| Se | Ep | Title | Author | Producer/
Director | Performers | UK
Transmission
date |
| 1 | 1 | ' | Oscar Wilde | Louis Marks ;
Tony Smith | Helena Little,
Tim Woodward,
Stephanie Turner,
Kenneth Cranham,
James Saxon,
Geoff Morrell | 15 September 1985 |
| 1 | 2 | ' | August Strindberg | Louis Marks ;
Kenneth Ives | Colin Blakely,
Dorothy Tutin,
Irene Handl,
Edward Fox,
Robert Lang | 22 September 1985 |
| 1 | 3 | ' | Alan Ayckbourn | Shaun Sutton ;
Michael Simpson | Tom Courtenay,
Julia McKenzie,
Dinsdale Landen,
Hywel Bennett,
Maureen Lipman | 29 September 1985 |
| 1 | 4 | ' | Robert Ardrey | Louis Marks ;
Mike Vardy | Charles Dance,
Anna Massey,
Paul Copley,
Kathleen Byron,
David de Keyser,
Garrick Hagon,
Graham Crowden,
Burnell Tucker | 6 October 1985 |
| 1 | 5 | ' | J. M. Synge
;
Mustapha Matura | Alan Shallcross ;
Nicolas Kent | Joan Ann Maynard,
Rudolph Walker,
Jim Findley,
Ram John Holder,
Stefan Kalipha,
Frank Singuineau | 13 October 1985 |
| 1 | 6 | ' | Arthur Wing Pinero | Louis Marks & Cedric Messina ;
Tom Kingdom | Michael Hordern,
Nicholas Jones,
Avril Angers,
Samantha Bond,
Patricia Brake,
Philip Locke,
Vivian Pickles,
Linda Polan,
Arthur Cox | 20 October 1985 |
| 1 | 7 | ' | Mikhail Bulgakov ;
Dusty Hughes | Cedric Messina ;
Bill Alexander | Antony Sher,
David Bradley,
Penelope Beaumont,
Sylvia Coleridge,
David Troughton,
Christopher Bowen | 27 October 1985 |
| 1 | 8 | ' | Molière
Christopher Hampton | Cedric Messina ;
Bill Alexander | Antony Sher,
Nigel Hawthorne,
Alison Steadman,
Sylvia Coleridge,
David Bradley,
Ian Talbot,
Stephanie Fayerman | 3 November 1985 |
| 2 | 1 | ' | George Bernard Shaw | Shaun Sutton ;
David Jones | Mike Gwilym,
Ian Richardson,
Elizabeth Spriggs,
Patrick Stewart,
Patrick Newell,
John Cater,
Patrick Godfrey,
Larry Lamb,
Benjamin Whitrow | 17 May 1987 |
| 2 | 2 | ' | Joe Orton | Shaun Sutton ;
Barry Davis | Dinsdale Landen,
Tessa Peake-Jones,
Timothy West,
Prunella Scales | 24 May 1987 |
| 2 | 3 | ' | August Strindberg | Shaun Sutton ;
Michael Simpson | Janet McTeer,
Patrick Malahide | 31 May 1987 |
| 2 | 4 | ' | Michael Frayn | Shaun Sutton ;
Michael Darlow | Robert Hardy,
Judi Dench,
David Graham,
Martin Jarvis,
Wolf Kahler,
Arnold Lee | 7 June 1987 |
| 2 | 5 | ' | Henrik Ibsen | Louis Marks ;
Elijah Moshinsky | Judi Dench,
Kenneth Branagh,
Michael Gambon,
Freddie Jones,
Natasha Richardson | 14 June 1987 |
| 2 | 6 | ' | Harold Pinter | Rosemary Hill ;
Kenneth Ives | Joan Plowright,
Harold Pinter,
Kenneth Cranham,
Colin Blakely,
Julie Walters,
Robert Lang | 21 June 1987 |
| 3 | 1 | ' | Molière | Shaun Sutton ;
Michael Simpson | Nigel Hawthorne,
