Screen Two

Screen Two is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1985 to 1998 (not to be confused with a run of films shown on BBC2 under the billing Screen 2 between April 1977 and March 1978). Format Following the demise of the BBC's Play for Today, which ran from 1970 to 1984, producer Kenith Trodd was asked to formulate a new series of one-off television dramas. However, while Play for Todays style had been a largely studio-based form of theatre on television, the new series was shot entirely on film. This was an attempt by the BBC to repeat the success of Channel 4's television films, many of which had been released in cinemas.

From 1989 to 1998, a companion series, Screen One, was broadcast on the more mainstream BBC1. After appearing more sporadically in the mid-1990s, Screen Two ended with Series 15 as the BBC moved away from single dramas and concentrated production on series and serials instead. The last programme shown under the Screen Two name was Stephen Poliakoff's The Tribe in June 1998.

Plays Date Title Writer Director Producer

Series One Contact The British army call Northern Ireland close to the southern border "bandit country". Patrolling here is always tense, tiring, unpredictable and usually very dangerous. Contact – the army term for an armed exchange with terrorists – can take place at any time.

Cast: Sean Chapman, John Blundell, Ozzie Stevens, Jem Ahmet, Jason Cunliffe, Steve Fletcher, Graham Fletcher Cook, Gary Hailes, Chris Lee, Dennis Savage, Sam Smart, Steve Sweeney and James Mathews Poppyland On a hot August day in 1883 the theatre critic and writer Clement Scott met nineteen-year-old Louie Jermy, a Norfolk miller's daughter, for the first time.

Cast: Alan Howard, Phoebe Nicholls, John McEnery, Richard Wilson, John Shrapnel, Jonathan Hyde, Norman Jones, Hilton McRae, Isla Blair, Tim Wylton, Kristin Milward, Martin Wyldeck, David Redgrave, Colin Rix, Susan Porrett, James Fagan and Paul Sirr Unfair Exchanges Mavis is plagued by increasingly mysterious and sinister telephone calls.

Cast: Julie Walters, George Lapham, David Rappaport, Robert Kingswell, Bert Parnaby, Ken Campbell, Janet Henfrey, John Abineri, Christopher Ellison, Wolf Kahler, Malcolm Terris, Dave Lee Travis, Arnold Diamond, Henry Stamper, Charles Pemberton Knockback: Part One Based on the book by & A prison visitor meets a murderer.

Cast: Derrick O'Connor, Leslie Grantham, Pauline Collins, Laurence Harrington, Eric Mason, Paddy Joyce, Stanley McGeagh, Roy Pattison, Hilary Sesta, David Webb, Derek Ware, Ryan Freedman, Maurice Bush Knockback: Part Two Based on the book by &

Cast: Leslie Grantham, Pauline Collins, Laurence Harrington, Malcolm Terris, Frank Coda, Iain Rattray, Michael Barrington, Angus MacKay, Brenda Kempner Lent

Cast: Harry Andrews, Constance Chapman, Fabia Drake, David Langton and Graham McGrath

Cast: Nicholas Clay, David Neal, James Gaddas, Antony Carrick

Cast: Eileen Atkins, Bernard Hill, John Shrapnel, Geoffrey Chater, John Abineri, Frank Mills, Peter Benson, Jon Laurimore, Norman Jones, Peter Tuddenham, John Gleeson, Alan Mason Space Station: Milton Keynes &

Cast: Patricia Garwood, Gian Sammarco, Nigel Lambert In The Secret State From the novel by

Cast: Frank Finlay, Thorley Walters, Michael Byrne, Ronald Fraser, Ken Campbell, Natasha Richardson, Hilary Minster, Malcolm Terris, Geoffrey Chater, Tony Selby, Roger Brierley, Gorden Kaye, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Ivor Salter, Stephen Churchett, Pip Donaghy, Emma Relph

Series Two From the novel by

Cast: Charles Dance, Mark Rylance, Ann Todd, Anna Massey, Chris Langham, Francis Matthews, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Brian Glover, Jerry Stiller, Stephen Lewis, Phyllis Logan

Cast: Tony Robinson, John Savident, Clyde Pollitt Time After Time Screenplay by

Cast: John Gielgud, Googie Withers, Helen Cherry, Brenda Bruce, Freddie Jones, Fiona Walker, George Baker Frankie & Johnnie

Cast: Hywel Bennett, Diana Hardcastle, Amanda Donohoe, Shelagh Fraser, Norman Jones Honest, Decent and True

Cast: Derrick O'Connor, Adrian Edmondson, Gary Oldman, Richard E. Grant, Arabella Weir, Owen Brenman Song of Experience

Cast: Rachel Bell, Nigel Terry

Cast: Trevor Peacock, Alan MacNaughtan, Teddy Turner, Vivian Pickles, Tony Haygarth, Jim Broadbent, Daniel Day-Lewis, Richenda Carey, Geoffrey Palmer, Roger Hammond, Benjamin Whitrow, Oona Kirsch, Richard Kane Hotel du Lac From the novel by

