The Best Episodes of Performance Season 5

#1 Fan Favorite
7.9/10(36 votes)
#1 - Shadow of a Gunman
S5:E110/7/1995
In 1920 as the Irish War of Independence rages, two young men, Donald Davoren and Seamus Shields, share a flat in Dublin. First installment in Sean O'Casey's Dublin Trilogy.
Director:Nye Heron
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Nye Heron
Writer:Unknown
7.3/10(31 votes)
#2 - Henry IV
S5:E510/28/1995
Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur'). Henry's son Hal, the Prince of Wales, has thrown over life at court in favour of heavy drinking and petty theft in the company of a debauched elderly knight, Sir John Falstaff. Hal must extricate himself from some legal problems, regain his father's good opinions and help suppress the uprising.
Director:John Caird
Writer:Unknown
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Director:John Caird
Writer:Unknown
6.9/10(65 votes)
#3 - After Miss Julie
S5:E611/4/1995
An updated version of Strindberg's play examining class and social differences. Julie, the daughter of an MP, seduces her father's chauffeur, despite his being engaged to the maid.
Director:Patrick Marber
Writer:August Strindberg
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Director:Patrick Marber
Writer:August Strindberg
6.8/10(106 votes)
#4 - The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd
S5:E210/14/1995
Mrs Holroyd is married to a loutish miner. When a gentlemanly neighbour makes romantic advances to her, she wishes her husband dead. Sooner than she hoped, her wish comes true.
Director:Katie Mitchell
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Katie Mitchell
Writer:Unknown
5.8/10(8 votes)
#5 - Landscape
S5:E310/21/1995
Beth sits in an armchair to the left of the table, and Duff in a chair at the opposite end. Duff refers normally to Beth but does not appear to hear her voice. Beth never looks at Duff and does not appear to hear his voice.
Director:Harold Pinter
Writer:Harold Pinter
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Director:Harold Pinter
Writer:Harold Pinter
5.2/10(9 votes)
#6 - Bed
S5:E410/21/1995
Surreal drama about seven old people living in the same bed.
Director:Steve Shill
Writer:Jim Cartwright
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Director:Steve Shill
Writer:Jim Cartwright