Screen One

- Season 1

(1989)

James Carlisle is a successful architect who sees his children every weekend following his divorce from Lyn. When Lyn falls in love with the unstable Bernard, James is forced to take drastic action.

In Britain in the mid-1990s, terrorism and civil disobedience are rife. Jack Bentham, a senior Scotland Yard detective, has two cases involving shooting to investigate: one at a demonstration by radical nurses, one by police officers in Wales. The further he delves into both cases, the more evidence he discovers of corruption at the highest administrative levels.

Kindly accountant is kidnapped by mafia types while he is equally concerned about his son's Bar Mitzvah. Is sweet and painful.

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?'

Locked away in an asylum as a young girl because she was an embarrassment to her family, then forgotten, an old woman returns to what's left of her kin and to her memories.

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.