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The Play on One
Also known asPlay on One
GenreDrama
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes30 (list of episodes)
Production
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release19 January 1988 (1988-01-19) –
29 August 1991 (1991-08-29)

The Play on One (Play on One in the final series) is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC Nations and Regions in its studios outside London, and transmitted on BBC1 from 19 January 1988 to 29 August 1991.

Plays

Date Title Writer Director Producer
19 January 1988 Down Where the Buffalo Go[1] Peter McDougall Ian Knox Andy Park

Cast: Harvey Keitel, Andrew Byatt, Stella Gonet, David Lansbury, Katherine Stark, Jenny McCrindle, Hugh Martin, Lesley Jackson, Alex McAvoy, Bill Barclay, Craig Ferguson, Pat Doyle, Ron Donachie and Maggie Bell

26 January 1988 The Dark Room[2] Julian Gloag Guy Slater Norman McCandlish

Cast: Susan Wooldridge, Philip Jackson, Julie Graham, Jacqueline Gilbride, Edith Ruddick, Irene Sunters, Belinda Adye, Terry Cavers, Jean Bruce, Maria McAuley, William Blair, Keith Neill, Ian Briggs, Andrew Celli, Stewart Aitken, Paul Samson, Grace Glover, Katy Hale, Eliza Langland, Bridget McCann, Sheila Greer-Smith and Gordon Kane

2 February 1988 Normal Service[3] John Byrne Garth Tucker Andy Park

Cast: Kenneth Cranham, Richard Wilson, Martin Cochrane, Frederick Warder, Alex McCrindle, Tony Roper, Katy Murphy and Stuart Davids

9 February 1988 The Dunroamin' Rising[4] Colin MacDonald Moira Armstrong Tom Kinninmont

Cast: Russell Hunter, Elizabeth Sellars, Thorley Walters, Hugh Lloyd, Madeleine Christie, Jennifer Piercey, Siobhan Redmond, David Rintoul, Andy Gray, Simon Donald, Irene Sunters and Ida Schuster

16 February 1988 A Wholly Healthy Glasgow[5][6] Iain Heggie Richard Wilson Bill Bryden

Cast: Tom Watson, Gerard Kelly, Paul Higgins, Adam Crowther and Tony Betts

23 February 1988 Unreported Incident[7] David Martin Christopher Baker Norman McCandlish

Cast: T. P. McKenna, Maurice Roëves, David Calder, Tim Brierley, Marsha Hunt, Nickolas Grace, Kika Mirylees, Emlyn Price, Maggie Ollerenshaw, Grace Glover, Malcolm Kaye, Nigel Lambert, Carl Rigg, Andrew Secombe, Alan Downer, Eric Allan, Bill Caddick and Tara Ward

1 March 1988 Airbase[8] Malcolm McKay David Attwood Roger Gregory

Cast: Anton Lesser, Clive Mantle, Catherine Russell, David Lansbury, Ricco Ross, Stevan Rimkus and Norman Beaton

8 March 1988 The Party[9] Trevor Griffiths Sebastian Graham-Jones Norman McCandlish

Cast: Andrew Keir, Jack Shepherd, Kenneth Cranham, Oliver Cotton, Gawn Grainger, Robert Walker, Bob Mason, Mary Conlon, Kate McKenzie, Vincenzo Ricotta and Siv Borg

21 February 1989 Heartland[10] Steve Gough Kevin Billington Christine Benson

Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Lynn Farleigh, Glyn Houston, Mark Lewis Jones, Martin Glyn Murray, Hugh Fraser, Paul Humpoletz, Jane Horrocks, Gemma Heritage, Mike Hayward, Hubert Rees, David Quilter, Geoffrey Evans, Bill Bellamy and Gareth Morris

28 February 1989 These Foolish Things[11] Elizabeth Spender Charles Gormley Andy Park

Cast: James Fox, Lindsay Duncan, Ciaran Madden, Michael Keating, Anthony Dutton, Tom Knight, Alex Kingston, Nina Cowan, Eva Lohman, Chloe Salaman, Charlotte Attenborough, Michael Howe, Andrew Seear, Katherine Fahy, Frannie Parkes, Michael Fitzgerald, Andrew Barr and Edmund Dehn

