Playhouse (Temporada 6)

School Play (Episodio 1)

Guionista: Frederic Raphael

Fecha de emisión: 1979-11-07

Sinopsis: A play about the horrors of life at an English public school - with all the schoolboys played by adults.

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (Episodio 2)

Fecha de emisión: 1979-11-14

Sinopsis: A dissident, Alexander, has been pronounced insane by the authorities (although he isn't), and finds himself sharing a cell with a genuine mental patient, Ivanov.

The Brylcreem Boys (Episodio 3)

Guionista: Peter Durrant

Fecha de emisión: 1979-11-21

Sinopsis: Cpl. George Hunn's sentry post is knocked over and he wakes to find he is suffering from frost bite of the face. Sent to hospital he is put on a ward with aircrew who have mental issues. He is trapped reenacting their missions at night.

An Affinity with Dr. Still (Episodio 4)

Guionista: David Snodin

Fecha de emisión: 1979-11-28

Home Movies (Episodio 5)

Fecha de emisión: 1979-12-05

Sinopsis: Keith and Alec have been making holiday movies, together for 25 years. Alec suddenly spots a moment between wife Sybil and Keith. He realises daughter Katie is actually Keith's and she is in a sexual relationship with her 'brother' John.

Sweet Wine of Youth (Episodio 6)

Guionista: Darrol Blake

Fecha de emisión: 1979-12-12

Speed King (Episodio 7)

Guionista: Roger Milner

Fecha de emisión: 1979-12-19

Sinopsis: In 1935, Sir Malcolm Campbell's obsession is to win the World's Land Speed Record in his car Bluebird. Speed King is about the man, the car, and the ruthless, but irresistible, public ambition of a world hero.

Pews (Episodio 8)

Guionista: Chaim Bermant

Fecha de emisión: 1980-01-12

Sinopsis: Set in a north country synagogue, a group of Jewish men have to organise a shiva, however, not having the required number of their faith, resort to recruiting George, a 'non-Jew', to make up the numbers.

Gentle Folk (Episodio 9)

Guionista: Alexander Baron

Fecha de emisión: 1980-01-19

Duración: 75 min

Sinopsis: An Edwardian house party given by a Fabian woman, her business-man husband and assorted guests from politics and the Arts—including a young man prone to disturbing premonitions.

Trouble with Gregory (Episodio 10)

Guionista: Stephen Davis

Fecha de emisión: 1980-01-23

Sinopsis: Gregory has troubles enough when Ella moves him out and sets him up for a job with the radio. Suspicions of infidelity can make the world a disturbing place. But then he still has to meet the new neighbours...

Lifelike (Episodio 11)

Guionista: John Challen

Fecha de emisión: 1980-01-26

Sinopsis: A comprehensive school is praised for its authenticity, but one schoolboy does not agree with this assessment.

The Enigma (Episodio 12)

Guionista: John Fowles

Fecha de emisión: 1980-02-09

Sinopsis: An upper-class young man has rejected his affluent background, but, when a crisis comes, reverts to type pretty quickly.

Hesther for Example (Episodio 13)

Guionista: Michael Sullivan

Fecha de emisión: 1980-02-16

Sinopsis: Cousin, W. Clifford Mill, ran a dirty postcard business; which brings Paul to the country in search of a profitable afternoon. Hesther knows the value of most things and, when evening falls, she turns his visit to her own advantage.

The Best of Friends (Episodio 14)

Guionista: Frederic Raphael

Fecha de emisión: 1980-03-08

Sinopsis: What is friendship? Why do two grown men behave like egomaniac children or flustered prima donnas? And when they meet unexpectedly after ten years, how will things be?

In Hiding (Episodio 15)

Guionista: Don Taylor

Fecha de emisión: 1980-03-15

Sinopsis: A teenager learns about life and death while staying with his aunt during the school holidays.

Rottingdean (Episodio 16)

Guionista: Richard Crane

Fecha de emisión: 1980-03-22

Sinopsis: Mother is manic, Father frustrated. Son sees himself as quite an operator. Daughter wants to change the dreary world of Jubilee-year England. The day has come. Back to Rottingdean... if all goes smoothly.

The Dig (Episodio 17)

Guionista: James Robson

Fecha de emisión: 1980-04-18

Happy (Episodio 18)

Guionista: Derrick Buttress

Fecha de emisión: 1980-04-25

Mary's Wife (Episodio 19)

Guionista: David Cook

Fecha de emisión: 1980-05-02

Sinopsis: A married transvestite comes to terms with their true gender identity.

Games Without Frontiers (Episodio 20)

Guionista: Mike Bradwell

Fecha de emisión: 1980-05-09

Sinopsis: Nobody goes to Amsterdam to wander about. It's either the Rijksmuseum or the red-light district. On the boat going home Clive and Stewart admit to not having spent long in the museums – so what did they get up to in Amsterdam?

The Unborn (Episodio 21)

Guionista: Philip Martin

Fecha de emisión: 1980-05-16

Sinopsis: A physicist has visions of his unborn baby – it turns out that the child will grow up to become a Hitler-like dictator responsible for World War III.

Electric in the City (Episodio 22)

Guionista: Tony Bicât

Fecha de emisión: 1980-05-23

Blue Remembered Hills (Episodio 23)

Fecha de emisión: 1980-05-30

Sinopsis: Repeated from Play for Today

Thank You Comrades (Episodio 24)

Fecha de emisión: 1980-06-06

Coming Out (Episodio 25)

Fecha de emisión: 1980-06-13

Crest of a Wave (Episodio 26)

Fecha de emisión: 1980-06-20

Freedom of the Dig (Episodio 27)

Fecha de emisión: 1980-06-20

A Walk in the Forest (Episodio 28)

Fecha de emisión: 1980-07-06

Hallelujah, Mary Plum (Episodio 29)

Guionista: Rose Tremain

Fecha de emisión: 1980-07-13

Sinopsis: A talented, independent artist lives by the sea with her daughter. As summer approaches, she faces two threats to her way of life: the local doctor who is in love with her and her unhappy sister who comes to stay.

Dalhousie's Luck (Episodio 30)

Guionista: Fulton Mackay

Fecha de emisión: 1980-08-03

Sinopsis: Our gamble is over, Dalhousie. You'll walk at dawn tomorrow as agreed, but in case you've no mind to return, there's one fact might persuade you. On what you do hangs not only your life but hers .

An Ordered Life (Episodio 31)

Guionista: Stephen Deutsch

Fecha de emisión: 1980-08-10

Sinopsis: German composer Anton Webern survives Naziism only to be shot by an American GI in the closing days of WWII. His son, against his father's wishes, joins the Wehrmacht and is killed in a railway accident in 1943.