Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Table Number Seven | 20220731 | Separate Tables is a vital portrait of postwar Britain in flux. Here, in a small, shabby hotel in Bournemouth, a brutal clash of generations is playing out. Beneath a veneer of respectability lies a modern world of desire, deception and violence. Separate Tables comprises two linked one-act plays: Table By The Window and Table Number Seven. In this play, Table Number Seven, a newspaper reveals Major Pollock's long-held secret. Will the other residents cast him out for good? Major Pollock - Adrian Scarborough Sibyl Railton-Bell - Chloe Pirrie Mrs Railton-Bell - Susan Brown Miss Cooper - Nathalie Armin Lady Matheson - Ruth Everett Mabel - Alexandra Hannant Charles - Matthew Durkan Jean - Marilyn Nnadebe Miss Meacham - Rebecca Crankshaw Mr Fowler - Neil McCaul Written by Terence Rattigan Directed by Anne Isger Sound by Keith Graham, Mike Etherden, Ali Craig, Anne Bunting Production Co-ordination by Gaelan Connolly and Clare Ewing A note on the play: This drama uses the alternative version' of Rattigan's text, which was only discovered after Rattigan's death, and never performed during his lifetime. In this version, the Major's crime' is one of homosexuality, whereas in the originally performed version, the Major was accused of assaulting women. It's generally accepted that the avoidance of reference to homosexuality was as a result of censorship of theatres imposed by the Lord Chamberlain at the time. Rattigan himself said I had in fact appealed over the head of the Lord Chamberlain to the sensibilities and particular awareness of an English audience. I was in fact saying to them `Look, Ladies and Gentlemen, the Lord Chamberlain has forced me into an evasion, but you and I will foil him. Everybody in the play is going to behave as if there were no evasion at all and as if the more important and serious theme were still the issue.` Rattigan's vital portrait of postwar Britain stars Adrian Scarborough and Chloe Pirrie. |
| Table, By The Window | 20220724 | Separate Tables is a vital portrait of post-war Britain in flux. Here, in a small, shabby hotel in Bournemouth, a brutal clash of generations is playing out. Beneath a veneer of respectability lies a modern world of desire, deception and violence. Separate Tables comprises two linked one-act plays: Table By The Window and Table Number Seven. In this play, Table By The Window, Anne arrives from London, and she and her ex-husband John must confront their painful past. CAST John Malcolm - Shaun Dooley Anne Shankland - Naomi Frederick Miss Cooper - Nathalie Armin Mrs Railton-Bell - Susan Brown Lady Matheson - Ruth Everett Mabel - Alexandra Hannant Charles - Matthew Durkan Jean - Marilyn Nnadebe Miss Meacham - Rebecca Crankshaw Mr Fowler - Neil McCaul Written by Terence Rattigan Directed by Anne Isger Sound by Keith Graham, Mike Etherden, Ali Craig, Anne Bunting Production Co-ordination by Gaelan Connolly and Clare Ewing Rattigan's vital portrait of post-war Britain stars Shaun Dooley and Naomi Frederick |