The Play on One

Series 3

6 episodes · Jul 26, 1990

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  • Changing Step
    S3E1

    Changing Step

    Jul 26, 199075m

    Spring 1917: the privileged world of Sorn Castle is upside down, its stately rooms full of amputees from the Western Front. While the local aristocracy makes a first attempt at nursing, a romance blossoms.

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  • The Wreck on the Highway
    S3E2

    The Wreck on the Highway

    Aug 2, 1990

    Washed up country-and-western singer John McGuire is broke and his family is emigrating. He and grandson Billy share the same dreams. They run away together in search of John's wealthy American ex-co-star Betsy Hall.

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  • Killing Time
    S3E3

    Killing Time

    Aug 9, 1990

    DHSS clerk Martin meets 17-year-old Harry, who is sleeping rough, and invites him to stay for the weekend. Martin begins to trust Harry. Could this be the love that they are both looking for?

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  • S3E4

    Obituaries

    Aug 16, 199055m

    In a nursing home, 'Chalky' White and Timothy Apcar compete for the privilege of shaking the Royal hand. The Daily Telegraph is the battleground, the obituary columns the challenge. As the game progresses it soon becomes clear that both are in deadly earnest.

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  • Separation
    S3E5

    Separation

    Aug 23, 199065m

    When New York actress Sarah Weiss calls London playwright Joe, they begin a special relationship conducted through trans-Atlantic phone calls. Both have special conditions they both have to fight to overcome their separation.

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  • Yellowbacks
    S3E6

    Yellowbacks

    Aug 30, 199065m

    In a very near-future Britain, when draconian powers have been given to the authorities under the new Secret Emergency Provisions of the Dangerous Disease Act, Dr Juliet Horwitz finds herself hooded, handcuffed and interrogated by a ruthless pair, as does scientist Alex McPherson, both of whom are the key to finding Martin Pitt, a virus carrier who has disappeared.

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