Screen Two

1. Contact

A platoon of British soldiers aggressively descend upon a car on a Northern Irish border roadside and promptly execute the driver and apprehend the passenger.

Air Date : 1985-01-06

2. Poppyland

He is a respectable pillar of London society who yearns for an idyllic existence away from the noise and the smoke. She feels hemmed in by the confines of an isolated fishing village and dreams of the bright lights, and even brighter people, of the great metropolis. On a hot August day in 1883, Clement Scott, the writer, and Louie Jermy, the miller's daughter, meet each other for the first time.

Air Date : 1985-01-13

3. Unfair Exchanges

Air Date : 1985-01-20

4. Knockback (1)

Air Date : 1985-01-27

5. Knockback (2)

Air Date : 1985-02-03

6. Lent

It is the Easter holidays at Gorse Park Preparatory School. Everyone has gone home except four elderly members of staff and young Paul Blake, the orphaned son of the former headmaster. The weather is beautiful, the countryside is lovely, but all is far from peaceful as the adults quarrel and Paul grows up.

Air Date : 1985-02-10

7. The Unknown Soldier

Air Date : 1985-02-17

8. The Burston Rebellion

On a chilly winter's day in 1911, Kitty and Tom Higdon arrived in the Norfolk village of Burston to take up positions in the village school. Their arrival was to irrevocably change the lives of the villagers and their children.

Air Date : 1985-02-24

9. Space Station

Air Date : 1985-03-03

10. In the Secret State

Air Date : 1985-03-10