Playhouse (Сезон 7)

Caught on a Train (Эпизод 1)

Сценарист: Stephen Poliakoff

Дата выхода: 1980-10-31

Описание: Peter boards a train to attend an important business meeting across Europe. His trip is complicated by two women also assigned to his compartment. One is an independent American whom Peter finds attractive. The other is Frau Messner, an extremely particular and demanding older European woman. Between the two of them, they try different aspects of Peter's patience...

Fatal Spring (Эпизод 2)

Сценарист: George Baker

Дата выхода: 1980-11-07

Описание: Using a remarkable blend of dramatic techniques, this study of three English poets – also three courageous soldiers – gradually develops towards their historical and crucial meeting.

The Black Madonna (Эпизод 3)

Дата выхода: 1980-11-14

Продолжительность: 50 min

Описание: Lou Parker feels very strongly that she and her husband, Ray, are different from the Farrells and the Ackerleys. With them it's all television. But she and Ray have the local library and The Observer. They keep abreast. They're different.

The Happy Autumn Fields (Эпизод 4)

Дата выхода: 1980-11-21

Grown-Ups (Эпизод 5)

Сценарист: Mike Leigh

Дата выхода: 1980-11-28

Продолжительность: 95 min

Описание: Young working class couple Dick and Mandy move into a council house in Canterbury, and find Mr. Butcher, one of their former teachers, living next door. Mandy's unmarried sister, Gloria, is constantly dropping in, and will not take any hints that the couple would prefer to be left alone, until her presence finally goads them to action.

My Dear Palestrina (Эпизод 6)

Сценарист: Bernard MacLaverty

Дата выхода: 1980-12-05

Shaping Up (Эпизод 7)

Сценарист: Sarah Pia Anderson

Дата выхода: 1980-12-12

Standing in for Henry (Эпизод 8)

Сценарист: Malcolm Bradbury

Дата выхода: 1980-12-19

Описание: At a Nottingham advertising agency, young graphic designer Graham is recruited as a temporary replacement for the iconic Henry. The agency are desperate to be part of the Swinging Sixties but not without Henry. Can Graham replace him?

Fothergill (Эпизод 9)

Дата выхода: 1981-01-09

Описание: John Fothergill, aesthete and scholar, becomes the proprietor of the Spread Eagle, in Thame, Oxfordshire, with the intent of turning it into the most celebrated Inn in England, catering to the brightest lights in London's literati.

One Hundred and Eighty!!! (Эпизод 10)

Сценарист: Rita May

Дата выхода: 1981-01-16

Описание: A darts tournament is put in peril when the players' wives stage a sit-in in the pub.

The Kindness of Mrs. Radcliffe (Эпизод 11)

Сценарист: Stanley Price

Дата выхода: 1981-01-23

Описание: A day in the life of Mrs Radcliffe, who believes that the advice she so freely gives is done only out of kindness.

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter (Эпизод 12)

Сценарист: Don Taylor

Дата выхода: 1981-01-30

Описание: In prison the night before his execution, Republican preacher Hugh Peter prepares to be hanged, drawn and quartered for treason.

Journal of Bridget Hitler (Эпизод 13)

Дата выхода: 1981-02-06

Описание: An Irishwoman married to a German in pre-WWI Liverpool prepares to meet her brother-in-law, a young man named Adolf Hitler.

Days at the Beach (Эпизод 14)

Сценарист: Malcolm Mowbray

Дата выхода: 1981-02-13

Продолжительность: 90 min

Описание: In 1920, a trio of British soldiers have to guard an unexploded mine that has washed up on a beach.

Bobby Wants to Meet Me (Эпизод 15)

Сценарист: Janey Preger

Дата выхода: 1981-02-20

Описание: In 1978, Changes Magazine journalist Neville Morris writes an essay about Bob Dylan called 'A Jewish Massiah'. Dylan's publicist Elle Smith reaches out that The Bard wants to meet him at Earl's Court.

