Screen Two (1985) is a drama web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Screen Two online in HD.
Screen Two — Storyline
Series of single made-for-television dramas.
Cast & Crew
Screen Two — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1985-01-06 |
| Seasons | 15 |
| Episodes | 168 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 7.1/10 (7 votes) |
Screen Two — Episode Guide
Series 1
- E1: Contact (1985-01-06) — A platoon of British soldiers aggressively descend upon a car on a Northern Irish border roadside and promptly execute the driver and apprehend the passenger.
- E2: Poppyland (1985-01-13) — He is a respectable pillar of London society who yearns for an idyllic existence away from the noise and the smoke. She feels hemmed in by the confines of an isolated fishing villa
- E3: Unfair Exchanges (1985-01-20) — Mavis's plight will ring a bell in the heart of anyone who ever felt like murdering a telephone. Is some ghoulish mind behind the increasingly mysterious and sinister calls she get
- E4: Knockback (1) (1985-01-27) — In 1965, at the age of 25, Alan Ackland is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a business associate. In 1971, Sylvia Barker, lonely and depressed after a failed marria
- E5: Knockback (2) (1985-02-03) — Alan and Sylvia fall in love and Alan gains a renewed sense of purpose. He begins to hope for an eventual release on licence. However both he and Sylvia have to face the fact that,
- E6: Lent (1985-02-10) — It is the Easter holidays at Gorse Park Preparatory School. Everyone has gone home except four elderly members of staff and young Paul Blake, the orphaned son of the former headmas
- E7: The Unknown Soldier (1985-02-17) — The soldier in the spinal carriage can neither move nor speak. Who is he? His fellow wounded and officers are intent on finding out.
- E8: The Burston Rebellion (1985-02-24) — On a chilly winter's day in 1911, Kitty and Tom Higdon arrived in the Norfolk village of Burston to take up positions in the village school. Their arrival was to irrevocably change
- E9: Space Station (1985-03-03) — "It's a city of glass. There are trees and flowers from all over the world. And marble. Acres of it. And in a field, there are cows as still as statues." Maria is taken to a new fo
- E10: In the Secret State (1985-03-10) — A department head within the British secret service uncovers some unpleasant secrets when he investigates the apparent suicide of a colleague.
Series 2
- E1: The McGuffin (1986-01-12) — From his window, film critic Paul Hatcher watches neighbour Mrs. Forbes-Duthie and her transvestite grandson, Gavin. He sees two men attacking them and Gavin falling to his death.
- E2: The Silent Twins (1986-01-19) — Twins June and Jennifer Gibbons speak only to each other in a language of their own creation. As young teens, they commit a violent crime. After 14 years in Broadmoor Psychiatric I
- E3: Time After Time (1986-01-26) — The aging Swift family of one brother, Jasper, and three sisters, April, May and June, are forced to live together in the run-down family mansion and they all get on each others ne
- E4: Frankie and Johnnie (1986-02-02) — When two teenagers commit suicide the police and the press assume the motive to be some kind of love pact. However, Allan Blakeston, a local reporter, has too many unanswered quest
- E5: Honest, Decent and True (1986-02-09) — The launch of Chaser lager could be big for KFS if Alun shows some commitment; if Mike's lifestyle doesn't catch up with him; if the rest of the team concern themselves more with t
- E6: Song of Experience (1986-02-16) — As the Lady Chatterley court case puts its seal on the 1950s, three boys set out for a day's train-spotting. They see more than just trains, though, on a day when innocence and ill
- E7: Insurance Man (1986-02-23) — Franz, a young man, works in a dye factory in Prague. One day he notices a skin-rash, like eczema, growing on his hands. All attempts to treat it with ointment fail, and the rash g
- E8: Hotel du Lac (1986-03-02) — An authoress, whose career is more successful than her private life, arrives at a Swiss hotel and finds her life changing in unexpected ways.
- E9: The Russian Soldier (1986-03-09) — What is it that Edgar Garrett sees, or thinks he sees, on his farm one morning in the mists of early spring? Whatever it is, one thing is certain. Life will never be the same again
- E10: Blood Hunt (1986-03-16) — The Highlands of Scotland. A fight outside the village hall. Robert Menzies lies dead and Allan Innes flees to the hills, pursued by Robert's brother. An old friend, Sandy Ross, tr
- E11: Shergar (1986-03-23) — Malachy: "Who do you kidnap? You can't touch children, women, no sons of Irish mothers. What's left?" When Frankie is released from Portlaoise Prison, his old comrades are expectin
- E12: Hard Travelling (1986-03-30) — Jessica's promising debut as a young artist is shattered by a sudden violent death. She escapes into a restless succession of journeys. Encounters on the way bring humour, some com
- E13: Double Image (1986-04-06) — This film tells the true-life story of Yuri Nosenko, a top Soviet KGB agent who defected to the West at the height of the Cold War in 1962.
