The Afternoon Play - Season 1

First aired: 1/27/2003 5 episodes
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Episodes

1. Turkish Delight

Aired: 1/27/2003

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

2. Coming Up for Air

Aired: 1/28/2003

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.

3. The Real Arnie Griffin

Aired: 1/29/2003

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.

4. Heroes and Villains

Aired: 1/30/2003

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.

5. Girls' Weekend

Aired: 1/31/2003

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.