About this season
A series of television plays, some original, some based on pre-existing plays or novels.
Episodes (8)
1. Down Where the Buffalo Go
Aired 19 January 1988 • 75 min
Based at the Holy Loch naval base, the holy union of US Marine Carl and local girl Rachel is on the rocks, as she wants to leave Scotland and settle in America while he wants to remain.
2. The Dark Room
Aired 26 January 1988 • 59 min
A reclusive couple live on a Scotland block with their infant son. But it soon becomes apparent there's something strange about their situation and the wife is on the verge of a breakdown. But just what is their secret?
3. Normal Service
Aired 2 February 1988 • 75 min
It's General Election Day 1964, and the resources of Forth and Clyde Television are under stress. Too many shows want too many things done too quickly. Some of the design and graphics staff are intent on not getting involved. Others won't survive the strain.
4. The Dunroamin' Rising
Aired 9 February 1988 • 59 min
A former firebrand socialist finds himself in a care home after a fall renders him unable to look after himself. But after learning that the staff are to be sacked for economic reasons, he rallies the residents to fight back.
5. A Wholly Healthy Glasgow
Aired 16 February 1988 • 71 min
A new, idealistic gym instructor threatens the seedy lifestyle of the current employees of the Adonis Health Club in Glasgow.
6. Unreported Incident
Aired 23 February 1988 • 59 min
Once enemies at opposite ends of a gun on the Irish border, Jack Lawrence and Jimmy Dunne wound up with lives inextricably entwined. Chat show host Michael Flynn wants a sob story with a happy ending, but Jack and Jimmy give him something else entirely.
7. Airbase
Aired 1 March 1988 • 59 min
Madeline Kohler, a young female American Air Force officer, is posted to the all-male world of a U.S. airbase in Britain.
8. The Party
Aired 8 March 1988 • 59 min
While Paris students protest in May 1968, television producer Joe Shawcross hosts a discussion of Socialist beliefs and actions in his fashionable London home, only to realise that he is not living his own ideals.