, Hywel Bennett, Jill Gascoine, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Edna Doré, Harry Towb, Derek Benfield and David Simeon

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|EpisodeNumber= 9 {{Anchor|Ghostwatch}}

|Title= Ghostwatch

|Aux1= Stephen Volk

|Aux2= Lesley Manning

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|10|31|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Special.

Starring Michael Parkinson, Sarah Greene, Mike Smith and Craig Charles

Released on DVD on 25 November 2002.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ghostwatch-DVD-Michael-Parkinson/dp/B00007JGG0/|title=Ghostwatch|publisher=Amazon|date=25 November 2002}}

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=Series 5 (1993)=

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|EpisodeNumber= 1 {{Anchor|Wide-Eyed and Legless}}

|Title= Wide-Eyed and Legless

|Aux1= Deric Longden & Jack Rosenthal

|Aux2= Richard Loncraine

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1993|9|5|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Thora Hird and Moya Brady

Later released in cinemas. Retitled The Wedding Gift in America. Released on Region 1 DVD in 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wedding-Gift-DVD-Region-NTSC/dp/B004XVMCTE/|title = The Wedding Gift|publisher = Amazon|date = 17 May 2011}}

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|EpisodeNumber= 2 {{Anchor|A Foreign Field}}

|Title= A Foreign Field

|Aux1= Roy Clarke

|Aux2= Charles Sturridge

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1993|9|12|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Alec Guinness, Leo McKern, Geraldine Chaplin, Lauren Bacall, Jeanne Moreau and Dorothy Grumbar

Later released in cinemas. Released on DVD on 3 August 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Foreign-Field-DVD-Alec-Guinness/dp/B0012CQDD8/|title = A Foreign Field|publisher = Amazon|date = 3 March 2008}}

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|EpisodeNumber= 3 {{Anchor|Down Among the Big Boys}}

|Title= Down Among the Big Boys

|Aux1= Peter McDougall

|Aux2= Charles Gormley

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1993|9|19|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= 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

Released on DVD on 25 September 2006.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Down-Among-Big-Boys-DVD/dp/B000IHYBUA/|title=Down Among the Big Boys|publisher=Amazon|date=25 September 2006}}

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|EpisodeNumber= 4 {{Anchor|Royal Celebration}}

|Title= Royal Celebration

|Aux1= William Humble

|Aux2= Ferdinand Fairfax

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1993|9|26|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Kenneth Cranham, Minnie Driver, Rupert Graves, Leslie Phillips, Keira Knightley and Gordon Salkilld. This was Knightley's first screen appearance.

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|EpisodeNumber= 5 {{Anchor|Tender Loving Care}}

|Title= Tender Loving Care

|Aux1= Lucy Gannon

|Aux2= Dewi Humphreys

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1993|10|3|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Dawn French, Rosemary Leach, Joan Sims, Peter Jones and Llewellyn Rees

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 6 {{Anchor|Money for Nothing}}

|Title= Money for Nothing

|Aux1= Tim Firth

|Aux2= Mike Ockrent

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1993|10|10|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Julian Glover, Martin Short, Christien Anholt, Paul Reynolds, Tim Preece, Wolf Kahler and Sean Baker

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 7 {{Anchor|Wall of Silence}}

|Title= Wall of Silence

|Aux1= Maurice Gran & Laurence Marks

|Aux2= Philip Saville

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1993|10|17|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Bill Paterson, Warren Mitchell, Timothy Busfield, John Bowe and Brigitte Kahn

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 8 {{Anchor|The Bullion Boys}}

|Title= The Bullion Boys

|Aux1= Jim Hitchmough

|Aux2= Christopher Morahan

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1993|10|24|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= 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

Won the 1994 International Emmy Award for Drama.{{cite web|url=http://www.martinsbank.co.uk/Martins%20at%20War%20-%20The%20Bullion%20boys.htm |title=Martins at War – The Bullion boys |publisher=Martinsbank.co.uk |date=1940-05-22 |access-date=2013-04-05}}

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=Series 6 (1994)=

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|EpisodeNumber= 1 {{Anchor|Bambino Mio}}

|Title= Bambino Mio

|Aux1= Colin Welland

|Aux2= Edward Bennett

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1994|2|6|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Special.

Starring Julie Walters, Georges Corraface, John McArdle and Orlando Urdaneta

Released on VHS on 24 January 2000.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bambino-Mio-VHS-Julie-Walters/dp/B00004CY17/|title=Bambino Mio|publisher=Amazon|date=February 1999}}

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber= 2 {{Anchor|A Breed of Heroes}}

|Title= A Breed of Heroes

|Aux1= Charles Wood

|Aux2= Diarmuid Lawrence

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1994|9|4|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Samuel West, Robert Bathurst, Alexander Armstrong, Daniel Flynn, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Jonathan Firth, Richard Griffiths and Shaun Dingwall

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|EpisodeNumber= 3 {{Anchor|Pat and Margaret}}

|Title= Pat and Margaret

|Aux1= Victoria Wood

|Aux2= Gavin Millar

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1994|9|11|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Don Henderson, Duncan Preston, Thora Hird, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Shirley Stelfox, Roger Brierley, Tenniel Evans and Charles Pemberton

