The Best Episodes of ScreenPlay Season 4

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   #1 - Testimony of a Child

   S4:E17/5/1989

   Being accused of child abuse is a nightmare every family dreads. The Taylors are an ordinary happy family, but Paul and Jill are worried about their 11-year-old son Mark, who is not eating. The family GP has diagnosed 'failure to thrive', and Mark is sent to the hospital for a check-up.

   Director:Peter Smith

   Writer:Lucy Gannon

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   Director:Peter Smith

   Writer:Lucy Gannon
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   #2 - A Night on the Tyne

   S4:E27/12/1989

   When four shipbuilders are made redundant they decide that as a protest they will launch the ship they have been working on.

   Director:Corin Campbell-Hill

   Writer:Bill Gallagher

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   Director:Corin Campbell-Hill

   Writer:Bill Gallagher
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   #3 - Loving Hazel

   S4:E37/19/1989

   Mike and his ex-wife have an 8-year-old daughter, Hazel. She calls her new mother's boyfriend 'daddy', which Mike goes along with until his access to Hazel is limited.

   Director:Peter Smith

   Writer:Les Smith

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   Director:Peter Smith

   Writer:Les Smith
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   #4 - The Attractions

   S4:E47/26/1989

   When Danny, 'one of Maggie's wandering minstrels', visits a seaside horror museum, he is rather disappointed. 'It's all about victims. Now people are interested in who done it, not who it got done to ...' So begins a process of disintegration which culminates in a new type of exhibit, 'an attraction' for the modern age.

   Director:Anthony Garner

   Writer:Tony Marchant

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   Director:Anthony Garner

   Writer:Tony Marchant
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   #5 - Chinese Whispers

   S4:E58/2/1989

   Kenny's work as a nurse in a psychiatric hospital isn't just a job, it's a vocation. His special group of patients are his friends - his only friends. When a strange young man is introduced to the group, he threatens the love, discipline and respect that have been the very basis of Kenny's authority, and all that surrounds the institution is scant protection from the madness of the world beyond.

   Director:Stuart Burge

   Writer:Maurice Leitch

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   Director:Stuart Burge

   Writer:Maurice Leitch
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   #6 - The Act

   S4:E68/9/1989

   Eastern Europe, February 1944: Johann Frink and Otto Hansen, once famous Berlin cabaret artists, are summoned to take part in a special 'entertainment', devised by a mysterious Nazi captain. When they discover where they are to perform, they find themselves with an appalling dilemma.

   Director:Roy Battersby

   Writer:Richard Langridge

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   Director:Roy Battersby

   Writer:Richard Langridge
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   #7 - Scout

   S4:E78/16/1989

   Man United's scout for many generations of young footballers, sending across the water the best Irish talent regardless of background. As six more hopefuls gather at his isolated cottage for a weekend trial, their dreams of following George Best's path from Belfast are shattered by the violent return of a past graduate.

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   Writer:Unknown

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   #8 - The Spirit of Man

   S4:E88/23/1989

   In pursuit of faith, God and the Devil, spells are cast, buckets of water thrown and men with black beards dance and sing.

   Directors:Geoff Feld, Peter Barnes

   Writer:Peter Barnes

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   Directors:Geoff Feld, Peter Barnes

   Writer:Peter Barnes
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   #9 - Beyond the Pale

   S4:E98/30/1989

   Milly and her friends have been going on holiday together ever since they've known each other. This summer they return to one of their favourite haunts, a beautiful Irish country hotel. It's a place full of fond memories for all of them, but on this occasion their sense of ease and comfort is destroyed when a terrible secret is revealed.

   Director:Diarmuid Lawrence

   Writer:William Trevor

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   Director:Diarmuid Lawrence

   Writer:William Trevor
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    #10 - The Hen House

    S4:E109/6/1989

    Lily lives on a remote smallholding in County Donegal. She keeps herself to herself. But a game of hide-and-seek exposes a secret.

    Director:Danny Boyle

    Writer:Frank McGuinness

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    Director:Danny Boyle

    Writer:Frank McGuinness
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    #11 - Seeing in the Dark

    S4:E119/13/1989

    Tony has begun to panic that life may be passing him by. As his friends forge ahead, he feels stuck in a dead end job and trapped by his relationship with Judith. One day, he starts to be plagued by a series of mysterious phone calls and letters. Tony becomes haunted by a growing premonition of catastrophe.

    Director:Gareth Jones

    Writer:Alan Drury

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    Director:Gareth Jones

    Writer:Alan Drury
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    #12 - A Small Mourning

    S4:E129/20/1989

    When Marjorie's husband of 20 years dies of a brain tumour, she's hit financially as well as emotionally. The money she makes packing tights in a factory isn't enough to cover her rent, and her TV is repossessed. Soon after the funeral she meets Arnold, a wealthy pub landlord, who squires her to the local Conservative Club ball in an effort to cheer her up. Life with Arnold promises not only companionship but undreamt-of luxury, but Marjorie's friends and family do not necessarily approve.

    Director:Chris Bernard

    Writer:Martyn Hesford

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    Director:Chris Bernard

    Writer:Martyn Hesford