Cast: Anna Massey, Denholm Elliott, Googie Withers, Julia McKenzie, Patricia Hodge, Irene Handl, Barry Foster, Geoffrey Chater, Jeffry Wickham, Patsy Byrne, Colette Gleeson

Cast: Warren Clarke, Alan MacNaughtan, Patrick Malahide, Jerome Flynn, June Page, Iain Rattray, Eileen Helsby, Dominic Allan, Charles Pemberton Blood Hunt (novel)Adapted by

Cast: Iain Glen, Andrew Keir, Nigel Stock, Michael Carter, Arabella Weir, Jon Croft Shergar

Cast: Stephen Rea, Gary Waldhorn, Ian McElhinney, Dermot Crowley, Peter Caffrey Hard Travelling

Cast: Suzanne Burden, Tom Bell, Jack Shepherd, Michael Gough, Perry Benson, Denis Carey, Colette O'Neil, Gordon Salkilld, Sarah Berger Double Image

Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, David Healy

Series Three Coast to Coast

Cast: Lenny Henry, John Shea, Peter Vaughan, George Baker, Pete Postlethwaite, Cherie Lunghi, Al Matthews, Edward Peel, Neville Smith, Tony Haygarth Blunt

Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ian Richardson, Michael Williams, Geoffrey Chater, Albert Welling, Michael McStay, Christopher Denham Will You Love Me Tomorrow ,

Cast: Joanne Whalley, Tilly Vosburgh, Phil Daniels, Iain Glen, Beverley Sowden (aka Callard), Richard Ireson After Pilkington

Cast: Bob Peck, Miranda Richardson, Gary Waldhorn, Barry Foster, Derek Ware, John Gill East of Ipswich

Cast: Edward Rawle-Hicks, John Nettleton, Pat Heywood, Graham Crowden, Janine Duvitski, Timothy Bateson, Roger Brierley, Tip Tipping, Wayne Michaels, Oona Kirsch, Phyllida Hewat, June Ellis Naming the Names

Cast: Sylvestra Le Touzel, Michael Maloney, Mick Ford, James Ellis, Eileen Way Northanger Abbey from the novel by

Cast: Katharine Schlesinger, Peter Firth, Robert Hardy, Googie Withers, Geoffrey Chater, Elvi Hale, Helen Fraser, Elaine Ives-Cameron VisitorsDennis Potter: A Life on Screen By John R. Cook

Cast: John Standing, Michael Brandon, Nicola Pagett, Glynis Barber Heaven on Earth and

Cast: Torquil Campbell, Sarah Polley, Fiona Reid Inappropriate Behaviour

Cast: Charlotte Coleman, Anne Reid Going Home

Cast: Nicholas Campbell, Milan Cheylov, Albert Schultz, Paul Maxwell, Clyde Pollitt Quartermaine's Terms

Cast: Eleanor Bron, Edward Fox, Clive Francis, John Gielgud, Peter Jeffrey, Tessa Peake-Jones On the Palm

Cast: Phillip Jackson, Cathy Tyson, James Hazeldine, Peter Martin, Liz Smith Hedgehog Wedding

Cast: Sheila Allen, Lynsey Baxter, Frederick Treves, Aimée Delamain, David Blake Kelly

Cast: Simon Fox, John Bird, Avril Elgar, Peter Jones, Gary Raymond

Series Four

Cast: Eileen Atkins, Dirk Bogarde, Helena Bonham Carter, Lynda Bellingham, Alan Curtis, Bruce Boa, Bruce Montague, Lee Remick, Paul Maxwell Dead Lucky (novel),

Cast: Phil Davis, Nicholas Farrell, William Gaminara, Donald Douglas Sweet as You Are

Cast: Liam Neeson, Miranda Richardson, Philip Bird, Philip McGough Stanley

Cast: Lesley Dunlop, David Horovitch, Juliet Stevenson, Anton Lesser, Peter Birrel, Norman Jones, Roger Brierley, Wendy Gifford, Sarah Berger Border from a story by

Cast: Edita Brychta, Daniel Hill, Norman Jones, Catherine Schell, Lynn Farleigh, Roy Evans, Hana Maria Pravda, Paul Humpoletz, Gordon Faith, Richard Ireson, Roy Pattison Lovebirds

Cast: Stephen Bent, Linda Henry, Shaheen Khan, Paul Bhattacharjee, Lloyd McGuire, Tracey Wilkinson Shadow on the Earth

Cast: Billy Hartman, Jonathan Battersby Reasonable Force

Cast: John Hannah, Warren Clarke, Adrian Dunbar, William Thomas, Michael Melia, Colette O'Neil, Arthur Cox, Crawford Logan

Cast: Angharad Rees, Birdy Sweeney Lucky Sunil Based on a story by

Cast: Kulvinder Ghir, Michelle Collins, Hugh Cornwell, Niamh Cusack, Richenda Carey, Albert Moses, Benjamin Whitrow, Ahmed Khalil, Tariq Yunus, Vass Anderson Run for the Lifeboat

