| Se | Ep | Title | Author | Producer/
Director | Performers | UK
Transmission
date |
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Absolute Hell | Rodney Ackland | Anthony Page (d),
Simon Curtis (p) | Judi Dench,
Bill Nighy,
Ronald Pickup,
Charles Gray,
Anthony Calf | 5 October 1991[2] |
| 1 | 2 | Uncle Vanya | Anton Chekhov | Gregory Mosher (d),
Simon Curtis (p) | David Warner,
Ian Holm,
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Ian Bannen,
Roger Hammond | 12 October 1991 |
| 1 | 3 | Nona | Roberto Cossa (play),
Michael Hastings (adaptation) | Simon Curtis (d/p) | Les Dawson,
Liz Smith,
Jim Broadbent,
Timothy Spall,
Jane Horrocks,
Maurice Denham | 19 October 1991[3] |
| 1 | 4 | Old Times | Harold Pinter | Simon Curtis (d/p) | John Malkovich,
Kate Nelligan,
Miranda Richardson | 26 October 1991 |
| 1 | 5 | Top Girls | Caryl Churchill | Max Stafford-Clark (d),
Simon Curtis (p) | Deborah Findlay,
Beth Goddard,
Lesley Manville | 2 November 1991 |
| 1 | 6 | The Trials of Oz | Geoffrey Robertson
John Mortimer | Sheree Folkson (d),
Simon Curtis (p) | Hugh Grant,
Peter O'Brien,
Kevin Allen
Leslie Phillips,
Nigel Hawthorne,
Simon Callow,
David Troughton,
Alfred Molina,
Nicholas Farrell,
Nigel Planer,
Lee Cornes | 9 November 1991 |
| 2 | 1 | Tales from Hollywood | Christopher Hampton | Howard Davies (d),
Simon Curtis (p) | Jeremy Irons,
Alec Guinness,
Elizabeth McGovern,
Sinéad Cusack
Ian Thompson,
George Raistrick,
Jack Shepherd,
Lynn Farleigh,
Mike McShane,
Iain Rattray | 19 October 1992 (U.S.)
14 November 1992 (UK) |
| 2 | 2 | A Doll's House | Henrik Ibsen | David Thacker,
Simon Curtis | Juliet Stevenson,
Trevor Eve,
Geraldine James,
Patrick Malahide,
David Calder,
Helen Blatch | 21 November 1992[4] |
| 2 | 3 | Roots | Arnold Wesker | Simon Curtis (d/p) | Jane Horrocks,
Pam Ferris,
Imelda Staunton,
Christopher Eccleston,
Timothy Spall | 28 November 1992 |
| 2 | 4 | After the Dance | Terence Rattigan | Stuart Burge (d),
Simon Curtis (p) | Anton Rodgers,
Gemma Jones,
Imogen Stubbs,
John Bird,
Geoffrey Beevers | 5 December 1992 |
| 2 | 5 | Six Characters in Search of an Author | Luigi Pirandello | Bill Bryden (d),
Simon Curtis (p) | Brian Cox,
John Hurt,
Tara Fitzgerald,
Susan Fleetwood,
Brian Glover,
Steven Mackintosh | 12 December 1992 |
| 3 | 1 | The Maitlands | Robert MacKenzie | Lindsay Posner (d),
Simon Curtis (p) | Eileen Atkins,
Jennifer Ehle,
Bill Nighy,
Edward Fox,
Samuel West | 13 November 1993 |
| 3 | 2 | Hedda Gabler | Henrik Ibsen | Deborah Warner (d),
Simon Curtis (p) | Fiona Shaw,
Nicholas Woodeson,
Stephen Rea | 27 November 1993 |
| 3 | 3 | The Entertainer | John Osborne | Nicholas Renton (d),
Simon Curtis (p) | Michael Gambon,
Helen McCrory,
Bill Owen,
Billie Whitelaw | 4 December 1993 |
| 3 | 4 | The Changeling | Thomas Middleton andWilliam Rowley
Michael Hastings (adaptation) | Simon Curtis (p) | Bob Hoskins,
Elizabeth McGovern,
Hugh Grant,
Leslie Phillips,
Sean Pertwee | 11 December 1993 |
| 4 | 1 | Message for Posterity | Dennis Potter | David Jones (d),
