Episodes
1. Company
March 1, 1997
139 min
At his 35th birthday party Bobby's friends are all wondering: Why isn't he married? Why can't he find the right woman and settle down?
Guest Stars:
Adrian Lester, Rebecca Front, Sam Mendes, Sheila Gish, Sophie Thompson
2. My Night with Reg
March 15, 1997
105 min
A group of English gay men get together to reminisce. They are all coming from a wake for one of their circle who's died of AIDS. It's that terrifying time between the outbreak of AIDS and the development of an AIDS test and as the conversation unfolds it becomes apparent that each man there has had unprotected sex with the deceased.
Guest Stars:
David Bamber, Roger Frost, John Sessions, Anthony Calf, Joe Duttine
3. Richard II
March 22, 1997
132 min
The incompetent Richard II is deposed by Henry Bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once he is no longer king.
Guest Stars:
Fiona Shaw, Graham Crowden, Richard Bremmer, David Lyon, David Lyon
4. Broken Glass
March 29, 1997
97 min
A Jewish housewife in 1938 Brooklyn loses the use of her legs after reading about Kristallnacht.
Guest Stars:
Mandy Patinkin, Elizabeth McGovern, Henry Goodman, Margot Leicester, Julia Swift
5. Macbeth on the Estate
April 5, 1997
83 min
Shakespeare's play updated to the present day. On a council estate where people survive by dealing drugs and shoplifting, Duncan is the Godfather. Urged by Mrs Macbeth, Macbeth kills Duncan.
Guest Stars:
James Frain, David Harewood, Ray Winstone, Susan Vidler, Andrew Tiernan