Jim Broadbent,
Kate Buffery,
Janet Suzman,
Christopher Benjamin,
Ron Cook,
John Gill,
Simon Sutton,
Cyril Shaps | 1 April 1988 |
| 3 | 2 | ' | Henrik Ibsen | Shaun Sutton ;
Michael Darlow | Leo McKern,
Jane Lapotaire,
Sebastian Shaw,
Miranda Richardson,
Simon Rouse | 15 May 1988 |
| 3 | 3 | ' | Oscar Wilde | Shaun Sutton ;
Stuart Burge | Paul McGann,
Rupert Frazer,
Amanda Redman,
Natalie Ogle,
Gemma Jones,
Alec McCowen,
Joan Plowright,
John Woodnutt,
Peter Copley | 29 May 1988 |
| 3 | 4 | ' | Richard Brinsley Sheridan | Shaun Sutton ;
Elijah Moshinsky | Donald Sinden,
Sheila Hancock,
Michael Maloney;
Patrick Ryecart,
Amanda Redman,
Ronald Pickup,
Suzanne Burden | 5 June 1988 |
| 3 | 5 | ' | John Galsworthy | Shaun Sutton ;
Michael Darlow | Peter Vaughan,
Timothy West,
Kate Buffery,
Anna Calder-Marshall,
Tenniel Evans,
Andrew Burt,
Trevor Cooper
Bernard Archard,
John Nettleton,
John Woodnutt,
Patsy Smart | 12 June 1988 |
| 4 | 1 | ' | George Bernard Shaw | Shaun Sutton ;
James Cellan Jones | Helena Bonham Carter,
Kika Markham,
Pip Torrens,
Dinsdale Landen,
Patsy Kensit,
Nicolas Chagrin | 16 April 1989 |
| 4 | 2 | ' | David Storey | Shaun Sutton ;
Barry Davis | Timothy West,
Kenneth Cranham,
Jimmy Jewel,
Roger Lloyd-Pack,
Gawn Grainger | 23 April 1989 |
| 4 | 3 | ' | Terence Rattigan | Shaun Sutton ;
Michael Darlow | Rosemary Leach,
Gordon Jackson,
Gwen Watford,
Emma Thompson,
Ian Richardson,
David Troughton | 30 April 1989 |
| 4 | 4 | ' | David Hare | Tim Ironside-Wood ;
Colin Ludlowe ;
Paul Marcus ;
Moira Armstrong | Tim Roth,
Emma Thompson,
Bernard Hepton,
Peter Hawkins,
James Appleby,
John Joyce | 7 May 1989 |
| 4 | 5 | ' | Franz Kafka ;
Steven Berkoff | Martyn Auty ;
Jim Goddard | Tim Roth,
Steven Berkoff,
Linda Marlowe,
Saskia Reeves,
Gary Olsen | 21 May 1989 |
| 4 | 6 | ' | Michael Frayn | No producer credited;
Barry Davis | Barbara Flynn,
Michael Kitchen,
Alan Rickman,
Harriet Walter,
Howard Cooke | 28 May 1989 |
| 5 | 1 | ' | William Shakespeare | Greg Smith ;
Trevor Nunn | Willard White,
Ian McKellen,
Imogen Stubbs,
Zoë Wanamaker,
Sean Baker,
Michael Grandage,
Clive Swift | 23 June 1990 |
| 5 | 2 | ' | Edward Bond | Tim Ironside-Wood ;
Don Taylor | David Suchet,
Kenneth Haigh,
Peter Jeffrey,
Brenda Bruce | 30 June 1990 |
| 5 | 3 | ' | Stewart Parker ;
Lesley Bruce | No producer credited;
Nicholas Kent | Dearbhla Molloy,
Adrian Dunbar,
Barbara Adair,
Michelle Fairley,
Sam Dale | 14 July 1990 |
| 5 | 4 | | Euripides | Louis Marks ;
Don Taylor | Roy Marsden,
Fiona Shaw,
Imogen Boorman,
Eric Allan,
Tim Woodward,
Jason Durr,
Tessa Peake-Jones | 21 July 1990 |