Performance
Series 5
19956 episodes
Episode 1
Shadow of a Gunman
Oct 7, 19951h 14m
In 1920 as the Irish War of Independence rages, two young men, Donald Davoren and Seamus Shields, share a flat in Dublin. First installment in Sean O'Casey's Dublin Trilogy.
Episode 2
The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd
Oct 14, 19951h 28m
Mrs Holroyd is married to a loutish miner. When a gentlemanly neighbour makes romantic advances to her, she wishes her husband dead. Sooner than she hoped, her wish comes true.
Episode 3
Landscape
Oct 21, 199540m
Beth sits in an armchair to the left of the table, and Duff in a chair at the opposite end. Duff refers normally to Beth but does not appear to hear her voice. Beth never looks at Duff and does not appear to hear his voice.
Episode 4
Bed
Oct 21, 199557m
Surreal drama about seven old people living in the same bed.
Episode 5
Henry IV
Oct 28, 19952h 56m
Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur'). Henry's son Hal, the Prince of Wales, has thrown over life at court in favour of heavy drinking and petty theft in the company of a debauched elderly knight, Sir John Falstaff. Hal must extricate himself from some legal problems, regain his father's good opinions and help suppress the uprising.
Episode 6
After Miss Julie
Nov 4, 19951h 18m
An updated version of Strindberg's play examining class and social differences. Julie, the daughter of an MP, seduces her father's chauffeur, despite his being engaged to the maid.