The Afternoon Play

1h

Drama

Comedy

Mystery

The Afternoon Play is a BBC One anthology of individual plays. Five 5-episode seasons were produced between 2003 and 2008.

Episodes

Cast

Turkish Delight

1. Turkish Delight

1h

27th Jan 2003

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

Coming Up for Air

2. Coming Up for Air

1h

28th Jan 2003

An overworked, unhappy widower who suffers from stress ends up with 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.

The Real Arnie Griffin

3. The Real Arnie Griffin

1h

29th Jan 2003

An undercover store detective, who prides himself on his disguises but longs to solve real crimes, seizes a chance to impress both his estranged wife and investigate a hit-and-run.

Heroes and Villains

4. Heroes and Villains

1h

30th Jan 2003

On a deprived housing estate, down-and-out Jonny steals some dodgy leather jackets that turn out to have drugs in them. When his girlfriend Marlene sells them on to the locals, she receives a tip-off about their contents and realises they must be retrieved.

Girls' Weekend

5. Girls' Weekend

1h

31st Jan 2003

Four old friends take a hen weekend by the sea, where the bride-to-be discovers that the others have all slept with her fiancé. The fiancé, meanwhile, realising something is wrong, abandons his stag weekend to go and find her.

First air date

27th Jan 2003

Last air date

26th Jan 2007

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks