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ScreenPlay Firsts (1987)

ScreenPlay Firsts poster
Country
United Kingdom
Length
1 season, 1 episode
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This BBC series is a collection of short films and plays. They are all made by first-time directors, mostly from British film schools. Each episode is about 30 minutes long.

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What happens

ScreenPlay Firsts is a BBC Two anthology TV series consisting of short films and plays made by first time directors, who are predominantly British. The filmmakers are mainly graduates of film schools in UK and abroad, who have never had one of their productions broadcast on TV before. Each film is approximately 30 minutes in length. The first film was broadcast on the 17 August 1987. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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