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7 Episodes 1995 - 1995
Episode 1
60 mins
In this riotous comedy, David Hanratty is a Home Secretary with ambition. With an embattled Prime Minister in crisis he plots to take over the top job himself. But he little imagines when he pays a visit one day to one of the modern Open prisons how quickly his plans will unravel when, whilst there, three prisoners - all murderers - manage to escape and go on the run. And the longer the trio are loose, the worse it is for his career with the Government facing a key vote on a vote of no confidence in the Commons - especially when the escaped convicts then barricade themselves in an orphanage.
Episode 2
85 mins
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-fiancée.
Episode 4
This movie tells the story of the life of a young boy in Kansas who is committed by his parents to a mental institution for teenagers. In it, he will establish many friendships that will help him get over his problems and fears. It is a real-life, sometimes amusing, drama based on the life of comedian Michael McShane (I).
Episode 5
90 mins
Going against the grain of his bosses during a tough political contest, politician George Jones finds himself campaigning against his own party.
Episode 6
67 mins
When a shy young man arrives on her doorstep, Alice Hartley grabs the chance to escape from her loveless marriage. She and Michael open a Growth Centre with a difference - offering sex, drugs and personalised water births.
Episode 7
89 mins
Germany, March 2000: Detective Alex Fischer investigates the murder of a young Danish woman, whose body has been slashed from head to foot. On the ground beside her are the words in Arabic: "We are crossing." As the threat grows of a mass exodus of refugees caused by civil war in Russia, Fischer sets out on a hazardous search for the truth with refugee Anna.
Episode 8
92 mins
Life for shy, romantic civil servant Leslie would be pure bliss if only he could get together with Julia, the new love of his life. Saffron and Gee appear to be having few problems on that score in the flat upstairs. Should all his hopes come to nothing, there's always his beloved Mastermind to fall back on.