Screen One - Episode Guide

James Carlisle is a success story. His career as an architect is thriving. The pain of his divorce has faded and he sees his children every weekend.
But when his ex-wife Lyn falls passionately in love with the volatile Bernard, James's cosy, ordered world is threatened and he is spurred into action.

Britain in the mid-1990s is a divided and violent nation where civil disorder and urban terrorism are on the increase. Commander Jack Bentham, a senior Scotland Yard detective already investigating shootings at a violent demonstration by radical nurses, finds himself seconded to Wales to look into a series of shootings by police officers in that province. As he probes deeper into both cases, Bentham uncovers a complex web of deceit which hints at corruption at the highest levels of the establishment.

"Naples for a holiday is fine but not with a sack over my head and a gun pointing at me..." Lionel is a humble accountant from Edgware who suddenly falls foul of the Mafia. Alfred Molina stars in this dark, dangerous and funny drama about a decent man suddenly out of his depth in a very nasty world.

Back in London from abroad, Bill English has it all - smart flat with a river view, flash car and, of course, the beautiful Anna. But he was born and brought up in these parts and everything's changed. Anna asks: 'Where are the ghosts Bill?'

An unexpected pact develops between two women - Lillian, who's been away in a 'home' since she was a rebellious girl half a century ago, and sophisticated, 'happily married' Harriet. Brought reluctantly together when Lillian is returned to the world, the pair find a common purpose which has hilarious and risky consequences for those around them ...

It is May 1944, two weeks before D-day. Britain stands poised for the long-awaited invasion of France - thousands of troops wait anxiously for the orders to come for embarkation. MI5 is horrified to discover the top-secret codewords for the invasion suddenly appearing as clues in the Daily Telegraph crossword. Two agents are immediately dispatched to confront the culprit, the headmaster of a boys' school in southern England.

Derek Blore , MP, enjoys both a happy successful political career and a sideline in the suburbs. When his two political lives become confused, with an added Russian complication, he finds a national scandal engulfing him.

This gentle comedy follows the antics of several British families on holiday in France. The 'Perfect' Marriot family watches 'Topless' try to turn topless beaches into bottomless ones and 'Prat' discipline his family like boy scouts. But will they be able to withstand the charms of 'Early Bird' or the savagery of her husband?

Every cub reporter wants a front page 'splash' and Liz Jolly from The Brit, a top-selling daily tabloid, is no exception. She's on the trail of a sensational story and her job depends on it.

A dark comedy of the not-so-impossible. Paul quarrels with his girlfriend Jane about when to start a family. Dr Eva Frankenstein , a middle-aged lady with an enigmatic smile, overhears their fight and makes Paul's dream come true in a way that changes the world.

Edgar is a nice, normal, clever 11-year-old - and he's had enough of being bullied. He organises the other children into a police force, and they set out to bring justice to the school. Their law-and-order game is such a success there are no more 'criminals'. But the story takes a sinister turn when an unpopular teacher publicly humiliates Edgar and he decides revenge is rightfully his.

Life turns into a nightmare one day when schoolboy Phil comes home, opens the front door, and finds nothing - a deserted house. Fleeing to London he is drawn into the nightmare world of the dispossessed. Then he meets Ros, who opens the door into an even stranger world.

When Danny , the adolescent son of Kevin and Anne Harris , first shows signs of disturbance, no one seems too concerned. But the situation gets dramatically out of control.

Nick, a Greek Cypriot living in London, hits on the idea of marriage to raise some cash - the bride, according to custom, coming complete with dowry. He is forced to enlist the help of a childhood adversary, Maria. Soon realising she is giving him the runaround, Nick retaliates by wooing her.

It's a big night at the New Dragon Inn when a coach of distinguished Germans arrives. But disaster looms - it's the local cricket team's annual fancy dress bash and the theme is the Second World War.

Molly Cowper is a wilful 80-year-old widow who firmly believes the world is there for her convenience. Her mild-mannered son Geoffrey does his best to help her keep her independence, but Molly keeps trampling on people.

