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Series 5

6 episodes · Oct 7, 1995

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  • S5E1

    Shadow of a Gunman

    Oct 7, 199574m

    In 1920 as the Irish War of Independence rages, two young men, Donald Davoren and Seamus Shields, share a flat in Dublin. First installment in Sean O'Casey's Dublin Trilogy.

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  • S5E2

    The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd

    Oct 14, 199588m

    Mrs Holroyd is married to a loutish miner. When a gentlemanly neighbour makes romantic advances to her, she wishes her husband dead. Sooner than she hoped, her wish comes true.

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  • S5E3

    Landscape

    Oct 21, 199540m

    Beth sits in an armchair to the left of the table, and Duff in a chair at the opposite end. Duff refers normally to Beth but does not appear to hear her voice. Beth never looks at Duff and does not appear to hear his voice.

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  • S5E4

    Bed

    Oct 21, 199557m

    Surreal drama about seven old people living in the same bed.

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  • Henry IV
    S5E5

    Henry IV

    Oct 28, 1995176m

    Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur'). Henry's son Hal, the Prince of Wales, has thrown over life at court in favour of heavy drinking and petty theft in the company of a debauched elderly knight, Sir John Falstaff. Hal must extricate himself from some legal problems, regain his father's good opinions and help suppress the uprising.

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  • S5E6

    After Miss Julie

    Nov 4, 199578m

    An updated version of Strindberg's play examining class and social differences. Julie, the daughter of an MP, seduces her father's chauffeur, despite his being engaged to the maid.

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