Screen Two selection (BBC, 1989-1997) (540*960p, soft English sub...
Screen Two selection (BBC, 1989-1997) (540*960p, soft English subtitles)
Landmark productions from some of the UK's greatest creative talents, as first seen in the 1980s and 1990s - part of the BBC's rich archive of classic drama.
Brothers in Trouble
Moving drama about the lives of a group of illegal Pakistani immigrants living in a boarding house in 1960s England. A skilled labourer who came to England to find better employment is relegated to shovelling sheep dung in a factory, but he learns to compromise after befriending other immigrants in his boarding house. The arrival of a young white woman causes sexual and cultural tension, culminating in a bitter confrontation.
First broadcast: 21 June 1997
Stonewall
A young gay man arrives in New York in the summer of 1969, when homosexuality is still illegal. He is drawn to Stonewall, the wild haunt of fabulous drag queens.
First broadcast: 17 May 1997
The Precious Blood
Drama set in Belfast, asking whether it is possible to have peace with justice.
First broadcast: 8 June 1996
The Absence Of War
Political drama written by David Hare and starring John Thaw
Labour leader George Jones battles with his party on the campaign trail of a general election.
First broadcast: 18 May 1995
Life After Life
Leo Doyle, in his mid-30s and single, is released into ceasefire Belfast after serving a life sentence for an IRA murder. Desperate for a new cause, he tries to rekindle an affair with his ex-fiancee.
First broadcast: 2 April 1995
The Blue Boy
A couple expecting their first baby spend a few days in the Highlands, hoping to make a fresh start to their relationship - only for the past to creep up on the present with devastating results.
First broadcast: 2 January 1995
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Drama set in the 1950s. Margaret would really rather become a nun than a housewife, but the wedding is all arranged, and the guests have begun to arrive. So what can be done?
First broadcast: 17 January 1993
The Trial
Harold Pinter's screen adaptation of Franz Kafka's enigmatic masterpiece. The story of a man who gets drawn into a world of lies and corruption as he seeks to prove his innocence.
First broadcast: 19 December 1993
The Lost Language of Cranes
When his son confesses he is gay, Owen realises that he too can no longer live a lie. Starring Brian Cox.
First broadcast: 9 February 1992
The Firm
Contains very strong language, graphic violence and upsetting scenes.
Drama about Bex, an estate agent with a seemingly respectable family life who is also a football hooligan leading a vicious 'firm' of thugs.
First broadcast: 26 February 1989
The Picnic
'I, Margie Starling, am perfectly, perfectly happy, right now!' ...and why not? An adoring young husband, a grown-up daughter who'll soon adjust to having a stepfather her own age, and now a birthday picnic by the river. Why shouldn't Margie be happy?
First broadcast: 19 February 1989