In 1920 as the Irish War of Independence rages, two young men, Donald Davoren and Seamus Shields, share a flat in Dublin. First installment in Sean O'Casey's Dublin Trilogy.
Guest Stars:
Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Rea, Bronagh Gallagher, Ruth McCabe, Owen O'Neill
Mrs Holroyd is married to a loutish miner. When a gentlemanly neighbour makes romantic advances to her, she wishes her husband dead. Sooner than she hoped, her wish comes true.
Guest Stars:
Zoë Wanamaker, Colin Firth, Stephen Dillane, Melanie Hill, Wayne Foskett
Beth sits in an armchair to the left of the table, and Duff in a chair at the opposite end. Duff refers normally to Beth but does not appear to hear her voice. Beth never looks at Duff and does not appear to hear his voice.
Guest Stars:
Ian Holm, Penelope Wilton
Surreal drama about seven old people living in the same bed.
Guest Stars:
June Brown, Richard E. Grant, Dora Bryan, Phyllis Calvert, Maurice Denham
Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur'). Henry's son Hal, the Prince of Wales, has thrown over life at court in favour of heavy drinking and petty theft in the company of a debauched elderly knight, Sir John Falstaff. Hal must extricate himself from some legal problems, regain his father's good opinions and help suppress the uprising.
Guest Stars:
Ronald Pickup, Jonathan Firth, Jane Horrocks, Clive Kneller, Rufus Sewell