8 episodes

The Play on One - Series 1

First aired Jan 19, 1988Season 1

Browse all 8 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

Down Where the Buffalo Go

NR
Jan 19, 198875 min

Based at the Holy Loch naval base, the holy union of US Marine Carl and local girl Rachel is on the rocks, as she wants to leave Scotland and settle in America while he wants to remain.

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Episode 2

The Dark Room

NR
Jan 26, 198859 min

A reclusive couple live on a Scotland block with their infant son. But it soon becomes apparent there's something strange about their situation and the wife is on the verge of a breakdown. But just what is their secret?

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Episode 3

Normal Service

NR
Feb 2, 198875 min

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.

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Episode 4

The Dunroamin' Rising

NR
Feb 9, 198859 min

A former firebrand socialist finds himself in a care home after a fall renders him unable to look after himself. But after learning that the staff are to be sacked for economic reasons, he rallies the residents to fight back.

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Episode 5

A Wholly Healthy Glasgow

NR
Feb 16, 198871 min

A new, idealistic gym instructor threatens the seedy lifestyle of the current employees of the Adonis Health Club in Glasgow.

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Episode 6

Unreported Incident

NR
Feb 23, 198859 min

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.

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Episode 7

Airbase

NR
Mar 1, 198859 min

Madeline Kohler, a young female American Air Force officer, is posted to the all-male world of a U.S. airbase in Britain.

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Episode 8

The Party

NR
Mar 8, 198859 min

While Paris students protest in May 1968, television producer Joe Shawcross hosts a discussion of Socialist beliefs and actions in his fashionable London home, only to realise that he is not living his own ideals.