Scene (British TV series)
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Scene is a British television anthology drama/documentary series. It was made by the BBC for teenagers. It had plays on current issues and some documentaries. The plays were by leading contemporary playwrights. Playwrights included Willy Russell, Fay Weldon, Tom Stoppard, Alan Plater, Al Hunter Ashton. They were first broadcast to a school audience as part of BBC Schools. Dramas from the series were also broadcast for a wider adult audience. The series ran from 1968 to 2002. Some of the dramas received awards.
Scene was a series of 30 minute dramas and documentaries suitable for showing to teenage schoolchildren as part of the English and Humanities curriculum. It was thought that the dramas shown would stimulate discussion in the classroom about contemporary issues relevant to teenagers. This included topics such as race, drugs, sex, and disability. Critical reaction was positive with praise for the high production standards.[1][2] Some of the actors featured in Scene became successful. for example: Jemima Rooper (Junk, 1999), Sarah Jane Potts, Jack Deam, Lucy Davis (Alison, 1996), Adrian Lester (Teaching Matthew, 1993), Sean Maguire (A Man of Letters, 1994), Peter Howitt (Stone Cold).