Playhouse (Temporada 8)

Mrs. Reinhardt (Episodio 1)

Guionista: Edna O'Brien

Fecha de emisión: 1981-10-30

Duración: 115 min

Sinopsis: An Englishwoman seeking to escape her marriage arrives at French hotel.

Last Summer's Child (Episodio 2)

Guionista: Susan Hill

Fecha de emisión: 1981-11-06

Sinopsis: A boy feels restless during a hot summer in prewar Cornwall.

Autumn Sunshine (Episodio 3)

Guionista: William Trevor

Fecha de emisión: 1981-11-13

The Grudge Fight (Episodio 4)

Guionista: John Hale

Fecha de emisión: 1981-11-27

Virginia Fly Is Drowning (Episodio 5)

Guionista: Angela Huth

Fecha de emisión: 1981-12-04

Sinopsis: Secure in her suburban home, Virginia Fly dreams of a life of unbridled passion and romance. She feels her fantasies are about to become reality when she is asked to take part in a TV documentary about pre-marital love - a subject about which she is sadly ignorant...

Findings on a Late Afternoon (Episodio 6)

Guionista: Rose Tremain

Fecha de emisión: 1981-12-11

Sinopsis: Gerald is on the edge of a complete breakdown. During an afternoon with his father, he starts to come to terms with the wounding confusions and mistakes of his past—his lies, his girlfriend's suicide, his mother's obsessive love of his younger brother, and her death in a hospital when he arrived too late to communicate his real feelings for her.

Dancing Country (Episodio 7)

Guionista: Peter Buckman

Fecha de emisión: 1981-12-18

Sinopsis: The local country dancing team of old-age pensioners is forced to change its style when Jack, its leader, arrives with a new partner, one who is younger and prettier.

The Combination (Episodio 8)

Fecha de emisión: 1982-01-08

A Silly Little Habit (Episodio 9)

Guionista: Carol Bunyan

Fecha de emisión: 1982-01-15

Sinopsis: An apparently happy and privileged woman begins shoplifting.

Aubrey (Episodio 10)

Guionista: John Selwyn Gilbert

Fecha de emisión: 1982-01-22

Sinopsis: The story of Aubrey Beardsley, an English illustrator and author, whose black ink drawings were influenced by Japanese woodcuts, and depicted the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He was a leading figure in the aesthetic movement which also included Oscar Wilde and James McNeill Whistler.

Preview (Episodio 11)

Guionista: Sylvia Clayton

Fecha de emisión: 1982-01-29

Sinopsis: Four television critics gather in a Wardour Street preview theatre to see a documentary and get the surprise of their lives.

Out of Step (Episodio 12)

Guionista: Carol Bunyan

Fecha de emisión: 1982-02-05

Sinopsis: A keen ballroom dancer becomes an alcoholic after discovering she's infertile.

A Shilling Life (Episodio 13)

Guionista: Guy Meredith

Fecha de emisión: 1982-02-12

Sinopsis: A once-famous writer, now long out of fashion, is interviewed by a disconcerting young woman.

The Workshop (Episodio 14)

Fecha de emisión: 1982-02-19

Sinopsis: In 1945, just a year since the allied troops entered Paris, Simone arrives for her first day at M. Leon's tailoring workshop.

How Many Miles to Babylon? (Episodio 15)

Fecha de emisión: 1982-02-26

Duración: 111 min

Sinopsis: Wealthy 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.

The Pigman's Protégé (Episodio 16)

Guionista: Thomas Ellice

Fecha de emisión: 1982-03-05

Sinopsis: In 1919, the carnage of WWI has left the country desperately short of young men. Maud, who runs the farm for her crippled father, decides that it is time for her young sister Clara to be married, and a husband could provide a strong pair of hands around the place. Stan the pigman seems to fix most things, why not this?

A Pocketful of Dreams (Episodio 17)

Guionista: Jim Hill

Fecha de emisión: 1982-03-12

Duración: 29 min

Sinopsis: At the moment, money is scarce and times are hard for everyone—even villains like Charlie and Denny are feeling the pinch. But their luck could change when a chance encounter with a film crew provides them with an eccentric method of getting their hands on a lot of loot.

