The Play on One

Series 1

8 episodes · Jan 19, 1988

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  • S1E1

    Down Where the Buffalo Go

    Jan 19, 198875m

    Based at the Holy Loch naval base, the holy union of US Marine Carl and local girl Rachel is on the rocks, as she wants to leave Scotland and settle in America while he wants to remain.

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  • S1E2

    The Dark Room

    Jan 26, 198859m

    A reclusive couple live on a Scotland block with their infant son. But it soon becomes apparent there's something strange about their situation and the wife is on the verge of a breakdown. But just what is their secret?

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  • S1E3

    Normal Service

    Feb 2, 198875m

    It's General Election Day 1964, and the resources of Forth and Clyde Television are under stress. Too many shows want too many things done too quickly. Some of the design and graphics staff are intent on not getting involved. Others won't survive the strain.

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  • S1E4

    The Dunroamin' Rising

    Feb 9, 198859m

    A former firebrand socialist finds himself in a care home after a fall renders him unable to look after himself. But after learning that the staff are to be sacked for economic reasons, he rallies the residents to fight back.

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  • A Wholly Healthy Glasgow
    S1E5

    A Wholly Healthy Glasgow

    Feb 16, 198871m

    A new, idealistic gym instructor threatens the seedy lifestyle of the current employees of the Adonis Health Club in Glasgow.

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  • S1E6

    Unreported Incident

    Feb 23, 198859m

    Once enemies at opposite ends of a gun on the Irish border, Jack Lawrence and Jimmy Dunne wound up with lives inextricably entwined. Chat show host Michael Flynn wants a sob story with a happy ending, but Jack and Jimmy give him something else entirely.

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  • S1E7

    Airbase

    Mar 1, 198859m

    Madeline Kohler, a young female American Air Force officer, is posted to the all-male world of a U.S. airbase in Britain.

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  • The Party
    S1E8

    The Party

    Mar 8, 198859m

    While Paris students protest in May 1968, television producer Joe Shawcross hosts a discussion of Socialist beliefs and actions in his fashionable London home, only to realise that he is not living his own ideals.

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