Cast: Stacey Tendeter, Jeff Rawle, Tenniel Evans, David Garfield, Sion Tudor Owen, Stephen Thorne

Series Five Death of a Son

Cast: Lynn Redgrave, Jay Simpson, Oliver Ford Davies, Frederick Treves, Jerome Willis, Richard Moore, Derek Ware, Roy Evans, Glyn Pritchard Angel Voices

Cast: Michael Williams, Alan Rothwell, Malcolm Hebden, Lee Woods Flying in the Branches

Cast: Ralph Bates, Edita Brychta, Susan Fleetwood, Ian McNeice, Donald Gee, Tim Barker Words of Love

Cast: Charlie Creed-Miles, Tom Bell, Liz Smith Leaving

Cast: Maggie Bell, Paul Young, Hugh Martin Virtuoso based on the book by Brenda Lucas Ogdon and Michael Kerr

Cast: Alfred Molina, Alison Steadman, Philip Locke, Mark Wing-Davey, Bruce Boa, John Heard, James Nesbitt, Trevor Martin, Ling Tai

Cast: Billie Whitelaw, Iain Glen, Brenda Fricker, Ross Kemp, Phil Smeeton

Cast: Gary Oldman, Lesley Manville, Philip Davis, Steve McFadden, Roderick Smith, Mark Monero, Phillip Joseph Here is the News

Cast: Richard E. Grant, Jim Carter, Heathcote Williams, Josette Simon, Michael Melia, Simon Rouse, Max Harvey, Christopher Burgess, Alan MacNaughtan Ice Dance

Cast: Warren Clarke Sitting Targets

Cast: Gina Bellman, Jonathan Hyde, Phyllis Logan, John Bowe, Leslee Udwin (actor and consultant), Mary Wimbush, Philip Bond, Andrew Forbes, Nick Burnell, Rupert Holliday-Evans, Jerome Willis, Ian Thompson Defrosting the Fridge

Cast: Joe Don Baker, Phyllis Logan, Togo Igawa, Victor Maddern, Russell Floyd, Richard LeParmentier, William Ilkley, Michael Crane, David Redgrave

Series Six Old Flames

Cast: Stephen Fry, Simon Callow, Miriam Margolyes, Celia Imrie, Harry Littlewood, Roger Hammond

Cast: Jonathan Pryce, Anna Massey, Susannah York, Tom Georgeson, Philip Latham, Geoffrey Hughes Drowning in the Shallow End

Cast: Paul McGann, Phoebe Nicholls, Adrian Dunbar, Arkie Whiteley, Alfred Molina, ... Sam Preston, Caroline Guthrie, Simone Parfaitt, Max Stafford-Clark, Danny Webb, Rupert Holliday-Evans, Liz Smith, Katherine Best, Ian Redford, Tony Slattery, Michele Wade, Fiona Victory, Emma D'Inverno, Ric Wadsworth, Janet Behan, Anna Sawa, Georgia Clarke, Ruddy L. Davis, Frederik de Groot, Martina Berne, Olivier Pierre, Hal Lindes and Denise Margetts Close Relations

Cast: James Hazeldine, Clare Holman, Rosalind March, Annie Gurney, Eric Heath, June Barrie, Glynis Brooks, Michael Egan, Robert Morgan, Richard Cubison, Andrew Wilde, Adie Allen, William Knightley, Daphne Neville, Mark Draper, Stephen Bent, Ian Sharp, Amanda Drewry, Peter Bayliss, Nigel Le Vaillant and Wilfred Grove and and

Cast: Eli Wallach He's Asking for Me

Cast: Maggie O'Neill, David Threlfall, Thorley Walters, Gina McKee Sometime in August

Cast: Mary Morris Small Zones from an idea by

Cast: Sean Bean, William Ilkley, Christopher Saul, Stephanie Turner, Jonathan Burn Circles of Deceit (novel) (screenplay)

Cast: Edward Fox, Jane Lapotaire, Brenda Bruce, John Bird, John Nettleton, Stefan Schwartz

Cast: Amanda Redman, Michael Maloney, John Nettleton Children Crossing

Cast: Peter Firth, Saskia Reeves, Bob Peck Kremlin Farewell

Cast: Freddie Jones, Kenneth Colley, Richard Wilson, Bernard Kay, Graham Crowden, Polly Walker

Series Seven Heading Home

Cast: Gary Oldman, Joely Richardson, Michael Bryant, Leon Eagles, David Schneider Hallelujah Anyhow and

Cast: Doña Croll, Keith David, George Harris, Ram John Holder Korczak

Cast: Wojtek Pszoniak Fellow Traveller

Cast: Ron Silver, Imogen Stubbs, Daniel J. Travanti, Hart Bochner, Richard Wilson, Doreen Mantle, Allan Mitchell, Roger Hammond, Trevor Cooper 102 Boulevard Haussmann

Cast: Alan Bates, Paul Rhys, Janet McTeer, Philip McGough and Celia Imrie

Cast: Bill Flynn, Jana Cilliers, Embeth Davidtz