David Quilter

Last Love

Nicholas Renton

Elizabeth Sellars, Dave King

Tending her husband's grave one day, Annabel Fox meets Jack Ives, a retired regimental sergeant-major. But when their friendship turns to love and talk of marriage, Annabel's children step in. They have other plans for her and, anyway, "He's so common, mummy..."

No Defence

Clive Halls

Jonathan Newth, Sally Anne Newton

Rape is a matter which generates strong emotions. Immediate sympathies go to the victim...

Heartland

Kevin Billington

Anthony Hopkins, Lynn Farleigh

This "Play on One" story depicts Jack and his farming family in West Wales. They have built up their dairy herd with vast loans and are then told they must cut back on milk production and slaughter some of the herd. The community launches a campaign against the quotas, but Jack takes the law into his own hands.

Bomber Harris

Michael Darlow

John Thaw, Robert Hardy

Biography of Arthur Harris (aka "Bomber Harris") of RAF Bomber Command, during WW2 - in particular his strategy of heavy bomber "Millenium Raids" on German cities.

The Deadly Affair

Sidney Lumet

James Mason, Simone Signoret

Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi Germany extermination camp, might have some clues, but other officials want Dobbs to drop the case. So Dobbs hires a retiring inspector, Mendel, to quietly make inquiries. Dobbs isn't at all sure as there are a number of anomalies that simply can't be explained away. Dobbs is also having trouble at home with his errant wife, whom he very much loves, having frequent affairs. He's also pleased to see an old friend, Dieter Frey, who he recruited after the war. With the assistance of a colleague and a retired policeman, Dobbs tries to piece together just who is the spy and who in fact assassinated Fennan.

True Blue

Ferdinand Fairfax

Dominic West, Bill Nighy

The story of the year the Oxford and Cambridge boat race changed from a gentleman's race to one where winning was everything.

Wilt

Michael Tuchner

Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones

Henry Wilt is a more or less failed teacher who fantasizes about murdering his dominant, non-attentive wife Eva. At a party who gets stuck in an inflatable doll and makes a complete fool of himself. Eventually, he dumps the doll in a hole at a building site. However, he has been witnessed getting rid of the doll and when his wife disappears on the night after the party, the police and Inspector Flint have strong suspicions on Mr Wilt.

Blue Money

Colin Bucksey

Tim Curry, Debby Bishop

Mobsters and the IRA chase a stagestruck London cabby (Tim Curry) who has found a briefcase full of cash.

Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After

Catherine Oxenberg, Roger Rees

Biography - First telecast in 1982, this drama picks up the story of Prince Charles (Roger Rees) and Lady Diana (Catherine Oxenberg) as their marriage begins to fall apart and follows it through to the royal couple's very public divorce. Charles and Diana must struggle with the pressure of public life, the relentless paparazzi and brutal tabloid articles, not to mention Queen Elizabeth's (Amanda Walker) disapproval as they deal with their failing union. - Catherine Oxenberg, Roger Rees, Benedict Taylor