The Afternoon Play (2003)

The Afternoon Play is a series of individual plays which sometimes appear on BBC One during weekday afternoons. The first series began on 27 January 2003, and as of 2008 there have been five series. Each play has a separate story and cast.

The Afternoon Play

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Season 3

Season 3

Season 4

Season 4

Season 5

Season 5

Episodes season 0

  • 0x1

    The trial of walter raleigh

  • 0x2

    Small acts of kindness

  • 0x3

    Between the lines

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    Turkish delight

  • 1x2

    Coming up for air

  • 1x3

    The real arnie griffin

  • 1x4

    Heroes and villains

  • 1x5

    Girls' weekend

Episodes season 2

  • 2x1

    Venus and mars

  • 2x2

    Sons, daughters and lovers

  • 2x3

    Drive

  • 2x4

    Viva las blackpool

  • 2x5

    Glasgow dreams

Episodes season 3

  • 3x1

    The hitch

  • 3x2

    The trouble with george

  • 3x3

    The good citizen

  • 3x4

    Reverse psychology

  • 3x5

    The singing cactus

Episodes season 4

  • 4x1

    Tea with betty

  • 4x2

    The last will and testament of billy two-sheds

  • 4x3

    Your mother should know

  • 4x4

    Are you jim's wife?

  • 4x5

    Molly

Episodes season 5

  • 5x1

    Johnny shakespeare

  • 5x2

    Death becomes him

  • 5x3

    Come fly with me

  • 5x4

    Pieces of a silver lining

  • 5x5

    The real deal

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