7 March 1989 Govan Ghost Story[12][13] Bryan Elsley David Hayman Aileen Forsyth

Cast: Tom Watson, Fletcher Mathers, Julia Wallace, Denise McDonald, Jim Twaddale, Jackie Farrell, Finlay Welsh, Alex Howden, Mamie Stirling, Stewart Ennis, Chanel Stringfellow, Matthew Costello, Paul Samson, Pat Ross and Subash Singh Pall

14 March 1989 The Shawl[14] David Mamet Bill Bryden Susanna Capon

Cast: Nigel Hawthorne, Brenda Blethyn and Karl Johnson

21 March 1989 A View of Harry Clark[15] Daniel Boyle Alastair Reid Tom Kinninmont

Cast: Griff Rhys Jones, Elaine Paige, Laura Claire Duerden, Benjie Lawrence, Charlotte Coleman, Adrian Murphy, Ian Hart, Jake D'Arcy, Mary Ann Reid, Louis Emerick, James Culshaw, Al T Kossy, Mitzi Meuller, Sandra Gough, Iain McColl, Ian Sexon, Grace Kirby and Jill Balcon

28 March 1989 The Gift[16] Colin MacDonald Sandy Johnson Andy Park

Cast: Duncan MacDonald, David Campbell, Del Henney, Clive Russell, Andrew Barr, Tommy Docherty, Jim Baxter, Pauline Thompson, Aline Mowat, Derek Anders, Bill Riddoch, Maggie McRitchie, Richard Cartledge, John Murtagh, Matthew Costello, Christopher Connor and Alan Tall

4 April 1989 Clowns[17] Gawn Grainger David Maloney Tom Kinninmont

Cast: Harry Andrews, Angela Down, Stephen Moore, Quona Minster, Robbie Engels, Alex Davion, Elizabeth Chambers, Ann Curthoys, Geoffrey Whitehead, Anne Kristen, Michael Keating, Jenny Twigge, Jenny McCrindle, Sam Miller, Christopher Elwell-Sutton, Richard Bell, Daniel Rodgers, Julia Marshall, Penny Sharp, Wendy Bishop and Simon Rodgers

11 April 1989 Biting the Hands[18] Rona Munro Carol Wilks Norman McCandlish

Cast: Judith Sweeney, Louise Beattie, Anne Kristen, Ewan Stewart, Stephanie Fayerman, Andrew Robertson, Tony Roper, Billy McElhanney, Audrey Jenkinson, Hilary MacLean, Douglas Anderson, Kerry Arthur, Marcus Railton, Kenny McFadyen and David Tennant

18 April 1989 A Master of the Marionettes[19] Guy Hibbert Pedr James Michael Wearing

Cast: Kenneth Cranham, Kenneth Colley, Carol Drinkwater, John Duttine, David Bradley, Noel Collins, Lennox Greaves, Sean Chapman, Elaine Donnelly, Peter Hughes, Lloyd McGuire, John Cunningham, Richenda Carey, Peter Yapp, Simon James, Matthew Hutchings, Lydia Hutchings and Alison Gorton

25 April 1989 Unexplained Laughter[20] Alun Owen from the novel by Alice Thomas Ellis Gareth Davies Tom Kinninmont

Cast: Diana Rigg, Elaine Paige, Joanna David, Jon Finch, Robert Gwilym, Cindy Holden, Robert East, Emlyn Price, Howell Evans, Patricia Kane, Moir Leslie, Anna Linstrum and Miriam Margolyes

26 July 1990 Changing Step[21] Antony Sher Richard Wilson Andy Park

Cast: James Convey, Susan Wooldridge, Eleanor Bron, Antony Sher, Sandra Voe, Jason Boyle, Terry Cavers, Helena Gillies, Sheila Donald, Fenella Kerr, Laurence McCann, Ewan Marshall, Ralph Riach, Margaretta Scott, Geof Armstrong, Jim Brogan, Jean Bruce, Brown Derby, Colin Duthie, John Wilson Goddard, Peter Hull, Brian Quinn, Garry Stewart and Dex Warren

2 August 1990 The Wreck on the Highway[22] Colin MacDonald Sandy Johnson Norman McCandlish

Cast: Tam White, Lynn Anderson, Ryan Quinn, C P Grogan, Duncan Duff, William Steel, Rachel Robertson and Angus MacInnes

9 August 1990 Killing Time[23] Kevin Elyot David Attwood Hilary Salmon

Cast: Pip Donaghy, Aidan Gillen, Harold Innocent, Hilda Fenemore, Ivor Roberts, Patrick Cremin, Ian Bailey, Bill McCabe, Chas Bryer, Geoffrey Greenhill, Lewis George and Stephen Morris

