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Screen Two

Season 13 1996

  • 1996-05-11T21:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 1h 30m
  • 9h (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Drama
A series of high quality one-off drama films. A spiritual successor to the BBC's long running Play For Today.

6 episodes

Season Premiere

1996-05-11T21:00:00Z

13x01 Captives

Season Premiere

13x01 Captives

  • 1996-05-11T21:00:00Z1h 30m

Rachel Clifford, a young dentist, starts working in a high security prison when her marriage breaks up. Before long she is drawn into an intense, secret affair with a convicted criminal.

1996-05-18T21:00:00Z

13x02 A Man of No Importance

13x02 A Man of No Importance

  • 1996-05-18T21:00:00Z1h 30m

Dublin, 1960s: as usual, bus conductor Alfie Byrne is captivating his passengers by reciting from the works of Oscar Wilde. This morning, however, they are joined on their route by a new face, the beautiful Adele Rice, and Alfie realises he has the opportunity to fulfil his dream of staging Wilde's Salome, with Adele as his princess.

1996-05-25T21:00:00Z

13x03 The Cement Garden

13x03 The Cement Garden

  • 1996-05-25T21:00:00Z1h 30m

When 15-year-old Jack's parents die, he and his sister Julie are worried that their younger brother and sister will be taken into care. As the pressures of trying to keep their family together build up, Jack finds the sexual frustrations of teenage life and his growing attraction for his sister starting to impinge on their already complicated lives.

1996-06-01T21:00:00Z

13x04 Bad Boy Blues

13x04 Bad Boy Blues

  • 1996-06-01T21:00:00Z1h 30m

Paul, an underworld hitman, recruits his childhood friend AD on his next job - the execution of a corrupt lawyer involved in drug dealing. But the hit goes wrong.

1996-06-08T21:00:00Z

13x05 The Precious Blood

13x05 The Precious Blood

  • 1996-06-08T21:00:00Z1h 30m

Rosie Williams is haunted by the murder of her husband 12 years previously. Her teenage son John is heading for a life of delinquency fuelled by revenge. Then, he meets Billy McVea, who runs a boxing gym, affecting all their lives.

Season Finale

1996-06-15T21:00:00Z

13x06 Century

Season Finale

13x06 Century

  • 1996-06-15T21:00:00Z1h 30m

At the close of the 19th century, Paul Reisner is one of an elite group of young doctors working on the cutting edge of medical research, under the leadership of Professor Mandry. Paul shows every sign of a brilliant career, and falls in love with Clara, a laboratory assistant. But his world is shattered when he makes a startling discovery about the professor.

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