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Premiered

Wednesday, July 13, 1988

Ended: Wednesday, September 28, 1988

When does ScreenPlay Season 3 come out?

ScreenPlay Season 3 premiered Wednesday, July 13, 1988 on BBC Two and ended Wednesday, September 28, 1988. The season has 11 episodes.

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1. No Further Cause for Concern

'I'm doing 15 years, three years at a time, and when I come out I'm going to be the same man as when I came in. The same man!' But even hard man Danny Monk can't foresee the consequences when he barricades himself in a cell during a prison riot with a prison officer as hostage.

Wednesday · 38 years ago

2. A Woman Alone

A housewife confides to her neighbour about the troubles she has been having with her possessive husband, her romantic lover and her lecherous invalid brother-in-law. In spite of the impressive battery of mod cons in her home, she feels that love and marriage are not all they are cracked up to be.

Wednesday · 38 years ago

3. Burning Ambition

When the luckless Martin and Renato have the bright idea of starting up a guided coach tour of the M25, London's orbital motorway, they think they're on to a winner - but they soon discover they're on course for disaster.

Wednesday · 38 years ago

4. Eskimos Do it

When the widowed Mrs Bing goes into hospital for a routine operation, she little realises she will soon make a dramatic bid for the most essential freedom of all.

Wednesday · 38 years ago

5. Out Of Love

The shy, hard-working farmer Thomas Price, whose life is dominated by his father Emrys, is strongly attracted to the independent Englishwoman Ruth and they become drawn into a passionate love affair.

Wednesday · 38 years ago

6. Home Front

'What about us? We have rights too. This is not just any residential home for kids in care. This is Home. You. tell them - they try and close us down, we're gonna fight....'

Wednesday · 38 years ago

7. Between The Cracks

The performers in this drama are not actors reciting other people's lines. They are who they say they are and they speak from their own real experience. The stories you are about to hear are true.

Wednesday · 38 years ago

8. The Black and Blue Lamp

In 1949, Tom Riley is arrested for the murder of PC George Dixon. As he awaits interrogation at the station, he is mysteriously transported into an episode of "The Filth", a 1988 police series where the hard men rule.

Wednesday · 38 years ago

9. The Diary of Rita Patel

It's a new start for teenager Rita Patel and her family - new home, new school, new diary, new life. But their happiness is short-lived when racist skinheads attack the family and their home.

Wednesday · 38 years ago

10. Edvard

Set in 1902, this is the story of the artist Edvard Munch and his stormy affair with Tulla Larsen , the inspiration behind some of his most famous paintings.

Tuesday · 38 years ago

11. Starlings Finale

Gary Wilson loses his factory job, retrains as a butler and under the patronage of a wealthy young woman finds success in the City.

Wednesday · 38 years ago

ScreenPlay Season 3 guest stars

  • Michael Maloney

    Michael Maloney

    Gary

  • Lynsey Baxter

    Lynsey Baxter

    Elizabeth

  • Frank Mills

    Frank Mills

    Mr. Wilson

  • Jane Downs

    Jane Downs

    Mrs. Wilson

  • Jean Campbell-Dallas

    Little Old Lady

  • Sean Chapman

    Sean Chapman

    Danny

  • Rod Culbertson

    Prison Officer Green

  • John Benfield

    John Benfield

    Alec

  • John Tams

    John Tams

    Roy

  • Tony Melody

    Tony Melody

    Principal Prison Officer Whittaker

  • Anthony Best

    The Lover

  • Lynn Redgrave

    Lynn Redgrave

    The Woman

  • Nicholas Teare

    Brother-in-law

  • Simon McBurney

    Simon McBurney

    Martin

  • Marcello Magni

    Renato

  • Clive Mendus

    Clive Mendus

    Colin

ScreenPlay Season 3 FAQ

When does ScreenPlay Season 3 come out?

ScreenPlay Season 3 premiered Wednesday, July 13, 1988 on BBC Two.

How many episodes are in ScreenPlay Season 3?

ScreenPlay Season 3 has 11 episodes.

Are new episodes of ScreenPlay Season 3 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the ScreenPlay Season 3 finale?

The ScreenPlay Season 3 finale (Episode 11) aired Wednesday, September 28, 1988.

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