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Afternoon Drama Episode guide

  1. Number 10 - Series 5

    Series of plays depicting life inside Downing Street

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  2. Occupied

    Drama about UK activism that was recorded during actual protest actions.

    First broadcast: 17 Feb 2012

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  3. The Interrogation

    By Roy Williams. Hard-hitting contemporary crime stories

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  4. Blue Flu

    Contemporary drama exploring the 'what if' scenario of a police strike.

    First broadcast: 06 Feb 2012

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  5. The Pearl

    By John Steinbeck. Parable of the greatest pearl ever found.

    First broadcast: 03 Feb 2012

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  6. Pilgrim - Series 3

    Series of four modern-day fantasy adventures by Sebastian Baczkiewicz

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  7. Burns and the Bankers

    Helen Simpson's hilarious short story, dramatised by Liz Lochhead. Stars Sophie Thompson.

    First broadcast: 25 Jan 2012

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  8. Twelve Years

    A couple find and re-find each other in the dark of New York's blackouts of 1965 and 1977.

    First broadcast: 19 Jan 2012

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  9. What to Do If Your Husband May Leave

    Mel Hudson stars in her surreal comedy about a woman facing a marital breakdown.

    First broadcast: 16 Jan 2012

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  10. You Drive Me Crazy

    After years of carefree motoring, Paul Dodgson developed a debilitating fear of driving.

    First broadcast: 13 Jan 2012

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  11. Erebus

    A poetic drama by Jo Shapcott about the search for the North-West Passage.

    First broadcast: 12 Jan 2012

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  12. Blurred

    By Frazer Flintham. Old university friends Nikki and Hannah meet up after a ten year gap.

    First broadcast: 11 Jan 2012

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  13. Network

    Darren stumbles across a network of people linked by mobile technology. But why?

    First broadcast: 09 Jan 2012

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  14. Coalition

    By Sarah Wooley. A contemporary thriller set in the world of post-Coalition politics.

    First broadcast: 06 Jan 2012

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  15. Dolly Would

    By Alison Carr. Denize falls in love with washed-out Kenny Rogers impersonator Martin.

    First broadcast: 04 Jan 2012

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  16. Birkett

    By Caroline and David Stafford. Stories from the casebook of advocate Norman Birkett

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  17. A Tale of Two Cities

    Dickens's classic story, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution

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  18. Down and Out in Auchangaish

    By Donna Franceschild. Comedy drama about a young homeless man in rural Scotland.

    First broadcast: 19 Dec 2011

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  19. Beyond Borders

    How, in 1950, secret French plans created the organization that became the European Union.

    First broadcast: 16 Dec 2011

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  20. The Lamp

    A widow and a Kenyan librarian form an unlikely bond in a remote Perthshire reading room.

    First broadcast: 14 Dec 2011

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  21. The Benefit of Time

    Terri-Ann Brumby's comedy about a young woman who believes she was once Anne Boleyn.

    First broadcast: 09 Dec 2011

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  22. Burning Both Ends: When Oliver Reed Met Keith Moon

    When legendary hell-raiser Oliver Reed met Keith Moon, nothing was the same ever again.

    First broadcast: 08 Dec 2011

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  23. Burning Up

    Rebecca Lenkiewicz's drama tells the story of a young girl caught up in the London riots.

    First broadcast: 05 Dec 2011

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  24. The Hamster

    A dark comedy about a rodent that doesn't stop growing.

    First broadcast: 01 Dec 2011

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  25. Ancient Greek

    A sixth-former decides to take a stand against the current cuts in university funding.

    First broadcast: 30 Nov 2011

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  26. McLevy - Series 8

    Series of stories about David Ashton's detective, set in Victorian Edinburgh

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  27. Sleeping Dog

    Comedy about an old blues muso who outstays his welcome.

    First broadcast: 28 Nov 2011

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  28. Laurels and Donkeys

    A sequence of dramatic and new poems by Andrew Motion to mark Remembrance Day.

    First broadcast: 11 Nov 2011

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  29. The State of Water

    A Welsh family is fiercely divided over the future of their sheep farm.

    First broadcast: 10 Nov 2011

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  30. Giving It Back

    Comedy about Johnny, a small-time thief, who decides to return everything he has stolen.

    First broadcast: 09 Nov 2011

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