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Brief Encounters

  • 2006
  • Ended
  • ~30m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 7.0/10

A series of ten short dramas from BBC Daytime - stars include Ralf Little, Keith Barron, Frances Barber and Imogen Stubbs.

Latest: Season 1 · 2006

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  1. E1. Cake

    May 8, 2006 · 30m

    Julie is a single mother and a checkout girl with a flash but completely undedicated boyfriend. She's fast approaching her 30th birthday when she finds a tape of her 16-year-old self, dreaming up great plans for love and life. Julie feels like her life has somehow drifted away, so what will it take to put her back on track?

  2. E2. All in a Day's Work

    May 9, 2006 · 30m

    Steve is highly strung and heavily sarcastic. His chirpy colleague, Dorothy, has been trying to help him get over a girlfriend who left him six months ago but he's still miserable. When he loses his job, Steve's bitterness becomes unbearable. To make matters worse, Dorothy insists on taking Steve shopping to find a new love.

  3. E3. Life's Like That

    May 10, 2006 · 30m

    When gentle spinster Edith Knight comes into some money, her avaricious relatives are round like a shot trying to get their hands on the loot. But Edith isn't quite as innocent as she appears.

  4. E4. Lost and Found

    May 11, 2006 · 30m

  5. E5. Hot or Not

    May 12, 2006 · 30m

  6. E6. Semi-Detached

    May 15, 2006 · 30m

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