The Play on One - Season 1

Carl is a long-term shore patrolman at the US Polaris base in Scotland, and his marriage to a Scots girl is failing. His brother-in-law, Willie, is already separated. In the bars of Greenock and the Holy Loch, Carl and Willie arrive at decisions which will change their lives.

'Please don't slam your door - we have a delicate child', but when the baby cries, Deb ignores it. There is a secret which is destroying Deb's marriage to Greg. Only she can save it - only Deb can unlock The Dark Room.

It's General Election day 1964, and the resources of Forth and Clyde Television are under stress. Too many shows want too many things done too quickly. Some of the design and graphics staff are intent on not getting involved. Others won't survive the strain.

Sixty years ago Ian Sinclair was a revolutionary leader. Today he is in an old folks' home, but he has not lost his sense of humour - or his appetite for the struggle.

A new, idealistic gym instructor threatens the seedy lifestyle of the current employees of the Adonis Health Club in Glasgow.

'For my last guests tonight....' With these words, chat show host Michael Flynn introduces Jack Lawrence and Jimmy Dunne. Jack and Jimmy were once, briefly, enemies at opposite ends of a gun on the Irish border. Since that almost fatal moment their lives have become inextricably mixed. Michael wants a sob story with a happy ending. What he gets is something else entirely.

'You're at war. You've always been at war and you always will be. They just give you enough comfort so you won't notice.' Hidden beneath the airbase the elite F-111 pilots live in a secret fantasy world as they wait, primed for the ultimate war game of World War Three. The arrival of the delicious Lieutenant Madeline Kohler detonates a chain reaction of deep rooted antagonism that explodes with cataclysmic consequences.

In Paris the barricades are about to burst into flames as students and police clash. In London the fashionable Left are having a dialogue.