SCREEN TWO (1985-1998): BBC TV-MOVIE ANTHOLOGY SERIES

Screen Two was a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1985 to 1998 (not to be confused with a run of films shown on BBC2 under the billing Screen 2 between April 1977 and March 1978).

Following the demise of the BBC’s Play for Today, which ran from 1970 to 1984, producer Kenith Trodd was asked to formulate a new series of one-off television dramas. However, while Play For Today’s style had been a largely studio-based form of theater on television, the new series was shot entirely on film. This was an attempt by the BBC to repeat the success of Channel 4’s...