Days (Эпизод 16)

Сценарист: Eva Figes

Дата выхода: 1981-02-27

Описание: A mother, waiting for a visit through a hospital day, reflects on her life. Dreams haunt her, fantasies seduce her, memories crowd in on her, distorting the drab reality of her day to day existence. Must her daughter follow in her footsteps? How can she find a way to guide her towards a brighter future?

Clapperclaw (Эпизод 17)

Сценарист: Jack Shepherd

Дата выхода: 1981-03-06

Описание: VE Night, 1945: In a Yorkshire pub, not everyone is in a mood to celebrate. Lorna Thorpe's 'All-Star' dance band is down two members, the beer has run out, and some influential friends on the city council have booked flights to Buenos Aires.

The Potsdam Quartet (Эпизод 18)

Сценарист: David Pinner

Дата выхода: 1981-03-13

Описание: An exploration of the personal and professional conflicts of a string quartet who have been playing together for many years, but are on the point of disintegrating.

Unity (Эпизод 19)

Дата выхода: 1981-03-20

Описание: The true story of Unity Mitford who, in the 1930s, moves to Germany, where she befriends Adolf Hitler.

Skylark (Эпизод 20)

Сценарист: Julian Bond

Дата выхода: 1981-03-27

Elizabeth Alone: Part 1 (Эпизод 21)

Сценарист: William Trevor

Дата выхода: 1981-04-03

Описание: After nineteen years of marriage, three children, and a brief but passionate affair followed by a quick divorce, Elizabeth Aidallbery has to go for an emergency operation. From her bed, she has the leisure to take stock of her life, and frankly, it doesn't look very edifying: there's the 17-year-old daughter who's run off to a commune with her boyfriend; an old hopeless suitor who continues to press his claims; and of course the memory of the havoc caused by the affair. No doubt she could put her life back in order. But need that involve all those people who cause her so much heartache?

Elizabeth Alone: Part 2 (Эпизод 22)

Сценарист: William Trevor

Дата выхода: 1981-04-10

Описание: After nineteen years of marriage, three children, and a brief but passionate affair followed by a quick divorce, Elizabeth Aidallbery has to go for an emergency operation. From her bed, she has the leisure to take stock of her life, and frankly, it doesn't look very edifying: there's the 17-year-old daughter who's run off to a commune with her boyfriend; an old hopeless suitor who continues to press his claims; and of course the memory of the havoc caused by the affair. No doubt she could put her life back in order. But need that involve all those people who cause her so much heartache?

Elizabeth Alone: Part 3 (Эпизод 23)

Сценарист: William Trevor

Дата выхода: 1981-04-17

Описание: After nineteen years of marriage, three children, and a brief but passionate affair followed by a quick divorce, Elizabeth Aidallbery has to go for an emergency operation. From her bed, she has the leisure to take stock of her life, and frankly, it doesn't look very edifying: there's the 17-year-old daughter who's run off to a commune with her boyfriend; an old hopeless suitor who continues to press his claims; and of course the memory of the havoc caused by the affair. No doubt she could put her life back in order. But need that involve all those people who cause her so much heartache?

The Man Who Almost Knew Eamonn Andrews (Эпизод 24)

Сценарист: John Heilpern

Дата выхода: 1981-04-24

You're All Right, How Am I? (Эпизод 25)

Сценарист: William Douglas-Home

Дата выхода: 1981-05-01

The Day War Broke Out (Эпизод 26)

Сценарист: Peter Tinniswood

Дата выхода: 1981-05-15

Описание: Albie Warren and his girlfriend Carla are second on the bill of variety artists and musicians performing to half empty venues. Albie impersonates wartime comic Rob Wilton to people who don't know him. Will he take the chance to top the bill?

Random Moments in a May Garden (Эпизод 27)

Сценарист: James Saunders

Дата выхода: 1981-05-22

Going Gently (Эпизод 28)

Сценарист: Thomas Ellice

Дата выхода: 1981-06-05

Описание: Two men sharing a hospital room after their diagnoses of terminal cancer struggle with fear, physical pain, the difficulties of being in hospital, family members unable to cope, loneliness, and their unusual friendship.

Marriage (Эпизод 29)

Сценарист: Nikolai Gogol

Дата выхода: 1981-07-10