Simon Curtis (p) | John Neville,
Eric Porter,
Ronald Pickup,
Sophie Thompson,
Abigail Cruttenden,
Annette Crosbie,
Tony Haygarth,
Patrick Godfrey,
Nicholas Selby,
Stephen Moore | 29 October 1994 |
| 4 | 2 | Measure for Measure | William Shakespeare | David Thacker (d) | Tom Wilkinson,
Corin Redgrave,
Juliet Aubrey,
Ian Bannen,
David Bradley,
Geoffrey Beevers,
Rob Edwards,
Sue Johnston | 5 November 1994 |
| 4 | 3 | The Deep Blue Sea | Terence Rattigan | Karel Reisz (d)
Simon Curtis (p) | Penelope Wilton,
Ian Holm,
Colin Firth,
Stephen Tompkinson,
Geraldine Somerville,
Edward Tudor-Pole | 12 November 1994 |
| 4 | 4 | The Mother | Paddy Chayefsky | Simon Curtis (d/p) | Anne Bancroft,
Katherine Borowitz,
Joan Cusack | 19 November 1994 |
| 4 | 5 | Summer Day's Dream | J. B. Priestley | Christopher Morahan (d),
Simon Curtis (p) | John Gielgud,
Terence Rigby,
Rosemary Harris,
Mike McShane
Vincent Wong | 26 November 1994 |
| 5 | 1 | Shadow of a Gunman | Sean O'Casey | Nye Heron | Kenneth Branagh,
Stephen Rea,
James Ellis | 7 October 1995 |
| 5 | 2 | The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd | D. H. Lawrence | Katie Mitchell (d) | Zoë Wanamaker,
Stephen Dillane,
Colin Firth,
Brenda Bruce | 14 October 1995 |
| 5 | 3a | Landscape | Harold Pinter | Harold Pinter (d),
Simon Curtis (p) | Ian Holm,
Penelope Wilton | 21 October 1995 |
| 5 | 3b | Bed | Jim Cartwright | Steve Shill (d),
Kevin Loader | Renée Asherson,
Robin Bailey,
June Brown,
Maurice Denham,
Richard E. Grant,
Lionel Jeffries | 21 October 1995 |
| 5 | 4 | Henry IV (Pt 1 &Pt 2) | William Shakespeare (plays),
John Caird (adaptation) | John Caird (d),
Annie Castledine (p) | Ronald Pickup,
John Woodvine,
Peter Jeffrey,
Joseph O'Conor,
David Calder,
Geoffrey Hutchings,
Jane Horrocks,
Elizabeth Spriggs,
Peter-Hugo Daly,
Paul Eddington,
Clive Kneller,
Toby Jones | 28 October 1995 |
| 5 | 5 | After Miss Julie | Patrick Marber,
August Strindberg | Patrick Marber (d),
Fiona Finlay | Geraldine Somerville,
Phil Daniels,
Kathy Burke | 4 November 1995 |
| 6 | 1 | Company | Stephen Sondheim | Sam Mendes (d),
Simon Curtis (ex p) | Adrian Lester,
Sheila Gish,
Sophie Thompson | 1 March 1997 |
| 6 | 2 | My Night with Reg | Kevin Elyot | Roger Michell (d),
Kevin Loader (p) | David Bamber,
John Sessions,
Anthony Calf,
Kenneth MacDonald | 15 March 1997 |
| 6 | 3 | Richard II | William Shakespeare | Deborah Warner (d),
John Wyver (p) | Fiona Shaw (as Richard II),
Graham Crowden,
Richard Bremmer,
Julian Rhind-Tutt,
Donald Sinden | 22 March 1997 |
| 6 | 4 | Broken Glass | Arthur Miller | David Thacker (d),
Fiona Finlay (p) | Henry Goodman,
Margot Leicester,
Mandy Patinkin,
Elizabeth McGovern,
Ed Bishop | 29 March 1997 |
| 6 | 5 | Macbeth on the Estate | William Shakespeare,
Penny Woolcock (adaptation) | Penny Woolcock (d),
Alison Gilby (p) | James Frain,
Susan Vidler,
Ray Winstone | 5 April 1997 |
| 7 | 1 | King Lear | William Shakespeare | Richard Eyre (d),
Sue Birtwistle, Joy Spink (p) | Ian Holm
Timothy West,
Amanda Redman,
Michael Bryant | 21 March 1998 |
