Series 13

1. Captives

May 11, 1996

A beautiful young dentist working in a tough British prison starts to become attracted to a violent inmate after the break-up of her marriage, and embarks upon an illicit affair with him, with terrible consequences for all.

2. A Man of No Importance

May 18, 1996

A friendly, poetry quoting bus conductor in 1963 Dublin wants to stage Oscar Wilde's play, Salome, with passengers on his bus.

3. The Cement Garden

May 25, 1996

Four children live with their terminally ill mother. After she dies, they try to hold things together. In their isolated house, they begin to deteriorate mentally, whilst they hide their mom's decomposing corpse in a makeshift concrete sarcophagus.

4. Bad Boy Blues

June 1, 1996

Two boyhood friends end up on different sides of the law. How will each react when they meet up for the first time since school?

5. The Precious Blood

June 8, 1996 · 1h 16m

Drama set in Belfast that asks if it is possible to have peace with justice. Rosie Williams is haunted by the murder of her husband 12 years earlier. Her teenage son John, fuelled by revenge, is heading on a path towards delinquency, until he meets boxing gym owner Billy McVea, affecting all their lives.

6. Century

June 15, 1996

Paul Reisner, a young doctor, becomes a researcher in a prestigious medical institute. He feels he has a chance to be part of a movement of unending progress in science and civilization. Then he begins to discover the dark side of the institute, which foreshadows the dark side of the 20th century.