Series 3
- E1: Coast to Coast (1987-01-04) — Two guys meet, one American, a deserter from the US army, one Brit, and they are drawn together by their mutual love of Soul music. Neither being gainfully employed they decide to
- E2: Blunt: The Fourth Man (1987-01-11) — The story of Anthony Blunt, the "fourth man" in a notorious 1951 spy scandal.
- E3: Will You Love Me Tomorrow (1987-01-18) — Freedom fascinates and frightens Jackie, encountering the real world for the first time in years, She clings to an ideal: 'What I want most in the whole world is to be in love and
- E4: After Pilkington (1987-01-25) — What's happened to Pilkington? James doesn't much care, he's far more interested in renewing acquaintance with the girl he silently adored as a teenager – but maybe she knows somet
- E5: East of Ipswich (1987-02-01) — Michael Palin's nostalgic comedy about a family holiday at a Suffolk seaside resort. Richard Burrill, a 17-year-old, is reluctantly dragged to Southwold with his parents, where he
- E6: Naming the Names (1987-02-08) — Finn's story seems to begin when Henry Kirk comes into the bookshop where she works. But it goes back a lot further than that.
- E7: Northanger Abbey (1987-02-15) — Teenage Catherine enjoys reading Gothic Novels. She visits Bath and meets Henry and his sister Eleanor. Upon returning home, Eleanor invites Catherine as her companion. There Cathe
- E8: Visitors (1987-02-22) — This production for the BBC-2's "Screen Two" series was the last of Dennis Potter's "one-shot, one-slot" plays for television. It had its origins in Potter's 1983 play "Sufficient
- E9: Heaven on Earth (1987-03-01) — Heaven On Earth follows several children and teens as they are sent from their homes in Wales and England to Canada. Host families await them and each child must adapt to their new
- E10: Inappropriate Behaviour (1987-03-08) — Jo teaches 'difficult' children – American style. Young Helen, one of her most rebellious pupils, teaches horse-riding – Cotswold style. Who is going to learn the most?
- E11: Going Home (1987-03-15) — After the Great War, thousands of Canadian troops were sent to Kinmel Park Camp in North Wales to await their return as young heroes.
- E12: Quartermaine's Terms (1987-03-22) — St. John Quartermaine, a teacher in an English language college for foreign students, his life revolving around work, seemingly without a social life of his own, is becoming increa
- E13: On the Palm (1987-04-05) — Fledge needs a job. He'll take anything. And when Dawlish gives him strange errands to run, for cash in hand, strictly 'on the palm', it's a welcome change from the dole. Until he
- E14: Hedgehog Wedding (1987-04-17) — Mr and Mrs Desmond Howard Jones invite you to the wedding of their daughter Mariella to Dominic Frazer.
- E15: The Children of Dynmouth (1987-04-19) — Easter holidays in the charming seaside town of Dynmouth. The fair has come to town with roundabouts, the big wheel and a spot-the-talent contest. And Timothy Gedge wants to make p
Series 4
- E1: The Vision (1988-01-09) — Veteran broadcaster James Marriner is persuaded to front a new big budget national family TV channel. But he begins to suspect that the channel is a front for something much more s
- E2: Dead Lucky (1988-01-17) — Martin Urban, a young accountant, is gay but unwilling to own up to this fact because he desperately wants to be the ideal son for his parents. When he wins a fortune on the footba
- E3: Sweet As You Are (1988-01-24) — A lecturer has an extra-marital one night stand and contracts HIV. The movie shows how he tells his wife and the way in which she is forced to cope with his infidelity and the fact
- E4: Stanley Spencer (1988-01-31) — The controversial English artist Stanley Spencer scandalised the art world when he painted the Resurrection taking place in the churchyard of Cookham, his home village by the River
- E5: Border (1988-02-07) — Czechoslovakia, 1952. For some, life under the post-war Stalinist regime is hardly worth living and although the escape route to the West is almost suicide, the rewards – prosperit
- E6: Love Birds (1988-03-06) — Barbara and Naseem are in the same hospital, having babies. They make friends. But the celebrations of their husbands, Kenny and Quereshi, 'Jimmy', lead to a headlong chase, with c
- E7: Shadow On The Earth (1988-03-13) — Two brothers growing up in a small Scottish mining town become convinced the albino man living in their street is an alien. Influenced by science fiction films and the religious bi
- E8: Reasonable Force (1988-03-27) — In times of civil unrest, crack police units like Inspector Maclntyre's get the job of keeping order on the streets. But when a demonstrator dies after a riot, who will the public
- E9: The Temptation of Eileen Hughes (1988-04-03) — The McAuleys are local celebrities and Eileen Hughes, a young shop assistant, is flattered to be taken under their wing. Then she accepts their invitation to join them for a week's
- E10: Lucky Sunil (1988-04-17) — Young, handsome and alone in London at the start of a great career. But will Sunil's luck hold out against the seductions of pretty girls, the wiles of con-men and a hundred tempta
- E11: Run for the Lifeboat (1988-04-24) — Problems of a Welsh coastal village where the lifeboat crew is the main focus.
