Births, Marriages and Deaths

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  E1

  Episode 1

  Three friends, inseparable since primary school and now pushing 40, embark on the ultimate stag day. In a drunken stupor, they pay a revenge-fuelled visit to the headmaster who terrorised them many years before : little realising that the past will come back to haunt them.

  1999-02-22 · 50m
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  E2

  Episode 2

  Graham lands the task of clearing stacks of school files out of his old headmaster's house, but little anticipates stumbling across a secret which has been kept from him for 25 years. Meanwhile, an evening out ends in tragedy for Alan.

  1999-03-01 · 50m
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  E3

  Episode 3

  Terry finds consolation with Alex, and Alan vows to help him prevent the boys returning to their natural father. Molly's problems increase when her long-lost adopted son turns up.

  1999-03-08 · 50m
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  E4

  Episode 4

  Josh's intimacy with Becky forces Molly to reluctantly reveal the identity of his father. Meanwhile, Alan, Terry and Graham discover Peter's hanging corpse, leaving them with a dilemma over where to hide the body.

  1999-03-15 · 50m
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Top cast

Ray Winstone

Alan

Mark Strong

Terry

Phil Davis

Graham

Tessa Peake-Jones

Molly

Michelle Fairley

Pat

Maggie O'Neill

Alex

Ronny Quirke

Frank

Emily Corrie

Becky

Aaron Keeling

Billy

Frances Shergold

Laura

Michael Tucek

Colin