Keeping in Touch (Episodio 18)

Guionista: Alan Drury

Fecha de emisión: 1982-03-19

Sinopsis: When James pays one of his periodic visits to his mother, he finds her curiously resigned to the loneliness she's suffered for the years since her husband's death. Somehow, she has managed to keep all the family ties intact.

The Guest (Episodio 19)

Fecha de emisión: 1982-03-26

Sinopsis: Gerald fancies himself as a bit of a gourmet and a trip to the gastronomic delights of France promises well. His wife Hilary isn't so sure; she isn't sure of a lot of things about Gerald just recently, but the menu at the extravagantly recommended La Petite Chanson provides an unexpected solution.

The Sidmouth Letters (Episodio 20)

Fecha de emisión: 1982-04-02

Duración: 35 min

Sinopsis: Academic scavenger Shorty believes he's tracked down some letters that reveal an unexpected side to Miss Jane Austen's nature.

The Queen of Annagh (Episodio 21)

Guionista: Terry Hodgkinson

Fecha de emisión: 1982-04-16

Sinopsis: Nancy is the sole inhabitant of the Isle of Annagh off the west coast of Scotland. Although World War III is raging all around she sees little of it until Michael, a young pilot officer, pays an involuntary visit and is in danger of dragging the hostilities along with him.

By George (Episodio 22)

Guionista: Denis Cannan

Fecha de emisión: 1982-04-23

Sinopsis: An anthropologist observed by one of his erstwhile victims — a sophisticated comedy.

Lunch (Episodio 23)

Guionista: Elaine Feinstein

Fecha de emisión: 1982-04-30

Sinopsis: Two women meet for lunch every two weeks to swap news. But this week is different.

Passing Through (Episodio 24)

Guionista: Rhys Adrian

Fecha de emisión: 1982-05-07

Sinopsis: At a railway public house, two strangers engage in a conversation and begin to open up about their life's. Richard is an alcoholic and former stockbroker is just been released from jail. Arthur works for the railway as a points operator.

Jake's End (Episodio 25)

Guionista: Desmond Lowden

Fecha de emisión: 1982-05-14

Sinopsis: Jake's a professional, a married man with a reputation to maintain—and a bank to rob.

Housewarming (Episodio 26)

Guionista: Stephen Bill

Fecha de emisión: 1982-05-21

Sinopsis: Her husband Gary is behind on the central heating installation. Eunice, her best friend, has a crush on the lodger — an actor appearing in a violent play at the local rep. No wonder Tina is anxious about the housewarming.

Easy Money (Episodio 27)

Guionista: Michael Abbensetts

Fecha de emisión: 1982-05-28

Sinopsis: At 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.

Potatohead Blues (Episodio 28)

Guionista: Bill Morrison

Fecha de emisión: 1982-06-04

Sinopsis: Stan McVay has given up smoking, gone on a diet and feels like hell. He's also abandoned the Ulster spud and just learned that his teenage daughter is having an affair with a married man.

Irwin Shaw Triple Bill: The Man Who Married a French Wife / The Monument / The Girls in Their Summer Dresses (Episodio 29)

Fecha de emisión: 1982-06-11

Sinopsis: Three short stories by Irwin Shaw.

Chains (Episodio 30)

Guionista: Janey Preger

Fecha de emisión: 1982-06-18

Sinopsis: Eddie's 40th birthday party reunites friends not seen since the old days of ton-up bikes and early rock and roll. It could be a chance to relive those 'good times', if the others can only match Eddie's enthusiasm.

Come Into the Garden, Maud (Episodio 31)

Guionista: Noël Coward

Fecha de emisión: 1982-07-07

Sinopsis: A henpecked American visiting Europe is able to throw off his ghastly wife and find love.

A Song at Twilight (Episodio 32)

Guionista: Noël Coward

Fecha de emisión: 1982-07-09

Sinopsis: A famous writer finds that a long-suppressed secret is about to be revealed by his former mistress.

Fraulein Else (Episodio 33)

Fecha de emisión: 1983-01-14

Imaginary Friends (Episodio 34)

Fecha de emisión: 1983-04-01

Possibilities (Episodio 35)

Fecha de emisión: 1983-05-20