As of June 2026, ScreenPlay Season 4 aired in 1989 with 12 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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ScreenPlay Season 4

1989 12 Episodes Drama ⭐ 6/10

ScreenPlay Season 4 has the kind of reputation that outlasts any streaming deal — a 6/10 audience rating from 2 viewers doesn't fade. Availability varies by region and changes regularly, so check the TV Butler options below to find the fastest way to watch in your country.

A classic from before the prestige-TV era, ScreenPlay Season 4 follows a path that stands out in a crowded field. Screenplay was a drama anthology television series, broadcast on BBC between 1986 and 1993. Numerous episodes were produced including one named "Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Islands" starring Robbie Coltrane as English writer Samuel Johnson who in the autumn of 1773, visits the Hebrides off the north-west coast of Scotland. That episode was directed by John Byrne and co-starred John Sessions and Celia Imrie. It aired in 1989.

Drama fans who appreciate slow-burn storytelling and well-observed characters will be completely at home. The kind of television that makes everything else feel thin by comparison.

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🎬 ScreenPlay Season 4 — Episode Guide

E1
Testimony of a Child
1989-07-05
Being accused of child abuse is a nightmare every family dreads. The Taylors are an ordinary happy family, but Paul and Jill are worried about their 11-year-old son Mark, who is not eating. The family GP has diagnosed 'failure to thrive', and Mark is sent to the hospital for a check-up.
E2
A Night on the Tyne
1989-07-12
When four shipbuilders are made redundant they decide that as a protest they will launch the ship they have been working on.
E3
Loving Hazel
1989-07-19
Mike and his ex-wife have an 8-year-old daughter, Hazel. She calls her new mother's boyfriend 'daddy', which Mike goes along with until his access to Hazel is limited.
E4
The Attractions
1989-07-26
When Danny, 'one of Maggie's wandering minstrels', visits a seaside horror museum, he is rather disappointed. 'It's all about victims. Now people are interested in who done it, not who it got done to ...' So begins a process of disintegration which culminates in a new type of exhibit, 'an attraction...
E5
Chinese Whispers
1989-08-02
Kenny's work as a nurse in a psychiatric hospital isn't just a job, it's a vocation. His special group of patients are his friends - his only friends. When a strange young man is introduced to the group, he threatens the love, discipline and respect that have been the very basis of Kenny's authority...
E6
The Act
1989-08-09
Eastern Europe, February 1944: Johann Frink and Otto Hansen, once famous Berlin cabaret artists, are summoned to take part in a special 'entertainment', devised by a mysterious Nazi captain. When they discover where they are to perform, they find themselves with an appalling dilemma.
E7
Scout
1989-08-16
Man United's scout for many generations of young footballers, sending across the water the best Irish talent regardless of background. As six more hopefuls gather at his isolated cottage for a weekend trial, their dreams of following George Best's path from Belfast are shattered by the violent retur...
E8
The Spirit of Man
1989-08-23
In pursuit of faith, God and the Devil, spells are cast, buckets of water thrown and men with black beards dance and sing.
E9
Beyond the Pale
1989-08-30
Milly and her friends have been going on holiday together ever since they've known each other. This summer they return to one of their favourite haunts, a beautiful Irish country hotel. It's a place full of fond memories for all of them, but on this occasion their sense of ease and comfort is destro...
E10
The Hen House
1989-09-06
Lily lives on a remote smallholding in County Donegal. She keeps herself to herself. But a game of hide-and-seek exposes a secret.
E11
Seeing in the Dark
1989-09-13
Tony has begun to panic that life may be passing him by. As his friends forge ahead, he feels stuck in a dead end job and trapped by his relationship with Judith. One day, he starts to be plagued by a series of mysterious phone calls and letters. Tony becomes haunted by a growing premonition of cata...
E12
A Small Mourning
1989-09-20
When Marjorie's husband of 20 years dies of a brain tumour, she's hit financially as well as emotionally. The money she makes packing tights in a factory isn't enough to cover her rent, and her TV is repossessed. Soon after the funeral she meets Arnold, a wealthy pub landlord, who squires her to the...

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