The Best Episodes of Screen Two Season 12

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   #1 - Great Moments in Aviation

   S12:E111/11/1995

   Desire turns deadly as an intricate web of lies and betrayal unfolds on a voyage aboard a luxurious ocean liner. The journey begins when a naive young woman finds romance in the arms of a dashing stranger who could be a dangerous criminal.

   Director:Beeban Kidron

   Writer:Jeanette Winterson

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   Director:Beeban Kidron

   Writer:Jeanette Winterson
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   #2 - Priest

   S12:E211/18/1995

   A homosexual Catholic priest finds out during confessional that a young girl is being sexually abused by her father, and has to decide how to deal with both that secret and his own.

   Director:Antonia Bird

   Writer:Jimmy McGovern

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   Director:Antonia Bird

   Writer:Jimmy McGovern
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   #3 - Streetlife

   S12:E311/25/1995

   Single mother Jo, in the middle of a tempestuous love affair with a married man, is pregnant. When he starts to mess her around and her mother is taken ill, Jo's life starts to crumble.

   Director:Karl Francis

   Writer:Karl Francis

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   Director:Karl Francis

   Writer:Karl Francis
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   #4 - Nervous Energy

   S12:E412/2/1995

   Tom is a young man with AIDS living in London with his lover Ira. The disease has exaggerated Toms nervous energy and in his manic state he suddenly decides to go to Glasgow to visit the family he hasn't seen in ten years. His brother Ian is thoroughly disgusted by his lifestyle and only his mother shows any compassion for him. The visit soon develops into a nightmare as dementia sets in and Tom's health rapidly declines. Finally, events come to a head and Ira has no choice but to force Tom back to London, where he expects him to die at any time. After treatment, Tom gets a brief reprieve, having discovered that his real family is his adopted one in London.

   Director:Jean Stewart

   Writer:Howard Schuman

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   Director:Jean Stewart

   Writer:Howard Schuman
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   #5 - Saigon Baby

   S12:E512/16/1995

   A childless couple's obsession with becoming parents draws them into the shadowy world of baby trafficking.

   Director:David Attwood

   Writer:Guy Hibbert

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   Director:David Attwood

   Writer:Guy Hibbert
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   #6 - The Hawk

   S12:E612/24/1995

   A housewife with a history of mental illness grows increasingly suspicious that her husband may be a notorious serial killer. As she investigates his unexplained absences, her grip on reality begins to unravel.

   Director:David Hayman

   Writer:Peter Ransley

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   Director:David Hayman

   Writer:Peter Ransley
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   #7 - The Hour of the Pig

   S12:E712/26/1995

   In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous and political intrigues. At the same time, he is pushed to defend a pig, owned by the mysterious gypsy Samira. The pig has been arrested for the murder of a young boy.

   Director:Leslie Megahey

   Writer:Leslie Megahey

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   Director:Leslie Megahey

   Writer:Leslie Megahey
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   #8 - Return of the Native

   S12:E812/31/1995

   Set in 1842, it tells the turbulent story of mysterious Eustacia Vye, who longs for the excitement of a world beyond the constraints of village life on Egdon Heath.

   Director:Jack Gold

   Writers:Robert W. Lenski, Thomas Hardy

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   Director:Jack Gold

   Writers:Robert W. Lenski, Thomas Hardy
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   #9 - Half the Picture

   S12:E92/18/1996

   A dramatized account of the Scott Inquiry about the sales of arms to Iraq.

   Director:Nicolas Kent

   Writers:John McGrath, Richard Norton-Taylor

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   Director:Nicolas Kent

   Writers:John McGrath, Richard Norton-Taylor