Playhouse (1974)
BBC2 Playhouse is a one hour UK anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas created by Sara Pia Anderson and produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Among its many notable guest stars were Helen Mirren, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Liam Neeson, Paul Scofield, Deborah Kerr, Ben Kingsley, Donald Pleasence, Brenda Blethyn, and Peggy Ashcroft. It premiered in the UK on March 13, 1974 and ran through May 20, 1983.
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Episode 1 - Mrs. Reinhardt
Release Date: 1981-10-30An Englishwoman seeking to escape her marriage arrives at French hotel.
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Episode 2 - Last Summer's Child
Release Date: 1981-11-06A boy feels restless during a hot summer in prewar Cornwall.
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Episode 3 - Autumn Sunshine
Release Date: 1981-11-13 -
Episode 4 - The Grudge Fight
Release Date: 1981-11-27 -
Episode 5 - Virginia Fly Is Drowning
Release Date: 1981-12-04 -
Episode 6 - Findings on a Late Afternoon
Release Date: 1981-12-11 -
Episode 7 - Dancing Country
Release Date: 1981-12-18 -
Episode 8 - The Combination
Release Date: 1982-01-08 -
Episode 9 - A Silly Little Habit
Release Date: 1982-01-15A woman with an apparently happy and privileged life begins shoplifting.
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Episode 10 - Aubrey
Release Date: 1982-01-22A play about the brilliant, shocking Victorian artist Aubrey Beardsley, who died in his twenties.
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Episode 11 - Preview
Release Date: 1982-01-29 -
Episode 12 - Out of Step
Release Date: 1982-02-05A keen ballroom dancer begins to drink heavily when she discovers she's infertile.
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Episode 13 - A Shilling Life
Release Date: 1982-02-12A once-famous writer, now long out of fashion, is interviewed by a disconcerting young woman.
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Episode 14 - The Workshop
Release Date: 1982-02-19 -
Episode 15 - How Many Miles to Babylon?
Release Date: 1982-02-26Wealthy Alexander Moore and working-class Jerry Crowe are childhood friends and in 1914 find themselves in the same Army unit - Alex as an officer and Jerry as a private. They still remain close, however, until Jerry is court-martialed for desertion, and Alex is put in charge of the firing squad.
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Episode 16 - The Pigman's Protege
Release Date: 1982-03-05 -
Episode 17 - A Pocketful of Dreams
Release Date: 1982-03-12 -
Episode 18 - Keeping in Touch
Release Date: 1982-03-19 -
Episode 19 - The Guest
Release Date: 1982-03-26 -
Episode 20 - The Sidmouth Letters
Release Date: 1982-04-02Shorty, an academic scavenger, believes he has tracked down some letters revealing an unexpected side to Miss Jane Austen's nature.
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Episode 21 - The Queen of Annagh
Release Date: 1982-04-16 -
Episode 22 - By George
Release Date: 1982-04-23 -
Episode 23 - Lunch
Release Date: 1982-04-30Two women meet for lunch every two weeks to swap news. But this week is different.
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Episode 24 - Passing Through
Release Date: 1982-05-07 -
Episode 25 - Jake's End
Release Date: 1982-05-14 -
Episode 26 - Housewarming
Release Date: 1982-05-21 -
Episode 27 - Easy Money
Release Date: 1982-05-28At a concert, Marcia picked Terry out of the crowd. So he no longer feels alone. Until he learns about her secret life and dare not tell his friends.
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Episode 28 - Potatohead Blues
Release Date: 1982-06-04 -
Episode 29 - Irwin Shaw Triple Bill: The Man who Married a French Wife/The Monument/The Girls
Release Date: 1982-06-11 -
Episode 30 - Chains
Release Date: 1982-06-18 -
Episode 31 - Come Into the Garden, Maud
Release Date: 1982-07-07A henpecked American visiting Europe is able to throw off his ghastly wife and find love.
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Episode 32 - A Song at Twilight
Release Date: 1982-07-09A famous writer finds that a long-suppressed secret is about to be revealed by his former mistress.
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Episode 33 - Fraulein Else
Release Date: 1983-01-14 -
Episode 34 - Imaginary Friends
Release Date: 1983-04-01 -
Episode 35 - Possibilities
Release Date: 1983-05-20