At the same time as protesters weave through the shanty town of 'Dark City', the mayor's home is burgled. These two apparently unconnected events lead to the death of a councillor. Seven people are put on trial and only one person can prove their innocence.

The pupils of the Dora Jackson School of Dancing compete in the 1960 Classical Dance Festival in Scarborough. Fifties rock 'n' roll meets classical ballet with the arrival of Dora's ex-boyfriend Clifford and a mysterious ghost.

Four boys struggle with the often ridiculous and sometimes dangerous business of growing up on an East London estate.

A portrayal of the last years in the life of the comedian Tony Hancock. His refusal to accept the limitations of his own genius destroys his two marriages and, eventually, himself.

Laura Simms has an exciting job as a top magazine editor, but her love life's a disaster. Her luck seems to change when she meets Gabriel, a handsome but mysterious man who believes in old-fashioned love and marriage.

Five men from Wales book an eight-day package tour to the Philippines hoping to return with a 'mail order' bride.

The drinks are lined up at the bar. The girls are in their glad rags. The fellas are on the rampage. Everyone is hellbent on having a good time celebrating the night before the wedding of Dave and Linda. But Peter McGeegan is back for a gig and Peter was once in love with Linda.

William Humble 's comedy-drama stars Griff Rhys Jones as a writer on a popular television soap opera who falls in love with the show's leading lady but finds himself unable to break his ties with his ex-wife and their children. It is a witty and telling examination of the way we live now, seen through the eyes of a middling writer in his mid-30s writing about the middle classes.

In the confined space of a working-class terrace a grand passion erupts. A passion so great that years later the daughter of the house returns to a cemetery in an attempt to understand.

A powerful and disturbing black comedy that takes an unflinching look at drug addiction. Henry plays a dealer convinced he is untouchable, Coltrane the ex-gangster turned drug counsellor who is determined to break him.

A witty examination of the thesis that appearances can be deceptive. Sir Anthony Blunt leads a double life - interrogations by MI5 interspersed with visits to the palace where, on one memorable occasion, he is surprised by Her Majesty.

How much does she know about him and, as the Fifth Man asks, what's she really like?

Stephen and his wife Grete are now living in Warsaw. Despite the chaos caused by the disintegration of communism, Stephen is happy working as a hospital doctor.

This powerful and moving documentary drama, written by Michael Baker , reveals the strange and disturbing events following the grounding of the oil tanker Exxon Valdez off the coast of Alaska, in 1989.

A player emerges as the best young prospect since George Best - 18 years old, tall, strong, physical and with natural ball skills. There's just one problem: this player is a girl.

When a black politician is murdered, an inexperienced black police officer from Devon is brought in to investigate. He uncovers a web of police corruption.

Boxer Murray Ritchie is training for a vital match when he crosses rival promoter Tony Farrington. Soon Murray is fighting for his life as he slides towards the unlicensed circuit.

Television interviewer George Grant , renowned for his ability to get at the truth, is at the peak of his career. But when he receives a message at his office that his wife needs to see him urgently - a matter of life and death - his life is irreversibly altered. And so the frantic search begins for

George Grant 's truth - and his wife.

This study of human relationships begins with civil servant Henry Sitchell being recalled from India to post-war Wales for the funeral of his wife. Here he confronts his 12-year-old son Clive for the first time in five years, and a process of painful readjustment begins. Henry, a man out of his time, epitomises the breed which flourished under the British Raj. Clive is a sensitive, lonely boy who lives in a world apart. Their troubled relationship reaches a dramatic climax which forces both to confront their pain and grief.

Harry plays hoaxes on gullible tabloid journalists. But when he gets ambitious and tries to sell the faked memoirs of a contract killer to a publisher, things start to go seriously wrong.

In Northolt, North London, Mrs Pamela Early and her two daughters - Suzanne and Kim - are desperate to be rehoused by the council. For months their house has been made practically uninhabitable by strange noise, awful smells, breaking crockery and puddles forming out of nowhere. Is Mrs Early an hysterical attention-seeker? Or is she really at the centre of inexplicable events? Dr Pascoe, eminent parapsychologist, decides to harness the resources of the BBC and investigate.

