Unprecedented - Season 1

A compendium of short plays written and performed in isolation, recorded using video conference technology.

Stories of love, triumph and uncertainty during the time of coronavirus, focusing on the lives of couples, NHS workers, families and teenagers whose lives have changed dramatically. The films are conceived, filmed and produced in lockdown, shot in homes across the country using digital conference technology, and written by some of the nation's most celebrated playwrights and performed by over 50 of the UK's finest actors.

Stories of love, triumph and uncertainty during the time of coronavirus, focusing on the lives of couples, NHS workers, families and teenagers whose lives have changed dramatically. The films have all been conceived, filmed and produced in lockdown, shot in homes across the country using digital conference technology, written by some of the nation's most celebrated playwrights, and performed by more than 50 of the UK's finest actors.

Three new lockdown dramas. Kat and Zaccy, written by Deboran Bruce, is about a son ignoring his mother's emotional pleas to come home from university during lockdown. Monica Dolan and Alex Lawther star. The Unexpected Expert, by Matilda Ibini, tells the story of a woman who worries that the crisis will have a huge impact on her social care package. Saida Ahmed, Lucianne McEvoy and Golda Rosheuvel star. The Night After, by Josh Azouz, stars Kathryn Hunter and Marcello Magni as a couple in their sixties who try to make contact with the outside world.