The Afternoon Play

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.

Transmissions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	27 January 2003	31 January 2003	5
2	26 January 2004	30 January 2004	5
3	24 January 2005	28 January 2005	5
4	16 January 2006	20 January 2006	5
5	22 January 2007	26 January 2007	5

Episodes

Series 1 (2003)

Episode	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate

Series 2 (2004)

Episode	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate

Series 3 (2005)

Episode	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate

Series 4 (2006)

Episode	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate

Series 5 (2007)

Episode	Title	Director	Writer	Original airdate

See also

• Armchair Theatre
• Theatre 625
• The Wednesday Play
• ITV Playhouse
• Play for Today
• Screen One

External links

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