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The Long Distance Piano Player

A man tries to break the world's record for nonstop piano playing

The Right Prospectus

A couple look for the proper school, not for their children but for themselves.

The Lie

""The Lie"" refers to the 8-year marriage of a couple who are constantly hurting each other.

Angels Are So Few

A man claiming to be an angel enters the household of a bored housewife and teaches the family a fe...

The Write-Off

A man is made redundant but can't bring himself to let anyone know, plunging into a web of deceit a...

I Can't See My Little Willie

A man has a mid-life crisis in his brother's pub where sees life as a game show

A Distant Thunder

A newly-appointed knight finds his celebrations cut short by someone who was witness to his treache...

Hearts and Flowers

A TV host and his architect brother attend their father's funeral

Robin Redbreast

A woman living in a country cottage thinks that someone is trying to get her.

The Hallelujah Handshake

A petty thief and social misfit finagles his way into a church congregation

Alma Mater

A civil servant working abroad revisits his old school

Circle Line

A cynical student has a radically different view of life from his landlady, leading to conflict. Ma...

Hell's Angel

A couple are distressed by the changes in their adopted teenage son when he joins a biker gang.

The Piano

An old couple refuse to move when they find out that they can't take their piano with them

Billy's Last Stand

Billy, a self-employed coal-shoveller, gains a seedy business partner and competition in the form o...

The Rainbirds

A man who attempted suicide by jumping out a window is saved only to live in a coma, in which he ha...

Reddick

Charges that the Rev 'Red' Reddick is exploiting his youth club members leads to an explosive confr...

The Foxtrot

An odd menage a trois results when a woman and her lover are visited by her long-lost husband

When the Bough Breaks

When an injured baby arrives at the hospital, a social worker looks for the parents

Orkney

A trilogy of plays--A Time to Keep, The Whaler's Return, and Celia--exploring the life of the islan...

The Rank and File

The story of the Pilkington glass workers strike of 1970

The Man in the Sidecar

A succesful novelist Edith lives with her husband and his friend, but she decides to ask the friend...

Everybody Say Cheese

The story of a disintegrating marriage told through family photos

The Cellar and the Almond Tree