The Play on One - Season 2
Season 2
Episodes
Heartland
A story about a farming family whose lives haven't changed for generations. Encouraged to borrow, modernise, build up their dairy herd, they face ruin when distant EEC edicts order them brutally to limit milk production and slaughter cows. Fighting for their livelihoods the whole community joins a furious campaign. But Jack Philips has got his own mind. He knows he is losing not only a farm and job but a whole history. When he fights back the result is grimly justified.
These Foolish Things
Gutrune's romance with newspaper editor Nick Verney is hampered by the fact that he is still in love with the wife from whom he is separated. She finds that in affairs of the heart, advice is the last thing she needs.
Govan Ghost Story
Old memories are awakened in a terrifying and dangerous way when Jock encounters a strange little girl in the high-rise block of flats where he lives. Who is she? What does she want?
The Shawl
Miss A, troubled by problems, consults a clairvoyant. Can he solve them for her by summoning the spirits? Or is he just a fraud, out to steal her money?
A View of Harry Clark
Harry Clark is a social worker on the verge of cracking up. His job is to help other people: who is there to help him?
The Gift
Robert and Gordon, two talented teenage footballers from Wick, are invited to Glasgow for a week's trial with a big club. It is their first taste of professional football, but both the game and the city upset their expectations.
Clowns
Arthur is about to celebrate his 80th birthday and his family is gathering for a party. It is a time for celebration, but also for family tensions and a reassessment of how we all spend our lives.
Biting the Hands
Linda and Gail are Hell's Belles - an alternative comedy double act. When success begins to beckon, they must decide whether to change their act or keep doing what they believe in. Are their principles justified - or are they just 'biting the hands' that feed them?
A Master of the Marionettes
Teddy Rose 's passion is security - selling alarm systems to prosperous yet fearful suburban homes, one of which he and his family inhabit with conspicuous success. Then one Saturday morning a violent street encounter starts a chain of events which calls into question his every assumption and changes his life for good.
Unexplained Laughter
Lydia is unlucky in love and retreats to the Welsh countryside with her friend Betty. But the beautiful scenery holds its own humour and passion.
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