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BBC Two 1977 - 1979 2 seasons 44 eps Ended

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977 - 1979 2 seasons 44 eps

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Season 2

100 min

S2 · E1 · Sep 20, 1978

Langrishe Go Down Episode 1

In the late 1930s, three reclusive middle-aged spinster sisters live on their run down family estate in Ireland. Otto Beck, a perpetual graduate student from Bavaria with a habit of making pompous declamations, rents the back lodge to work on his esoteric thesis. Imogen Langrishe, the least repressed of the sisters, begins an affair with Otto. Imogen takes the love affair seriously, but Otto just enjoys the cheap lodging and the comfort of Imogen.

6.8 · You

100 min

S2 · E2 · Sep 27, 1978

Fairies Episode 2

How could photographs, taken on a simple camera by two Yorkshire village girls, have momentous implications for man's understanding of the world?

7.4 · You

100 min

S2 · E3 · Oct 4, 1978

Fearless Frank Episode 3

The outrageous – and not entirely reliable – memoirs of Irish writer Frank Harris, sometime cowboy in the Old West, friend to the famous in the literary world, essayist and critic, and seducer of beautiful women.

7.0 · You

100 min

S2 · E4 · Oct 11, 1978

The Lost Boys: Part 1 – We Set Out to Be Wrecked Episode 4

1897: A quiet afternoon in Kensington Gardens. A little boy in a red tam-o'-shanter realises he is being watched by a small man with a huge St. Bernard. The man is J. M. Barrie...

100 min

S2 · E5 · Oct 18, 1978

The Lost Boys: Part 2 – Dark and Sinister Man Episode 5

1906: Arthur is gravely ill. Sylvia turns more and more to Barrie for help. A wealthy man following the huge success of Peter Pan, Barrie is only too happy to respond.

100 min

S2 · E6 · Oct 25, 1978

The Lost Boys: Part 3 – An Awfully Big Adventure Episode 6

1913: Three years have passed since Sylvia's death. George is now a man and Michael, 13 years old. For the Llewelyn Davieses, childhood is at an end, and illusions are about to be destroyed.

100 min

S2 · E7 · Nov 1, 1978

Return Fare Episode 7

A man adjusts to freedom after years incarcerated.

100 min

S2 · E8 · Nov 22, 1978

Another Day Episode 8

Abandoned by her husband, Eileen tries to make the best of bringing up her children in a rundown bed-sit. A man called George shows her attention, but others are suspicious of his motives.

100 min

S2 · E9 · Nov 29, 1978

The Vanishing Army Episode 9

The promotion of an ambitious, decorated NCO is put in jeopardy when he marries an unconventional wife and faces the snobbery of his superiors and their families.

100 min

S2 · E10 · Dec 6, 1978

Night People Episode 10

A classical string quartet stop at a motorway cafe in the early hours. Among the people they meet are a football supporter, a travelling salesman and an elderly couple who are going to Gretna Green to get married.

100 min

S2 · E11 · Dec 13, 1978

Renoir, My Father Episode 11

A dramatisation of the life and work of the artist Auguste Renoir, based on the book by his filmmaker son, Jean Renoir.

100 min

S2 · E12 · Mar 28, 1979

On Giant's Shoulders Episode 12

A middle-aged childless couple on a remote farm adopt a Black boy with no limbs due to the effects of Thalidomide. They encounter a great deal of resistance and scepticism from their friends and neighbours.

8.1 · You

100 min

S2 · E13 · Apr 4, 1979

Stepping Out Episode 13

A middle-aged woman who enjoys making lavish ballgowns wishes her daughter would visit more often.

100 min

S2 · E14 · Apr 11, 1979

A Light That Shines Episode 14

At a teaching Order, Conroy is asked to mentor promising student Stephen, who is feeling pressured.

S2 · E15 · May 16, 1979

In England's Green and Pleasant Land Episode 15

Authorities must decide if the repentance of a reformed convicted murderer is genuine so he can be prepared for release.

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