The Play on One
(1988)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 4
Effie's Burning
Episode 6 - 8-29-1991
Haven't Seen
Out of the Blue
Episode 5 - 8-22-1991
Haven't Seen
And the Cow Jumped Over the Moon
Episode 4 - 8-15-1991
Wisecracking hospital DJ Eddie brightens the daily routine for former nightclub singer Andrea and her fellow patients. They share hopes and dreams for the future. But the future is unpredictable and provides a few surprises.
Haven't Seen
Escape From Kampala
Episode 3 - 8-08-1991
Haven't Seen
Gas and Candles
Episode 2 - 8-01-1991
Two pensioners strike back as they struggle to survive in a high-rise flat. A tin of salmon triggers a chain of events which changes their lives. The key to this intriguing tale is the identity of 'Mr Shah'.
Haven't Seen
Misterioso
Episode 1 - 7-25-1991
On the death of her mother, a young woman in northern England learns that her father is actually her step-father. She embarks on a search for her birth father, finds him running a jazz club in London, and learns a lot of happy and sad things about her family that she didn't know before. The title of the film is the classic jazz piece, "Misterioso," by Thelonious Monk, which features prominently in it.
8.1/10Haven't Seen
Season 3
Yellowbacks
Episode 6 - 8-30-1990
Chilling drama set in the future when draconian powers have been given to the authorities under the new Secret Emergency Provisions of the Dangerous Disease Act. Dr Juliet Horwitz finds herself hooded, handcuffed and interrogated by a ruthless pair, as does a scientist Alex McPherson, both of whom are the key to finding Martin Pitt, a virus carrier who has disappeared.
Haven't Seen
Separation
Episode 5 - 8-23-1990
When Sarah, a New York actress, calls Joe, a London playwright they begin a very special relationship conducted through trans-Atlantic phone calls. And both Sarah and Joe have very special conditions they both have to fight to overcome their separation. Later distributed under the title Don't Hang Up.
Haven't Seen
Obituaries
Episode 4 - 8-16-1990
In a nursing home for the elderly, White and Apcar compete for the privilege of shaking the Royal hand. The Daily Telegraph is the battleground, the obituary columns the challenge. As the game progresses it soon becomes clear that both are in deadly earnest.
Haven't Seen
Killing Time
Episode 3 - 8-09-1990
DHSS clerk Martin meets 17-year-old Harry, who is sleeping rough, and invites him to stay for the weekend. Martin begins to trust Harry. Could this be the love that they are both looking for?
Haven't Seen
The Wreck on the Highway
Episode 2 - 8-02-1990
Washed up country-and-western singer John McGuire is broke and his family is emigrating. He and grandson Billy share the same dreams. They run away together in search of John's wealthy American ex-co-star Betsy Hall.
Haven't Seen
Changing Step
Episode 1 - 7-26-1990
1h 30m
Spring 1917: the privileged world of Sorn Castle is upside down, its stately rooms full of amputees from the Western Front. While the local aristocracy makes a first attempt at nursing, a romance blossoms.
Haven't Seen
Season 2
Unexplained Laughter
Episode 10 - 4-25-1989
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.
Haven't Seen
A Master of the Marionettes
Episode 9 - 4-18-1989
Haven't Seen
Biting The Hands
Episode 8 - 4-11-1989
Haven't Seen
Clowns
Episode 7 - 4-04-1989
Haven't Seen
The Gift
Episode 6 - 3-28-1989
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.
Haven't Seen
A View of Harry Clark
Episode 5 - 3-21-1989
Haven't Seen
The Shawl
Episode 4 - 3-14-1989
John performs as a spiritual medium, using the visits of a troubled woman to introduce a young man to the mysteries and skills of the clairvoyant. The young man threatens to leave unless John stages a seance that will persuade Miss A to transfer an inheritance to them.
Haven't Seen
Govan Ghost Story
Episode 3 - 3-07-1989
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?
Haven't Seen
These Foolish Things
Episode 2 - 2-28-1989
Gutrune's hunt for a husband among the wealthy and aristocratic circles of London is hampered by the fact that her chosen man Nick, a London newspaper editor, is still in love with the wife from whom he is separated.
Haven't Seen
Heartland
Episode 1 - 2-21-1989
1h 29m
Story of Jack and his farming family in West Wales. They have built up their dairy herd with vast loans and are then told they must cut back on milk production and slaughter some of the herd. The community launches a campaign against the quotas, but Jack takes the law into his own hands.
7.1/10Haven't Seen
Series 1
The Party
Episode 8 - 3-08-1988
While Paris students protest in May 1968, TV producer Joe Shawcross hosts a discussion of Socialist beliefs and actions in his fashionable London home. Joe realizes that he is not living his own ideals.
Haven't Seen
Airbase
Episode 7 - 3-01-1988
Haven't Seen
Unreported Incident
Episode 6 - 2-23-1988
Once enemies at opposite ends of a gun on the Irish border, Jack Lawrence and Jimmy Dunne wound up with lives inextricably entwined. Chat show host Michael Flynn wants a sob story with a happy ending, but Jack and Jimmy give him something else entirely.
Haven't Seen
A Wholly Healthy Glasgow
Episode 5 - 2-16-1988
Haven't Seen
The Dunroamin' Rising
Episode 4 - 2-09-1988
Haven't Seen
Normal Service
Episode 3 - 2-02-1988
It's General Election day 1964, and the resources of Forth and Clyde Television are under stress. Too many shows want too many things done too quickly. Some of the design and graphics staff are intent on not getting involved. Others won't survive the strain.
Haven't Seen
The Dark Room
Episode 2 - 1-26-1988
Haven't Seen
Down Where the Buffalo Go
Episode 1 - 1-19-1988
1h 30m
A drama made for television by BBC Scotland. It follows the life of a US Marine (played by Keitel) based at the Holy Loch naval base and the local girl he married. Their relationship is at straining point - she wants to leave Scotland and settle in America while he wants to remain in Scotland.
6.9/10Haven't Seen
Top 5 Highest Rated Episodes 8.1/10 7.1/10 6.9/10
Misterioso
Episode 1 - 7-25-1991
On the death of her mother, a young woman in northern England learns that her father is actually her step-father. She embarks on a search for her birth father, finds him running a jazz club in London, and learns a lot of happy and sad things about her family that she didn't know before. The title of the film is the classic jazz piece, "Misterioso," by Thelonious Monk, which features prominently in it.
8.1/10Haven't Seen
Heartland
Episode 1 - 2-21-1989
1h 29m
Story of Jack and his farming family in West Wales. They have built up their dairy herd with vast loans and are then told they must cut back on milk production and slaughter some of the herd. The community launches a campaign against the quotas, but Jack takes the law into his own hands.
7.1/10Haven't Seen
Down Where the Buffalo Go
Episode 1 - 1-19-1988
1h 30m
A drama made for television by BBC Scotland. It follows the life of a US Marine (played by Keitel) based at the Holy Loch naval base and the local girl he married. Their relationship is at straining point - she wants to leave Scotland and settle in America while he wants to remain in Scotland.
6.9/10Haven't Seen
