The Afternoon Play

Seasons

2003

7.4

A series of individual dramas, each with a different story and cast.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Turkish Delight

A bored housewife finds glamour and excitment when she starts a job belly-dancing in a Turkish restaurant.

S1 • E2

Coming Up for Air

Drama about an overworked, unhappy widower who suffers stress- and shock-related amnesia when he takes a holiday in Spain. With the help of a woman he meets out there, he then has to rediscover his old identity, meeting family and colleagues as if for the first time.

S1 • E3

The Real Arnie Griffin

Comic drama about an undercover store detective who prides himself on his disguises but longs to solve real crimes. When he sees a chance to both impress his estranged wife and investigate a hit-and-run, he seizes it.

S1 • E4

Heroes and Villains

Classic gang-show comedy set on a deprived housing estate. Jonny steals some dodgy leather jackets that turn out to have drugs in them, and they are sold to the locals before Marlene gets a tip-off and realises they must be retrieved.