The Play on One

1. Down Where the Buffalo Go

Air Date: 1988-01-19

Based at the Holy Loch naval base, the holy union of US Marine Carl and local girl Rachel is on the rocks, as she wants to leave Scotland and settle in America while he wants to remain.

2. The Dark Room

Air Date: 1988-01-26

A reclusive couple live on a Scotland block with their infant son. But it soon becomes apparent there's something strange about their situation and the wife is on the verge of a breakdown. But just what is their secret?

3. Normal Service

Air Date: 1988-02-02

It's General Election Day 1964, and the resources of Forth and Clyde Television are under stress. Too many shows want too many things done too quickly. Some of the design and graphics staff are intent on not getting involved. Others won't survive the strain.

4. The Dunroamin' Rising

Air Date: 1988-02-09

A former firebrand socialist finds himself in a care home after a fall renders him unable to look after himself. But after learning that the staff are to be sacked for economic reasons, he rallies the residents to fight back.

5. A Wholly Healthy Glasgow

Air Date: 1988-02-16

A new, idealistic gym instructor threatens the seedy lifestyle of the current employees of the Adonis Health Club in Glasgow.

6. Unreported Incident

Air Date: 1988-02-23

Once enemies at opposite ends of a gun on the Irish border, Jack Lawrence and Jimmy Dunne wound up with lives inextricably entwined. Chat show host Michael Flynn wants a sob story with a happy ending, but Jack and Jimmy give him something else entirely.

7. Airbase

Air Date: 1988-03-01

Madeline Kohler, a young female American Air Force officer, is posted to the all-male world of a U.S. airbase in Britain.

8. The Party

Air Date: 1988-03-08

While Paris students protest in May 1968, television producer Joe Shawcross hosts a discussion of Socialist beliefs and actions in his fashionable London home, only to realise that he is not living his own ideals.

1. Heartland

Air Date: 1989-02-21

In West Wales, Jack and his farming family have built up their dairy herd with vast loans and are then told they must cut back on milk production and slaughter some of the herd. The community launches a campaign against the quotas, but Jack takes the law into his own hands.

2. These Foolish Things

Air Date: 1989-02-28

Gutrune's hunt for a husband among the wealthy and aristocratic circles of London is hampered by the fact that her chosen man Nick, a London newspaper editor, is still in love with the wife from whom he is separated.

3. Govan Ghost Story

Air Date: 1989-03-07

Old memories are awakened in a terrifying and dangerous way when Jock encounters a strange little girl in the high-rise block of flats where he lives. Who is she? What does she want?

4. The Shawl

Air Date: 1989-03-14

John performs as a spiritual medium, using the visits of a troubled woman to introduce a young man to the mysteries and skills of the clairvoyant. The young man threatens to leave unless John stages a séance that will persuade Miss A to transfer an inheritance to them.

5. A View of Harry Clark

Air Date: 1989-03-21

Harry Clark is a social worker on the verge of cracking up. His job is to help other people but who's there to help him?

6. The Gift

Air Date: 1989-03-28

Robert and Gordon, two talented teenage footballers from Wick, are invited to Glasgow for a week's trial with a big club. It is their first taste of professional football, but both the game and the city upset their expectations.

7. Clowns

Air Date: 1989-04-04

Arthur is about to celebrate his 80th birthday and his family is gathering for a party. It is a time for celebration, but also for family tensions and a reassessment of how we all spend our lives.

8. Biting the Hands

Air Date: 1989-04-11

Two Scottish women doing a feminist cabaret act in a seedy pub have to choose between principle and profit when success on the alternative cabaret circuit beckons.

9. A Master of the Marionettes

Air Date: 1989-04-18

Teddy Rose is a committed and successful salesman, allaying suburban insecurity with domestic alarm systems. But one evening, violence confronts him face to face.

10. Unexplained Laughter

Air Date: 1989-04-25

Unlucky in love Lydia retreats to the Welsh hills for a consoling visit to her old friend Betty. But things may not be as amiable as they seem.

1. Changing Step

Air Date: 1990-07-26

Spring 1917: the privileged world of Sorn Castle is upside down, its stately rooms full of amputees from the Western Front. While the local aristocracy makes a first attempt at nursing, a romance blossoms.

2. The Wreck on the Highway

Air Date: 1990-08-02

Washed up country-and-western singer John McGuire is broke and his family is emigrating. He and grandson Billy share the same dreams. They run away together in search of John's wealthy American ex-co-star Betsy Hall.

3. Killing Time

Air Date: 1990-08-09

DHSS clerk Martin meets 17-year-old Harry, who is sleeping rough, and invites him to stay for the weekend. Martin begins to trust Harry. Could this be the love that they are both looking for?

4. Obituaries

Air Date: 1990-08-16

In a nursing home for the elderly, White and Apcar compete for the privilege of shaking the Royal hand. The Daily Telegraph is the battleground, the obituary columns the challenge. As the game progresses it soon becomes clear that both are in deadly earnest.

5. Separation

Air Date: 1990-08-23

When Sarah, a New York actress, calls Joe, a London playwright they begin a very special relationship conducted through trans-Atlantic phone calls. And both Sarah and Joe have very special conditions they both have to fight to overcome their separation. Later distributed under the title Don't Hang Up.

6. Yellowbacks

Air Date: 1990-08-30

Chilling drama set in the future when draconian powers have been given to the authorities under the new Secret Emergency Provisions of the Dangerous Disease Act. Dr Juliet Horwitz finds herself hooded, handcuffed and interrogated by a ruthless pair, as does a scientist Alex McPherson, both of whom are the key to finding Martin Pitt, a virus carrier who has disappeared.

1. Misterioso

Air Date: 1991-07-25

On the death of her mother, a young woman in northern England learns that her father is actually her step-father. She embarks on a search for her birth father, finds him running a jazz club in London, and learns a lot of happy and sad things about her family that she didn't know before. The title of the film is the classic jazz piece, "Misterioso," by Thelonious Monk, which features prominently in it.

2. Gas and Candles

Air Date: 1991-08-01

Two pensioners strike back as they struggle to survive in a high-rise flat. A tin of salmon triggers a chain of events which changes their lives. The key to this intriguing tale is the identity of 'Mr Shah'.

3. Escape From Kampala

Air Date: 1991-08-08

4. And the Cow Jumped Over the Moon

Air Date: 1991-08-15

Wisecracking hospital DJ Eddie brightens the daily routine for former nightclub singer Andrea and her fellow patients. They share hopes and dreams for the future. But the future is unpredictable and provides a few surprises.

5. Out of the Blue

Air Date: 1991-08-22

6. Effie's Burning

Air Date: 1991-08-29