Alan, a 12-year-old white boy, is facing disapproval from his parents over his friendship with Jaillin, their Indian kitchen girl. But their concern turns to alarm when the relationship threatens to become more than a childhood crush. With the island's first free elections looming, the children find themselves trapped in a conflict of class, caste and prejudice.

The marriage of Deric and Diana Longden is a successful one, based on a shared sense of humour as well as love. It seems sure to survive even when Diana is struck down by a mysterious debilitating and, as it transpires, progressive illness. When Deric meets novelist Aileen Armitage matters become complicated, but not in predictable fashion.

Cyril takes Amos to France to visit the grave of their wartime buddy Briggsy. While in Normandy they encounter Waldo, an American D-day veteran. Cyril and Waldo are determined to find their old girlfriend from 50 years before. Also in their party is the mysterious Lisa, whose secret is revealed only at the end of their journey.

Comedian Billy Connolly returns to Glasgow to star in a film written by Peter McDougall, a fellow worker in the Clydeside shipyards of his youth and screenwriter of The Long Good Friday. Connolly plays Jojo, a big-time operator in Glasgow's criminal underworld, who masterminds a daring bank robbery. But his steps are dogged by a smart young police officer who also happens to be his son-in-law.

Drama about a street party held to mark the 1981 royal wedding. The spirit of rejoicing fires already-high emotions, and passions spill over changing lives forever.

Night nurse Elaine Dobbs may be overworked and underpaid, but she has created a very special atmosphere in her ward and is extremely attentive to her patients. However, rather too many of them are dying.

The comic offering for tonight's Screen One film is a transatlantic jaunt involving a schoolboy who bets his friend he'll be worth a million before the week is out.

A corpse is fished out of a north London canal with stab wounds through the eyes. A gruesome opening: but the victim was a prominent member of the Hasidic Jewish community, and the cause of death one reserved by the Hasidim to punish "moysers", or informers.

This tale of ritual murder and the refusal of the tight-knit Hasidic community to co-operate with the police has already caused controversy.

In May 1940, just before Dunkirk, the governors of the Bank of England decided that the nation's bullion would be safer in the vaults of Martin's

Bank in Liverpool. How easy It would have been for the gang of dockers who unloaded the cargo at Liverpool to "sample" the wares....

Alice is a wealthy widow whose luxurious life in France is no compensation for childlessness.

1971: fresh-faced, eagerfor heroics, the young officers arrive in Belfast. Pelted with rocks by kids, sniped at by the IRA, they take refuge in sex, black humourand the weird rituals of the officers' mess.

Comedy drama about a Lancashire-born American soap star who, returning to Britain, is reunited on live television with her long-lost sister - a motorway cafeteria waitress. A bloodhound journalist with a nose for celebrity scandal is soon on the sisters' trail - probing into the past that, try as they might, they cannot escape.

Linda Leveller, a naive anti-pornography campaigner, undergoes a transformation when she teams up with two sex film actresses to make an erotic movie for women in this comedy adventure.

On his release from a young offender's institution, Charlie Dyce 's single-mindedness makes him both friends and enemies when he eventually finds work in a seedy London cafe. There he meets and falls fora teenage prostitute, Myra, whose love transforms his life and gives him back a sense of identity. But when she becomes pregnant with Charlie's baby, her jealous pimp Frank exacts his revenge, pushing Charlie's powers of endurance to the limit.

A therapist ensnares a cynical police inspector during routine enquiries into a patient's death. Sexual power games fuel this tale which draws a fine line between murder and suicide.

A once renowned jazz pianist who is now an alcoholic, a gambler and a womaniser comes to England to play a a series of gigs. There, he meets his match in the woman appointed as his minder for the week.

Actor Duncan Preston introduces Victoria Wood's comedy drama about two ill-matched sisters.

Stephen Poliakoff introduces his drama about an unexpected pact between two women.