Series 5
- E1: Death of a Son (1989-01-08) — In September 1982, Pauline and Ray Williams were woken with the news that their 19-year-old son John had been found dead. They discovered he had been experimenting with drugs but t
- E2: Angel Voices (1989-01-15) — It is the summer of 1963: the year of the Beatles and wild dances like the Hully Gully. Tommy Bray's choirboys set off on their annual trip to Blackpool, but Tommy Bray fears that
- E3: Flying in the Branches (1989-01-22) — Sue hasn't seen her family in Prague since she became a refugee in London in 1968. When her younger sister, Dana, is allowed to visit the West for the first time, Sue is reminded o
- E4: Words of Love (1989-01-29) — 2 February 1959. The Winter Dance party, Clear Lake, Iowa – another date on Buddy Holly's whistle-stop tour. Across the Atlantic, a schoolboy models his life on the rock 'n' roll s
- E5: Leaving (1989-02-05) — A moving, comic tale of three boys about to leave a grim Catholic School in Greenock, Scotland, who find they must each choose a different path in life as they face the future.
- E6: Virtuoso (1989-02-12) — In 1962, the young pianist, John Ogdon wins international success in Moscow and embarks on a whirlwind career. Ten years later, he suffers the onset of mental illness that threaten
- E7: The Picnic (1989-02-19) — '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,
- E8: The Firm (1989-02-26) — This is the story of rival "Firms" of football (soccer) supporters, and how one man has a wish to team them up for the European Championships of 1988. However, when this is discuss
- E9: Here Is the News (1989-03-03) — Freelance journalist David Dunhill stumbles onto the biggest story of his career – but his personal eccentricities seem likely to thwart him.
- E10: Ice Dance (1989-03-12) — A pair of teenagers are determined to achieve their ambition and become professional ice skaters, alternately helped and hindered by their families and friends.
- E11: Sitting Targets (1989-03-19) — Who has bought the house which is the home for a dozen flat dwellers? When the heating fails and a flat is violently repossessed, things begin to look hopeless. But the tenants beg
- E12: Defrosting the Fridge (1989-03-26) — An American football coach takes over the running of a no-hope English soccer team.
Series 6
- E1: Old Flames (1990-01-14) — Daniel is an obeying and high-flying barrister with the good life on his side. Nathaniel Quass is a rich and bizarre recluse, generous, obsessed and sad. This reluctant pair are ca
- E2: The Man from the Pru (1990-01-21) — The story of a famous real-life murder case in which an employee of the Prudential Insurance Company was suspected of killing his wife.
- E3: Drowning in the Shallow End (1990-01-28) — A young man's personal and professional life falls apart.
- E4: Close Relations (1990-02-04) — At a family funeral, Trevor Orwin meets Jenny, the sister he never knew he had. The relationship that develops between them has a dramatic and violent effect.
- E5: The Impossible Spy (1990-02-11) — This is the true story of an Israeli civilian who was recruited into Israel's Secret Intelligence Agency to become a spy in Damascus, where he spent years infiltrating the Syrian p
- E6: He's Asking for Me (1990-02-18) — When the first call comes, Norah thinks it is just an average dirty breather. The next time he asks for her personally and knows all about her. Norah is frightened but she becomes
- E7: Sometime in August (1990-02-25) — 'Nobody's going to force you to swim.' Neil's beach holiday with the Middleton family turns sour over his refusal to bathe. The situation is resolved by an old woman and a cat.
- E8: Small Zones (1990-03-04)
- E9: Circles of Deceit (1990-03-11) — Philip, a painter who specialises as a copyist, has always been dominated by strong women with secrets.
- E10: The Lorelei (1990-03-18) — A lonely schoolteacher has a strange experience on her walking holiday. It haunts her and threatens to wreck her growing romance with a colleague.
- E11: Children Crossing (1990-03-25) — Is Joe really having an affair – or is Rosie imagining it all? A story of sexual jealousy, betrayal and vengeance – an emotional journey which keeps you guessing to the bitter end.
- E12: The Kremlin Farewell (1990-04-01) — A drama of intrigue and betrayal in Stalin's Russia. Stepan grows up in an orphanage, learning to love Stalin as 'a father to all children'. He retains disturbing memories of the d
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Screen Two have? 15 season(s) with 168 episodes.
Where can I watch Screen Two? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.