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The Play on One (Play on One in the final series) is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC Nations and Regions in its studios outside London, and transmitted on BBC1 from 19 January 1988 to 29 August 1991.
DateTitleWriterDirector19 January 198826 January 19882 February 1988Normal Service[3]9 February 1988The Dunroamin' Rising[4]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.
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- 1988-01-19
- Drama
- Kenneth Cranham, Tom Watson, Susan Wooldridge
The true story of a daring prison break. Wycliffe Kato, Director of Civil Aviation in Idi Amin's Uganda was at the airport to catch a flight to Canada for a conference when he was arrested by Amin's secret police, members of the notorious Sate Research Bureau, and thrown into the Nakasero prison.
Premiering on 19 January 1988, this series of contemporary dramas from the BBC marked a comeback for the anthology of single plays so popular in Britain in the 60s and 70s.
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Overview. A series of plays specially written for television. Kenneth Cranham. Jack Shepherd. Harry Andrews. Stephen Moore. Geoffrey Whitehead. Anne Kristen. Janet McTeer. Roy Marsden. Tim Roth. View More. Full Cast & Crew. Season 4 of The Play on One premiered on July 25, 1991. (4x6, August 29, 1991) Season Finale. View All Seasons.
Season 1 of The Play On One premiered on January 19, 1988. Season 2 1989 • 10 Episodes Season 2 of The Play On One premiered on February 21, 1989.
