Play for Today

Season 14 Episode 5: Desert of Lies

14 Seasons Mar 06, 1984 NR 1h 15m 6.2

Jake and Sue's expedition to the Kalahari Desert in 1983 follows in the footsteps of an earlier trek in 1848 by two missionaries. The two pairs of travellers, in the past and the present, meet with disaster.

Season 14 Episodes:

Episode 1 Young Shoulders

1. Young Shoulders

Aired: Oct 25, 1983

A cynical teenage boy re-evaluates his attitude to life and his parents after...

Episode 3 Z for Zachariah

3. Z for Zachariah

Aired: Feb 21, 1984

Based on a book of the same name, depicting events in a Welsh valley after a ...

Episode 4 Moving on the Edge

4. Moving on the Edge

Aired: Feb 28, 1984

A woman in a state of personal crisis finds it hard to communicate with her h...

Episode 5 Desert of Lies

5. Desert of Lies

Aired: Mar 6, 1984

Jake and Sue's expedition to the Kalahari Desert in 1983 follows in the foots...

Episode 6 Hard Feelings

6. Hard Feelings

Aired: Mar 13, 1984

A group of house-sharing ex-college friends begin to find their existence dis...

Episode 7 Under the Hammer

7. Under the Hammer

Aired: Mar 20, 1984

A previously unknown painting by Vincent Van Gogh, said to have come from Rus...

Episode 8 King

8. King

Aired: Mar 27, 1984

A man who has had a good life in England wants to retire to Jamaica, but the ...

Episode 9 Rainy Day Women

9. Rainy Day Women

Aired: Apr 3, 1984

In 1940, during World War II, an officer is sent to investigate rumors of Ger...

Episode 10 Dog Ends

10. Dog Ends

Aired: Apr 10, 1984

Arthur's life is becoming miserable as he has to share his family home with a...

Episode 12 The Cry

12. The Cry

Aired: Jul 24, 1984

In Ulster in 1959, a journalist witnesses the beating of a youth.

Episode 14 Only Children

14. Only Children

Aired: Aug 14, 1984

A young woman's comfortable life is turned upside down when she has a baby.

Info about Play for Today

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC One

Genres: Comedy, Drama