Series 4
5 episodes · Oct 29, 1994
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- S4E1
Message For Posterity
Oct 29, 1994107mA Parliamentary committee decides to commission a portrait as a memorial to an ageing Conservative, wartime ex-Prime Minister, Sir David Browning. Bizarrely, they choose anarchic, anti-establishment and equally ageing artist James Player, who appears to stand for the very opposite values and positions to his prospective sitter. During sittings the two men find many opportunities to score political and social points off each. Screened with an with an introduction by Brian Walden, a contemporary of writer Dennis Potter at Oxford and an old Oxford political sparring partner.
S4E2Measure for Measure
Nov 5, 1994112mModern dress version of Shakespeare's "problem comedy" emphasizing the darker elements of the play and eliminating most of the humor, as Claudio is dragged to the police station on charges of fornication, and given a rectal exam in front of a window.
S4E3The Deep Blue Sea
Nov 12, 1994100mA woman unhappy in her passionless marriage leaves her husband for a younger and more ardent lover.
- S4E4
Summer Day's Dream
Nov 19, 1994106mIn 1975, after a nuclear war, the nations have combined to set up a World Government. An old man who lives quietly in the country finds his peace threatened by a visit from three World Government figures.
- S4E5
The Mother
Nov 26, 1994Paddy Chayefsky's 1954 play set in the Bronx tells the story of a recently widowed 66-year-old seeks a job after 40 years if being a homemaker.