PLAY FOR TODAY S2 - Fri 9pm ch 5 - TV PACE NO SPOILERS

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Play for today is back for s2 after the success of s1

Single stand alone stories so no need to have watched s1 unless you fancy it

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Based on original run on the BBC from 1970 to 1984 on separate weekly plots

With so great names including the lovely Daniel Mays , Joel Fry and Amit Shah in e 1

It started off a bit boring but when revealed related it got better

I kinda guessed it woke be ok via some animal being found

E3 tonight

A KEBAB shop worker begins a passionate affair with a woman trapped in a engagement as she encouraging to pursue his dreams he challenges her to confront the life she settled for

I'd forgotten about this. I gave up on S1 after a couple of eps. From what's been said, sounds like it's best to start with ep #2!

Liked ep #2! Will dip in to the next one later.

So behind with stuff. Will try and watch 3 tonight

Ah 3 was good. I liked it

4 tonight

gripping intimate drama set over a course of relentless night shift in an NHS hospital with Archie Panjebi as an overworked nurse and Paul Kaye as a combative patient

Just watched this, was very realistic ( I was a nurse on nights on a surgical ward for years).

I missed the first 2 episodes.
Ep 3 - Laila and the guy had some sort of spark. Ah.. I was hoping they'd get their happy ending, but poor girl she was left shocked and upset by the end. And he couldn't fulfil his dream...

Ep4 - This episode has a bit of everything, the good, the bad and some sad moments.

Hi. Did you find working night shifts challenging?

@AutumnMuse yes because of staffing really. 32 bedded ward staffed by 2 RNs and 1 HCA. Shift was 9pm -7.30 am although we never got off in time. We had 1 hour unpaid break which you could never take because who would look after your 16 patients?
Used to do 7 nights on, 7 nights off.
In my 40 odd years of nursing this was my hardest role.

@Ohthedaffodils Thank you for sharing that. Sounds exhausting and you must have worked incredibly hard.