A play about the horrors of life at an English public school - with all the schoolboys played by adults.
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November 7, 1979
2. Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
A dissident, Alexander, has been pronounced insane by the authorities (although he isn't), and finds himself sharing a cell with a genuine mental patient, Ivanov.
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November 14, 1979
3. The Brylcreem Boys
Cpl. George Hunn's sentry post is knocked over and he wakes to find he is suffering from frost bite of the face. Sent to hospital he is put on a ward with aircrew who have mental issues. He is trapped reenacting their missions at night.
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November 21, 1979
4. An Affinity with Dr. Still
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November 28, 1979
5. Home Movies
Keith and Alec have been making holiday movies, together for 25 years. Alec suddenly spots a moment between wife Sybil and Keith. He realises daughter Katie is actually Keith's and she is in a sexual relationship with her 'brother' John.
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December 5, 1979
6. Sweet Wine of Youth
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December 12, 1979
7. Speed King
In 1935, Sir Malcolm Campbell's obsession is to win the World's Land Speed Record in his car Bluebird. Speed King is about the man, the car, and the ruthless, but irresistible, public ambition of a world hero.
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December 19, 1979
8. Pews
Set in a north country synagogue, a group of Jewish men have to organise a shiva, however, not having the required number of their faith, resort to recruiting George, a 'non-Jew', to make up the numbers.
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January 12, 1980
9. Gentle Folk
An Edwardian house party given by a Fabian woman, her business-man husband and assorted guests from politics and the Arts—including a young man prone to disturbing premonitions.
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1h 15min
January 19, 1980
10. Trouble with Gregory
Gregory has troubles enough when Ella moves him out and sets him up for a job with the radio. Suspicions of infidelity can make the world a disturbing place. But then he still has to meet the new neighbours...
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January 23, 1980
11. Lifelike
A comprehensive school is praised for its authenticity, but one schoolboy does not agree with this assessment.
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January 26, 1980
12. The Enigma
An upper-class young man has rejected his affluent background, but, when a crisis comes, reverts to type pretty quickly.
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February 9, 1980
13. Hesther for Example
Cousin, W. Clifford Mill, ran a dirty postcard business; which brings Paul to the country in search of a profitable afternoon. Hesther knows the value of most things and, when evening falls, she turns his visit to her own advantage.
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February 16, 1980
14. The Best of Friends
What is friendship? Why do two grown men behave like egomaniac children or flustered prima donnas? And when they meet unexpectedly after ten years, how will things be?
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March 8, 1980
15. In Hiding
A teenager learns about life and death while staying with his aunt during the school holidays.
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March 15, 1980
16. Rottingdean
Mother is manic, Father frustrated. Son sees himself as quite an operator. Daughter wants to change the dreary world of Jubilee-year England. The day has come. Back to Rottingdean... if all goes smoothly.
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March 22, 1980
17. The Dig
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April 18, 1980
18. Happy
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April 25, 1980
19. Mary's Wife
A married transvestite comes to terms with their true gender identity.
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May 2, 1980
20. Games Without Frontiers
Nobody goes to Amsterdam to wander about. It's either the Rijksmuseum or the red-light district. On the boat going home Clive and Stewart admit to not having spent long in the museums – so what did they get up to in Amsterdam?
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May 9, 1980
21. The Unborn
A physicist has visions of his unborn baby – it turns out that the child will grow up to become a Hitler-like dictator responsible for World War III.
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May 16, 1980
22. Electric in the City
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May 23, 1980
23. Blue Remembered Hills
Repeated from Play for Today
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May 30, 1980
24. Thank You Comrades
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June 6, 1980
25. Coming Out
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June 13, 1980
26. Crest of a Wave
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June 20, 1980
27. Freedom of the Dig
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June 20, 1980
28. A Walk in the Forest
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July 6, 1980
29. Hallelujah, Mary Plum
A talented, independent artist lives by the sea with her daughter. As summer approaches, she faces two threats to her way of life: the local doctor who is in love with her and her unhappy sister who comes to stay.
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July 13, 1980
30. Dalhousie's Luck
Our gamble is over, Dalhousie. You'll walk at dawn tomorrow as agreed, but in case you've no mind to return, there's one fact might persuade you. On what you do hangs not only your life but hers .
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August 3, 1980
31. An Ordered Life
German composer Anton Webern survives Naziism only to be shot by an American GI in the closing days of WWII. His son, against his father's wishes, joins the Wehrmacht and is killed in a railway accident in 1943.