The Afternoon Play - Season 1
1 - Turkish Delight
Air Date: January 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
Air Date: January 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
Air Date: January 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
Air Date: January 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
Air Date: January 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.