Gates of Gold

March 8, 1983

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In 1959 County Antrim, two traveling evangelists help a mentally retarded teenager

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Play for Today: Season 13 - 18 Episode s

13x1 - Soft Targets
October 19, 1982
A story about a homesick Russian journalist in London at the end of the cold war
13x2 - Three Minute Heroes
October 26, 1982
Out on the streets, young people looking for fun. They come together at nights to listen to their music. For as long as the song lasts, they're heroes. Three minute heroes.
13x3 - The Remainder Man
November 2, 1982
Jack's obsession with the possibility of nuclear war sees him usher his family down into his home made fall out shelter after a nuclear strike hits the country. Will their time in confinement draw them together or push them apart?
13x4 - Intensive Care
November 9, 1982
A man holds a lonely vigil at the bedside of his dying father.
13x5 - A Mother Like Him
November 16, 1982
A family of five orphaned children are going to be split up into different homes. What will happen if the eldest is officially made their foster parent?
13x6 - John David
November 23, 1982
After giving birth to a Down's Syndrome baby, Judith decides she doesn't want to keep him. Obliged to register the birth she arbitrarily chooses John David as the name. A few months later she learns the baby has died.
13x7 - Aliens
November 30, 1982
In June 1940 Italy entered the war. With Britain threatened by a German invasion thousands of Italians were seized and thrown into security camps, with other friendly aliens - and Nazis.
13x8 - Another Flip for Dominick
December 14, 1982
Two years after his journey to the past, Dominick Hide has been promoted to instructor and is no longer a time traveller. Then one of his pupils, Pyrus Bonnington, goes missing during a visit to 1982 London. Hide must track him down and prevent Pyrus damaging the past, but will the temptation to re-visit his own history be too strong to resist?
13x9 - Last Love
March 1, 1983
Annabel, an upper-middle-class widow, falls in love with Jack, a self-made man of humble origins. Her grown-up children do not approve.
13x10 - Gates of Gold
March 8, 1983
In 1959 County Antrim, two traveling evangelists help a mentally retarded teenager
13x11 - Wayne and Albert
March 15, 1983
Wayne goes to live with his grandfather Albert. Initial generation gap hostilities between them are eventually overcome as a mutual respect develops through a their shared love of carpentry and snooker.
13x12 - Atlantis
March 22, 1983
Goff and Lytton have a dream - a canal boat of their own on which to cruise the inland waterways: The reality is the boatyard of Josh Adkins and a rusting hulk called Atlantis.
13x13 - The Last Term
April 5, 1983
Devon 1940. The boys of the local public school are alerted after a German parachute drop and as members of the Local Defence Volunteers they prepare to put their youthful enthusiasm for war into practice.
13x14 - Reluctant Chickens
April 12, 1983
Malcolm is a GP wrestling with ideas of retirement, while his wife Jo is a frustrated, would-be novelist. Together they dream of a more contented life, but are hampered by the arrested development of their children who won't leave home.
13x15 - Shall I Be Mother?
April 19, 1983
Susan and Jenny are aged 13 and 14 and in care. Jenny's mother has died, Susan hasn't seen hers for years Both influence the close, stormy relationship that develops between the two girls.
13x16 - The Falklands Factor
April 26, 1983
The 18th century writer Samuel Johnson writes a political pamphlet protesting the British going to war with Spain after the 1790 invasion of the Falkland Islands.
13x17 - A Matter of Choice for Billy
May 10, 1983
When his father leaves Belfast to seek work in England, a young man looks after his sister
13x18 - Floating Off
August 24, 1983
A businessman tries to keep his son from finding out about an unconventional deal he and his secretary are making with a merchant bank.

Gates of Gold

Play for Today - S13 - E10

Play for Today: Season 13 - 18 Episode s

13x1 - Soft Targets

13x2 - Three Minute Heroes

13x3 - The Remainder Man

13x4 - Intensive Care

13x5 - A Mother Like Him

13x6 - John David

13x7 - Aliens

13x8 - Another Flip for Dominick

13x9 - Last Love

13x10 - Gates of Gold

13x11 - Wayne and Albert

13x12 - Atlantis

13x13 - The Last Term

13x14 - Reluctant Chickens

13x15 - Shall I Be Mother?

13x16 - The Falklands Factor

13x17 - A Matter of Choice for Billy

13x18 - Floating Off

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