A married barrister's life begins to unravel when it seems that his high-strung mistress may reveal all.

An author tells an old school chum that he is about to publish a novel revealing their old relationship.

Moss is a miser whose only love is his grandson. Then tragedy strikes, and Moss is "reborn."

An American woman corresponds with a London bookshop owner over a period of 20 years

Terry has begun to neglect his wife for a life of drinking, weight lifting, pigeon racing and other women. But when his best friend Albert returns from the navy and begins to pay Terry's wife some attention, what will be the outcome?

"You expect to face a bit of danger when you travel. Half the fun of it. But you keep cool and bluff your way out. After all, we're all British aren't we?"

A boy enjoys success in the choir until his voice breaks at puberty.

A woman goes into hospital to receive treatment for breast cancer.

A group of Asians plans to sneak into England using a fishing boat

Rumpole defends a young West Indian boy accused of attempted murder.

An aggressive lesbian disrupts the lives of those around her.

Smug married couple Keith and Candice Marie “keen exponents of their belief in organic health food, exercise and the environment” are on a camping holiday, where they find that it is not always easy to be tolerant of others when they don't share the same enthusiasms.

A long-distance lorry driver; a spaceman; a volunteer under reduced environmental conditions; a man in solitary confinement: the discomfort of these people is shared by Doran - when he can't put his finger on the panic button.

John Barrett returns to his remote hill farm after 20 years to deal with some unfinished business, and finds himself once again in conflict with the locals.

A woman encounters trouble when she arrives home late at night, but her neighbors on a nearby estate claim to have seen and heard nothing.

The fish quay is a happy hunting ground for an ambitious young rogue like Bob, who has an eye on the boss's business - and all that goes with it.

An end-of-term play with a difference as Ozzie and the boys break into a hard rock number. But even though they make the big time, success has its darker side.

A play based on three short stories about the Scottish people and their relationship with the land: ""Clay"" concerns a farmer's obsession with his fields to the exclusion of his dying wife; ""Smeddum"" is about an indomitable woman and her large family; and ""Greenden"" tells the story of an unhappy woman from the city living with her indifferent husband in the country.

Why has Sonia taken to writing letters to her husband, posted to him in the letter-box just outside their house - love letters, on blue paper, recalling with increasing vividness the early days of their courtship and marriage?

A story depicting life in a shipyard

A divorced woman is introduced to a separated man at an awkward dinner party.

One pill, and you're floating on air. A different one, and you're full of lead. Married, mortgaged, broke, a love-affair gone sour - which drug can help Alec?

A story about a father's attempts at single parenthood

A playwright spends an afternoon in a hotel room with an actress who takes on the role of call girl for research purposes.

The eldest daughter of a domineering, overprotective mother becomes engaged to an unprincipled young man who has money.