16 August 1990 Obituaries[24] David Conville David Blair Aileen Forsyth

Cast: Ian Carmichael, Ronald Fraser and Polly Hemingway

23 August 1990 Separation[25] Tom Kempinski Barry Davis Paddy Higson

Cast: David Suchet and Rosanna Arquette

30 August 1990 Yellowbacks[26] Malcolm McKay Roy Battersby Peter Broughan

Cast: Janet McTeer, Roy Marsden, Bill Paterson, Tim Roth, Imelda Staunton, Kenny Ireland, Ciarán Hinds, Luke Hanson, Linda Henry and Jonathan Phillips

25 July 1991 Misterioso[27] Alan Plater John Glenister Norman McCandlish

Cast: Suzan Sylvester, Jack Shepherd, Hugh Ross, Eilidh Alexander, David Michaels, Paul Stacey, Sharon Duce, Keith Marsh, Margery Mason, Angela Douglas, Gawn Grainger, Angela Morant, Gabrielle Reidy, David Jackson, Valerie Buchanan and Rachel Ogilvy

1 August 1991 Gas and Candles[28] Jimmy McGovern Alvin Rakoff Norman McCandlish

Cast: Edna Doré, Bert Parnaby, Leslie Sands, Simon Oates, Richard Brain, Rod Culbertson, Mark Lewis Jones and Kenneth Bryans

8 August 1991 Escape from Kampala[29] Wycliffe Kato adapted by Margaret and Eric Leclere Roy Battersby Aileen Forsyth

Cast: John Matshikiza, Rudolph Walker, Oke Wambu, John Adewoll, Leo Wringer, Eddie Nestor, Thomas Baptiste, Hepburn Graham, Valentine Nonyela, Tunde Babs, Christian Dixon, Stephen K Amos, Jabu Mbalo, Raymond Johnson, Ilario Bisi-Pedro, Dorothy Brown, Joy Elias-Rilwan, Ian Roberts, Reginald Tsiboe, Chris Gilbert and Troy Fairclough

15 August 1991 And the Cow Jumped over the Moon[30] Donna Franceschild Penny Cherns Aileen Forsyth

Cast: Phyllis Logan, Elaine Collins, Anne Downie, Ida Schuster, Andy Gray, Billy McElhaney and Joseph Charles

22 August 1991 Out of the Blue[31] Graham Alborough Nick Hamm Barry Hanson

Cast: Colin Firth, Catherine Zeta Jones, John Lynch, Cathy Tyson, Dexter Fletcher, Wendy Morgan, Jonathan Kydd, Dominique Atkins, Bill Cashmore, Tina Deen and Daniel Strauss

29 August 1991 Effie's Burning[32] Valerie Windsor Nigel Evans Tom Kinninmont

Cast: Paula Tilbrook, Phyllis Logan and Gordon Jackson

References

  1. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: Down Where the Buffalo Go
  2. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: The Dark Room
  3. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: Normal Service
  4. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: The Dunroamin' Rising
  5. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: A Wholly Healthy Glasgow
  6. ^ BBC – The Play on One – A Wholly Healthy Glasgow
  7. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: Unreported Incident
  8. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: Airbase
  9. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: The Party
  10. ^ BBC – Radio Times – Play on One: Heartland
  11. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: These Foolish Things
  12. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: Govan Ghost Story
  13. ^ BBC – The Play on One – Govan Ghost Story
  14. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: The Shawl
  15. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: A View of Harry Clark
  16. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: The Gift
  17. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: Clowns
  18. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: Biting the Hands
  19. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: A Master of the Marionettes
  20. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: Unexplained Laughter
  21. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: Changing Step
  22. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: The Wreck on the Highway
  23. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: Killing Time
  24. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: Obituaries
  25. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: Separation
  26. ^ BBC – Radio Times – The Play on One: Yellowbacks
  27. ^ BBC – Radio Times – Play on One: Misterioso
  28. ^ BBC – Radio Times – Play on One: Gas and Candles
  29. ^ BBC – Radio Times – Play on One: Escape from Kampala
  30. ^ BBC – Radio Times – Play on One: And the Cow Jumped over the Moon
  31. ^ BBC – Radio Times – Play on One: Out of the Blue
  32. ^ BBC – Radio Times – Play on One: Effie's Burning

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