Screen Two: Full TV Schedule and Live Stream
Landmark productions from some of the UK's greatest creative talents, as first seen in the 1980s and 1990s - part of the BBC's rich archive of classic drama.
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The Picnic
Margie Starling has an adoring young husband, a grown-up daughter who'll soon adjust to having a stepfather her own age, and now a birthday picnic by the river. Why shouldn't Margie be happy?
Brothers in Trouble
Drama about a group of illegal Pakistani immigrants living in a boarding house in 1960s England. The arrival of a white woman causes cultural and sexual tension.
Stonewall
A young gay man arrives in New York in the summer of 1969, when homosexuality is still illegal. He is drawn to Stonewall, the wild haunt of fabulous drag queens.
The Precious Blood
Drama set in Belfast. Rosie is haunted by her husband's murder 12 years ago. Her son John is heading towards delinquency, until he meets boxing gym owner Billy McVea, affecting all their lives.
The Absence of War
Political drama written by David Hare and starring John Thaw. Labour leader George Jones battles with his party on the campaign trail of a general election.
Life After Life
Leo Doyle, in his mid-30s and single, is released into ceasefire Belfast after serving a life sentence for an IRA murder. Desperate for a new cause, he tries to rekindle an affair with his ex-fiancee.
The Blue Boy
A couple expecting their first baby spend a few days in the Highlands, hoping to make a fresh start to their relationship - only for the past to creep up on the present with devastating results.
The Trial
Harold Pinter's screen adaptation of Franz Kafka's enigmatic masterpiece. The story of a man who gets drawn into a world of lies and corruption as he seeks to prove his innocence.
The Clothes in the Wardrobe
Drama set in the 1950s. Margaret would really rather become a nun than a housewife, but the wedding is all arranged, and the guests have begun to arrive. So what can be done?
The Lost Language of Cranes
When his son confesses he is gay, Owen realises that he too can no longer live a lie. Starring Brian Cox.
The Firm
Drama about Bex, an estate agent with a seemingly respectable family life who is also a football hooligan leading a vicious 'firm' of thugs.
Sweet as You Are
A college lecturer contracts HIV after having a brief affair with one of his students. The news threatens his marriage and family life. Starring Liam Neeson and Miranda Richardson.
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