Mrs. Healey
Irlanda, años 50. Bernadette "Benny" Hogan y sus dos mejores amigas, la huérfana Eve Malone y la guapa Nan Mahon, dejan la pequeña aldea irlandesa en la que han crecido para ir a estudiar a la Universidad de Dublín. Allí en la capital las jóvenes se enfrentarán a la vida adulta, experimentando la emoción del primer amor y el dolor del primer desengaño.
Barrytown Neighbour
Los miembros de una familia numerosa irlandesa reaccionan de forma distinta ante la noticia de que la hija mayor está embarazada, sobre todo, porque ni siquiera tiene novio; así que sus familiares están intrigados por saber quién es el padre de la criatura.
Rosella Coyle, Irish B & B Prop.
An aging school teacher (Lansbury) at a Catholic grammar school in Minnesota questions her life's existence when she has to start battling a new bishop (Prosky). As a result she retires and moves to Ireland where she seeks an admirer (Elliott) with whom she has been corresponding for five years.
Sadie Brown
Christy Brown es un enfermo de parálisis cerebral, nacido en el seno de una numerosa y mísera familia irlandesa. Su madre es la única que lo ve como un chico con talento y sensibilidad. Con el tiempo, Christy se revela como un irascible pero talentoso escritor y pintor, que utiliza su pie izquierdo -la única parte de su cuerpo que tiene motricidad- como instrumento.
Aunt Bid
Adapted from Charles O'Neal's 1949 book, this follows the lighthearted adventures of a late 19th Century young man named Jamie McGrew, the three wishes granted to him in a dream by a fairy queen, and the unusual way they come true. His first is for travel (he goes from Ireland to a life of horse trading in Georgia); his second, to marry the girl of his dreams; the third, a son with the gift of poetry and the ability to speak in the ancient Gaelic tongue.
Against the backdrop of the bombing campaign in Britain and the Northern Ireland Hunger Strike, a young woman joins a terrorist operation which takes three people hostage. Over the days of their captivity, she questions her own involvement and the history of Ireland which has brought her to this point.
Mrs Darby
The story of Anne Devlin, who was caught up in the revolt of the Irish under Robert Emmett in 1803, told exclusively from the woman's point of view.
Customer in Hairdressers
Comedia basada en un gran éxito del teatro londinense. Rita (Julie Walters), una peluquera insatisfecha que lleva una vida anodina, decide apuntarse a un curso de literatura en la universidad para intentar escapar a sus frustraciones. La extraordinaria transformación que experimenta afecta también a su profesor (Michael Caine), que se enamora de ella.
Paddy at Common Lodging House
A British play about homelessness by Jeremy Sandford, writer of "Cathy Come Home", first broadcast as a BBC Play For Today. It details the deterioration of Edna, a homeless alcoholic and was made at a time when vagrancy was still a criminal offence.
Publican Woman
Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined to serve his country by his part in meting out justice to criminals. His superior, Regan, however, realizes that even prisoners are human beings, and Regan is sick of the eye-for-an-eye attitude that leads the state to execute condemned men, or "quare fellows." Crimmins begins to see that not all is black and white in his new world, and when he becomes involved with Kathleen, the wife of one of the condemned men, his attitude begins to change. When new evidence arises to suggest that Kathleen's husband may not deserve his fate, Crimmins is torn between his duty and his humanity.
Sister Katherine
A small town plans to erect a monument in memory of an IRA rebel killed during the 1920's. The son of the English Colonel who killed the rebel objects to this.
