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Screen Two: Series 2

13 episodes Premiered Jan 12, 1986 Updated Sep 26, 2026
Previously on Screen Two

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Screen Two Season 1.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (10): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S2·E1 Mytharc

The McGuffin

Jan 12, 1986 · 90 min

From his window, film critic Paul Hatcher watches neighbour Mrs. Forbes-Duthie and her transvestite grandson, Gavin. He sees two men attacking them and Gavin falling to his death.

S2·E2 Core

The Silent Twins

Jan 19, 1986 · 90 min

Twins June and Jennifer Gibbons speak only to each other in a language of their own creation. As young teens, they commit a violent crime. After 14 years in Broadmoor Psychiatric I

S2·E3 Core

Time After Time

Jan 26, 1986 · 90 min

The aging Swift family of one brother, Jasper, and three sisters, April, May and June, are forced to live together in the run-down family mansion and they all get on each others ne

S2·E4 Core

Frankie and Johnnie

Feb 2, 1986 · 90 min

When two teenagers commit suicide the police and the press assume the motive to be some kind of love pact. However, Allan Blakeston, a local reporter, has too many unanswered quest

S2·E5 Core

Honest, Decent and True

Feb 9, 1986 · 90 min

The launch of Chaser lager could be big for KFS if Alun shows some commitment; if Mike's lifestyle doesn't catch up with him; if the rest of the team concern themselves more with t

S2·E6 Core

Song of Experience

Feb 16, 1986 · 90 min

As the Lady Chatterley court case puts its seal on the 1950s, three boys set out for a day's train-spotting. They see more than just trains, though, on a day when innocence and ill

S2·E7 Core

Insurance Man

Feb 23, 1986 · 90 min

Franz, a young man, works in a dye factory in Prague. One day he notices a skin-rash, like eczema, growing on his hands. All attempts to treat it with ointment fail, and the rash g

S2·E8 Core

Hotel du Lac

Mar 2, 1986 · 90 min

An authoress, whose career is more successful than her private life, arrives at a Swiss hotel and finds her life changing in unexpected ways.

S2·E9 Core

The Russian Soldier

Mar 9, 1986 · 90 min

What is it that Edgar Garrett sees, or thinks he sees, on his farm one morning in the mists of early spring? Whatever it is, one thing is certain. Life will never be the same again

S2·E10 Core

Blood Hunt

Mar 16, 1986 · 90 min

The Highlands of Scotland. A fight outside the village hall. Robert Menzies lies dead and Allan Innes flees to the hills, pursued by Robert's brother. An old friend, Sandy Ross, tr

S2·E11 Core

Shergar

Mar 23, 1986 · 90 min

Malachy: "Who do you kidnap? You can't touch children, women, no sons of Irish mothers. What's left?" When Frankie is released from Portlaoise Prison, his old comrades are expectin

S2·E12 Mytharc

Hard Travelling

Mar 30, 1986 · 90 min

Jessica's promising debut as a young artist is shattered by a sudden violent death. She escapes into a restless succession of journeys. Encounters on the way bring humour, some com

S2·E13 Mytharc

Double Image

Apr 6, 1986 · 90 min

This film tells the true-life story of Yuri Nosenko, a top Soviet KGB agent who defected to the West at the height of the Cold War in 1962.

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