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The Afternoon Play is a British television anthology series, which consists of standalone contemporary dramas first shown during the daytime on BBC One. The first episode, entitled "Turkish Delight", aired on 27 January 2003. Since, a total of twenty-five episodes have been broadcast across five series. The last episode was broadcast on 26 January 2007. The series was nominated for a BAFTA award in 2005 for Best New Director for an episode directed by the actress Sarah Lancashire. As of 2009, the series has been replaced in the schedules by fellow anthology series Moving On, which follows a very similar format.
Original Release
01/27/2003 on BBC
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rob Swinton | Alan / Concierge |
Robert Stone | Heavyweight Boxing Champion / Loan Shark |
Daniela Denby-Ashe | Kate |
Tracie Bennett | Yvonne |
Jeremy Sheffield | Tom Rourke |
Denise Welch | Carol Haye |
Ray Burdis | Arnie Griffin |
Robson Green | Oliver Barrett |
Kaye Wragg | Julie Singleton |
Paula Wilcox | Kathy Hughes |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Johnny Shakespeare | Monday, 22 January 2007 |
2 | Death Becomes Him | Tuesday, 23 January 2007 |
3 | Come Fly with Me | Wednesday, 24 January 2007 |
4 | Pieces of a Silver Lining | Thursday, 25 January 2007 |
5 | The Real Deal | Friday, 26 January 2007 |
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Directors
John Greening, Miklós Ómolnár, Ian Barnes, Neil Adams, Terry Iland, Steve M Kelly, Ian Barber, Dominic Keavey, Adrian Bean, Ray Kilby, Pip Broughton, Nick Jones, Alice Taberyová, Nigel Havers, Sarah Lancashire, Christopher Timothy, Jim Cartwright
Writers
Miklós Ómolnár, Martin Sadofski, Paul Smith, Damian Fitzsimmons, Ed McCardie, Pete Lawson, Jane English, Martin Jameson, Susan Wilkins, James Payne, Johanna Baldwin, Shan Khan, Rowan Joffe, Jeff Povey, Alan Plater, Harwant Bains, Al Ashton, Jim Cartwright, Lesley Clare O'Neill
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rob Swinton | Alan / Concierge |
Robert Stone | Heavyweight Boxing Champion / Loan Shark |
Daniela Denby-Ashe | Kate |
Tracie Bennett | Yvonne |
Jeremy Sheffield | Tom Rourke |
Denise Welch | Carol Haye |
Ray Burdis | Arnie Griffin |
Robson Green | Oliver Barrett |
Kaye Wragg | Julie Singleton |
Paula Wilcox | Kathy Hughes |
Michael French | Hardy Rose |
Samantha Womack | Emma Priestley |
Hugh Quarshie | Adam Clay |
Reece Dinsdale | George Lapwood |
James Bolam | Billy |
Roy Dotrice | Charlie |
Claire Cox | Jessica |
Georgia Taylor | Molly Connolly |
James Lance | Tom Hunter |
Brian Capron | Gerry Sullivan |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Will Trotter | Executive Producer |
Serena Cullen | Executive Producer |
Mal Young | Executive Producer |
Sam Hill | Producer |
Ben Bickerton | Producer |
Carson Black | Producer |
Will Trotter | Producer |
Fiona Cockburn | Producer |
Peter Eryl Lloyd | Producer |
Sam Hill | Producer |
Carol Harding | Producer |
Editors
Neil Roberts, Keith Brown, Stephen Killick, Mike Mulliner, Ian Collins