ScreenPlay Firsts

"ScreenPlay Firsts" is a BBC Two anthology series featuring short films and plays directed by emerging British filmmakers. The series showcases the work of new directors, primarily British and often graduates of UK and international film schools, who have not previously had their work broadcast on television. Each episode is around 30 minutes long, with the first broadcast airing on August 17, 1987. The last episode aired on September 29, 1993.

Drama

Seasons

1. Careless Talk

Air Date: 1987-08-17

During the Second World War, a group of women are interned as "enemy aliens" on the Isle of Man.

2. The Act

Air Date: 1987-08-18

A girl answers a job advert in a newspaper and becomes the target in a knife throwing act. But she is unaware exactly what she is letting herself in for.

3. See You at Wembley, Frankie Walsh

Air Date: 1987-08-19

4. Roach Motel

Air Date: 1987-08-20

5. A View from a Window

Air Date: 1987-08-21

1. The Riveter

Air Date: 1988-09-06

2. Queen Sacrifice

Air Date: 1988-09-13

3. Edward

Air Date: 1988-09-20

4. Borderland

Air Date: 1988-09-27

5. Substance of Dreams

Air Date: 1988-10-04

6. Facts of Life

Air Date: 1988-10-11

1. Sincerely, Harold Washington

Air Date: 1989-07-19

1. Arrivederci Millwall

Air Date: 1990-01-03

A group of Millwall supporting hooligans travels to Spain for the 1982 World Cup Finals soon after the start of the Falklands War. One member of the gang is bent on avenging a personal loss.

2. The Unkindest Cut

Air Date: 1990-01-04

3. The Audition

Air Date: 1990-01-11

4. June

Air Date: 1990-01-17

5. False Profit

Air Date: 1990-01-25

6. Fotofinish

Air Date: 1990-02-01

7. Looking after Number One

Air Date: 1990-02-06

1. King of Jazz

Air Date: 1991-07-17

2. That Burning Question

Air Date: 1991-07-24

3. Jack's Bicycle

Air Date: 1991-07-31

4. When I Was a Girl

Air Date: 1991-08-07

5. Wendy

Air Date: 1991-08-21

6. Clubland

Air Date: 1991-08-28

7. A Life in Death

Air Date: 1991-08-28

8. Big Swinger

Air Date: 1991-09-04

9. Carmela Campo

Air Date: 1991-09-11

10. Sunday on Mars

Air Date: 1991-09-18

1. Saints and Scholars

Air Date: 1992-07-15

2. Siberian Summer

Air Date: 1992-07-22

3. Bossanova Blues

Air Date: 1992-07-29

4. BitterSweet

Air Date: 1992-08-05

5. Resurrection/Tuning In

Air Date: 1992-08-19

6. Through an Open Window

Air Date: 1992-08-26

7. Supper at Emmaus

Air Date: 1992-09-16

1. Schwarzfahrer/The Burden

Air Date: 1993-09-06

2. The Chanter

Air Date: 1993-09-07

3. The Miller's Tale

Air Date: 1993-09-08

4. The Shoes/Like Dislike

Air Date: 1993-09-09

5. Money Talks/The Waiter

Air Date: 1993-09-10

6. Came Out, It Rained, Went Back In Again

Air Date: 1993-09-29

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Rating

6.0/10

Release Date

1987-08-17

Episodes

5 (7 seasons)

Status

Ended