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29 October 1994 · 5 episodes
29 October 1994
Sir David Browning has twice been Prime Minister. On his retirement Parliament decides to honour him with a portrait painted by the famous artist James Player. A new production of one of Dennis Potter's earliest plays, written in 1967. Introduced by political interviewer Brian Walden.
5 November 1994
The season of classic dramas continues with Shakespeare's play adapted and directed for television by David Thacker. The plot concerns corruption in high places and a chaste girl asked to sacrifice her honour to save her brother's life.
12 November 1994
The season of classic dramas continues with Terence Rattigan's play, directed for television by Karel Reisz. Hester is rescued by a neighbour after attempting suicide in the flat she shares with her younger lover, ex-RAF pilot Freddie Page.
4. The Mother
19 November 1994
The season of classic dramas continues with a new BBC production of Paddy Chayefsky's 1954 television play, introduced by Diana Rigg. New York 1954: She last worked 38 years ago, but the mother, recently widowed and determined to support herself, finds a job in a garment factory. However, her lack of skill is not the only obstacle to independence -- her daughter wants her to stay at home.
26 November 1994
The season of classic dramas continues with John Gielgud in J.B. Priestley's vision of England in 1975. After a nuclear war, the nations have combined to set up a World Government. An old man who lives quietly in the country finds his peace threatened by a visit from three World Government figures.