Screen Two S01E02 · Poppyland

Overview

He is a respectable pillar of London society who yearns for an idyllic existence away from the noise and the smoke. She feels hemmed in by the confines of an isolated fishing village and dreams of the bright lights, and even brighter people, of the great metropolis. On a hot August day in 1883, Clement Scott, the writer, and Louie Jermy, the miller's daughter, meet each other for the first time.

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1. 1 1. Contact1985-01-06 · 1h 6mA platoon of British soldiers aggressively descend upon a car on a Northern Irish border roadside and promptly execute the driver and apprehend the passenger.
2. 2 2. Poppyland1985-01-13 · 1h 30mHe is a respectable pillar of London society who yearns for an idyllic existence away from the noise and the smoke. She feels hemmed in by the confines of an isolated fishing villa
3. 3 3. Unfair Exchanges1985-01-20 · 1h 30mMavis's plight will ring a bell in the heart of anyone who ever felt like murdering a telephone. Is some ghoulish mind behind the increasingly mysterious and sinister calls she get
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5. 5 5. Knockback (2)1985-02-03 · 1h 30mAlan and Sylvia fall in love and Alan gains a renewed sense of purpose. He begins to hope for an eventual release on licence. However both he and Sylvia have to face the fact that,
6. 6 6. Lent1985-02-10 · 1h 30mIt is the Easter holidays at Gorse Park Preparatory School. Everyone has gone home except four elderly members of staff and young Paul Blake, the orphaned son of the former headmas
7. 7 7. The Unknown Soldier1985-02-17 · 1h 30mThe soldier in the spinal carriage can neither move nor speak. Who is he? His fellow wounded and officers are intent on finding out.
8. 8 8. The Burston Rebellion1985-02-24 · 1h 30mOn a chilly winter's day in 1911, Kitty and Tom Higdon arrived in the Norfolk village of Burston to take up positions in the village school. Their arrival was to irrevocably change
9. 9 9. Space Station1985-03-03 · 1h 30m"It's a city of glass. There are trees and flowers from all over the world. And marble. Acres of it. And in a field, there are cows as still as statues." Maria is taken to a new fo
10. 10 10. In the Secret State1985-03-10 · 1h 30mA department head within the British secret service uncovers some unpleasant secrets when he investigates the apparent suicide of a colleague.