Screen One

Genre	Drama
Written by	Various
Directed by	Various
Starring	Various
Composer(s)	Michael Storey Bill Connor Ilona Sekacz Colin Towns et al.
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	60 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Richard Broke Margaret Matheston et al.
Producer(s)	Ruth Caleb Andrée Molyneux et al.
Cinematography	John McGlashan et al.
Editor(s)	Ken Pearce et al.
Running time	90 minutes (approx.)
Distributor	BBC Worldwide
Release
Picture format	4:3 (576i)
Audio format	Dolby Surround
Original release	10 September 1989 (1989-09-10) – 15 February 1998 (1998-02-15)
Other websites
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Screen One is a British television anthology drama series, produced by BBC Studios and distributed by BBC Worldwide. It was shown on BBC1 between 1991 and 1998. Sixty films were made over six series. Some were shown as stand-alone specials.

The BBC's Play for Today ran from 1970 to 1984. After it ended, Kenneth Trodd was asked to make a new series of one-off television dramas. These became Screen Two. They were shown on BBC2 in 1985. Play for Today had often been a studio-based form of theatre on television. Screen Two was shot entirely on film.

In 1989, the series was adapted for more mainstream audiences on BBC1 as Screen One. It followed the lead taken by Channel 4, whose television films had later been released in Cinemas. Screen One had actors familiar to television and film audiences, including Alfred Molina, Sean Bean, David Thewlis, Ray Winstone, Alan Bates, Judi Dench, James Fox, Keith Allen, Bob Peck, Alun Armstrong, Marina Sirtis, David Jason, Brenda Blethyn, James Bolam, Adrian Edmondson, Alison Steadman, Timothy West, Clive Russell and Janet McTeer. Several actors also made their on-screen debuts during the series, including Keira Knightley in the fifth series episode Royal Celebration.

In 1993, the BBC moved away from single dramas to make series and serials. In 1994, Screen One was a six-episode series. This was the last full-length series of Screen One. Eight one-off specials followed. The last one was shown on 15 February 1998.

Transmissions

Series		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	8 (7 + 1 Special)		10 September 1991 (1991-09-10)	27 December 1991 (1991-12-27)
	2	10 (8 + 2 Specials)		2 September 1993 (1993-09-02)	1 January 1993 (1993-01-01)
	3	10 (8 + 2 Specials)		20 June 1993 (1993-06-20)	1 January 1994 (1994-01-01)
	4	9 (8 + 1 Special)		6 September 1994 (1994-09-06)	31 October 1994 (1994-10-31)
	5	8		5 September 1995 (1995-09-05)	24 October 1996 (1996-10-24)
	6	7 (6 + 1 Special)		6 February 1996 (1996-02-06)	16 October 1996 (1996-10-16)
	7	8 (8 Specials)		20 January 1997 (1997-01-20)	15 February 1998 (1998-02-15)

Series 1 (1991)

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Series 2 (1992—1993)

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Series 3 (1994—1995)

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Series 4 (1995)

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Series 5 (1995-1996)

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Series 6 (1996)

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Specials (1997—1998)

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Other websites

• Screen One at BBC Programmes
• Screen One on IMDb
• Ball Trap on the Cote Sauvage on IMDb
• Skulduggery on IMDb