Episode list for
"The Afternoon Play" (2003)

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Episode Count: 25
Season: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
Year: 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007

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Season 1

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Season 1, Episode 1: Turkish Delight

Original Air Date: 27 January 2003
A bored housewife finds glamour and excitment when she starts a job belly-dancing in a Turkish restaurant.

Season 1, Episode 2: Coming Up for Air

Original Air Date: 28 January 2003
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.

Season 1, Episode 3: The Real Arnie Griffin

Original Air Date: 29 January 2003
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.

Season 1, Episode 4: Heroes and Villains

Original Air Date: 30 January 2003
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.

Season 1, Episode 5: Girls' Weekend

Original Air Date: 31 January 2003
Kate's hen weekend is beset with disasters, culminating in a vodka-fuelled revelation.

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Season 2

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Season 2, Episode 1: Venus and Mars

Original Air Date: 26 January 2004
Oliver and Grace have been best friends for years. Everyone wonders why they have never been a couple, and suddenly, so do they. After a passionate weekend in the country, they attempt to go back to their normal lives, but Oliver's new fiancee has her own agenda. It is not long before both Oliver and Grace are forced to make life-changing decisions.

Season 2, Episode 2: Sons, Daughters and Lovers

Original Air Date: 27 January 2004
Divorced Hardy finds love with Kate whilst his son Ben falls for older woman Anna. But Anna is Kate's mother. The irony is that Hardy and Anna are made for each other, as are Ben and Kate.

Season 2, Episode 3: Drive

Original Air Date: 29 January 2004
Julie is a 29-year-old temp with a steady boyfriend, but no direction. When she gets a contract at Sunshine Cars, she gets a new lease of life. Suddenly she is competing with the men, making changes and impressing the boss. But she may have to compromise to reach the top.

Season 2, Episode 4: Viva Las Blackpool

Original Air Date: 30 January 2004
Kathy's not taking divorce very well. But then things have become complicated by her ex-husband's new wife trying to bed her best friend's son and her daughter becoming difficult to handle.

Season 2, Episode 5: Glasgow Dreams

Original Air Date: 2 February 2004

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Season 3

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Season 3, Episode 1: The Hitch

Original Air Date: 24 January 2005
Drama about two couples who find out that their 10-year marriages were not legal as the priest was a fake. While preparing for a new ceremony, they reflect on their lives.

Season 3, Episode 2: The Trouble with George

Original Air Date: 25 January 2005
Black comedy about two inept would-be murderers. A woman finds that marriage to her sweet-but-dull husband is becoming intolerable, but as friendship blooms with her female neighbour they are soon planning ways to do away with him, collect the life insurance and live together unhindered.

Season 3, Episode 3: The Good Citizen

Original Air Date: 26 January 2005
Tired of feeling disenfranchised in the modern world, an idealistic man sets himself up as an independent Republic.

Season 3, Episode 4: Reverse Psychology

Original Air Date: 27 January 2005

Season 3, Episode 5: The Singing Cactus

Original Air Date: 28 January 2005

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Season 4

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Season 4, Episode 1: Tea with Betty

Original Air Date: 16 January 2006
Single mum Wendy, bringing up a son with Aspergers and dealing with a challenging ex husband, faces a constant struggle as she tries to encourage the residents of the housing estate where she lives to maintain some respect for their surroundings. On the 10th anniversary of the riots that nearly destroyed their home, the Queen decides to visit the estate and meet Wendy in her own home, throwing the other residents into a rare show of community spirit. Toe-curling chaos ensues as the estate prepares for the big day, and Wendy struggles to hold onto her principles.

Season 4, Episode 2: The Last Will and Testament of Billy Two-Sheds

Original Air Date: 17 January 2006
Sam, an overworked young student, inherits her grandfather's allotment and finds herself taking on his ghost into the bargain. She finds herself strangely drawn to this peaceful new world, until the allotments come under threat. Sam and the allotment committee fight to save their world as they know it, with comic results.

Season 4, Episode 3: Your Mother Should Know

Original Air Date: 18 January 2006
A comic romp focusing on the battle of wills between Edith, a steely little old lady, and her new daughter-in-law Jessica, for the love of hapless hunk Gary. Chaos ensues as Jessica's perfect relationship disintegrates at the hands of a seemingly helpless old woman, but when the courts intervene, events take an amusing turn for the worse.

Season 4, Episode 4: Are You Jim's Wife?

Original Air Date: 19 January 2006

Season 4, Episode 5: Molly

Original Air Date: 20 January 2006

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Season 5

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Season 5, Episode 1: Johnny Shakespeare

Original Air Date: 22 January 2007

Season 5, Episode 2: Death Becomes Him

Original Air Date: 23 January 2007

Season 5, Episode 3: Come Fly with Me

Original Air Date: 24 January 2007

Season 5, Episode 4: Pieces of a Silver Lining

Original Air Date: 25 January 2007

Season 5, Episode 5: The Real Deal

Original Air Date: 26 January 2007
Romantic comedy in which smart and cynical divorce solicitor Clare's life is turned upside-down when she meets Tom.

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