Released on DVD on 21 May 2007.{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pat-Margaret-DVD-Victoria-Wood/dp/B000NQRVRQ/|title = Pat & Margaret|publisher = Amazon|date = 21 May 2007}}

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|EpisodeNumber= 4 {{Anchor|Two Golden Balls}}

|Title= Two Golden Balls

|Aux1= Maureen Chadwick

|Aux2= Anya Camilleri

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1994|9|18|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Kim Cattrall, Claire Skinner, Christopher Ellison, Rowena King and Leslie Phillips

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|EpisodeNumber= 5 {{Anchor|Meat}}

|Title= Meat

|Aux1= Daniel Boyle

|Aux2= John Madden

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1994|9|25|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Jonny Lee Miller, Sarah-Jane Potts, Peter Wight and John Simm

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|EpisodeNumber= 6 {{Anchor|Murder in Mind}}

|Title= Murder in Mind

|Aux1= Jenny Diski

|Aux2= Robert Bierman

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1994|10|2|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Cathryn Harrison, Trevor Eve, Anna Massey, Steven Mackintosh, Bruce Alexander and Christopher Owen

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|EpisodeNumber= 7 {{Anchor|Doggin' Around}}

|Title= Doggin' Around

|Aux1= Alan Plater

|Aux2= Desmond Davis

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1994|10|16|df=y}}

|ShortSummary= Starring Elliott Gould, Geraldine James, Alun Armstrong, Ewan McGregor, Liz Smith, Ronnie Scott, Stephen Marcus, Jamie Foreman, Larry Lamb, Judy Flynn and Tony Caunter

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=Specials (1995–1998)=

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style="background:#FF4FBC;"\| Episode ! style="background:#FF4FBC;"\| Title ! style="background:#FF4FBC;"\| Written by ! style="background:#FF4FBC;"\| Directed by ! style="background:#FF4FBC;"\| Original airdate {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber= 1 {{Anchor\|The Plant}} \|Title= The Plant \|Aux1= Jonathan Lewis \|Aux2= Jonathan Lewis \|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date\|1995\|1\|20\|df=y}} \|ShortSummary= Starring Joanna Roth, Valentine Pelka, Eoin McCarthy, Sally Dexter and Ian Burfield \|LineColor=FF4FBC }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber= 2 {{Anchor\|Trip Trap}} \|Title= Trip Trap \|Aux1= Lucy Gannon \|Aux2= Danny Hiller \|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date\|1996\|3\|9\|df=y}} \|ShortSummary= Starring Kevin Whately, Stella Gonet, Sue Roderick and Helen Griffin \|LineColor=FF4FBC }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber= 3 {{Anchor\|Killing Me Softly}} \|Title= Killing Me Softly \|Aux1= Rebecca Frayn \|Aux2= Stephen Whittaker \|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date\|1996\|7\|7\|df=y}} \|ShortSummary= Starring Maggie O'Neill, Peter Howitt, Julian Kerridge and Annabelle Apsion \|LineColor=FF4FBC }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber= 4 {{Anchor\|Truth or Dare}} \|Title= Truth or Dare \|Aux1= \|Aux2= John Madden \|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date\|1996\|8\|31\|df=y}} \|ShortSummary= Starring John Hannah, Helen Baxendale, Susan Lynch, Ben Daniels, John Fraser and John Michie \|LineColor=FF4FBC }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber= 5 {{Anchor\|Gobble}} \|Title= Gobble \|Aux1= Ian Hislop & Nick Newman \|Aux2= Jimmy Mulville \|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date\|1997\|2\|15\|df=y}} \|ShortSummary= Starring Kevin Whately, Keith Barron, Jack Dee and Peter Egan \|LineColor=FF4FBC }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber= 6 {{Anchor\|Deacon Brodie}} \|Title= Deacon Brodie \|Aux1= Simon Donald \|Aux2= Philip Saville \|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date\|1997\|3\|8\|df=y}} \|ShortSummary= Starring Billy Connolly, Patrick Malahide, Catherine McCormack, Lorcan Cranitch and Siobhan Redmond \|LineColor=FF4FBC }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber= 7 {{Anchor\|Hostile Waters}} \|Title= Hostile Waters \|Aux1= Troy Kennedy-Martin \|Aux2= David Drury \|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date\|1997\|7\|26\|df=y}} \|ShortSummary= Starring Rutger Hauer, Martin Sheen, Max Von Sydow, Colm Feore and Michael Attwell Released on VHS in 1998 \|LineColor=FF4FBC }} {{Episode list \|EpisodeNumber= 8 {{Anchor\|Our Boy}} \|Title= Our Boy \|Aux1= Tony Grounds \|Aux2= David Evans \|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date\|1998\|2\|15\|df=y}} \|ShortSummary= Starring Ray Winstone, Pauline Quirke, Neil Dudgeon and Philip Jackson \|LineColor=FF4FBC }}

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|EpisodeNumber= 1 {{Anchor|The Plant}}

|Title= The Plant

|Aux1= Jonathan Lewis

|Aux2= Jonathan Lewis

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1995|1|20|df=y}}