BBC2 Play of the Week

In the 1920s, Michael Arlen was one of the most popular and acclaimed writers in the world, but he mysteriously stopped writing altogether. His son tries to work out why.

A once-celebrated writer who has written nothing since the war, lies paralysed and dying as his family gathers at the family home.

A dramatisation of events surrounding the loss of the turret ship HMS Victoria during fleet exercises off Tripoli on 22 June 1893.

A biopic of German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, whose opposition to Adolf Hitler led to his involvement in an assassination plot.

Czechoslovakia, April 1945. A chance meeting between a professor and his former student turns into a violent trial of strength.

A busy day in the kitchen of a great hotel.

Graeme Warrack was Divisional Chief Doctor of the 1st Airborne Division at the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944. With other doctors, medical personnel and padres, he stayed behind with the wounded.

A man seeks the perfect relationship.

Arthur Dodsworth has recently retired. He lives alone except for his budgie and memories of his late wife Winnie. One afternoon his nap is interrupted by the doorbell; his former secretary, Peggy Prothero, has come to visit.

Satire set at the Department of Something or Other, where mistakes in form-filling can bring careers to a sudden end.