A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.
Playhouse (Сезон 8)
Mrs. Reinhardt (Эпизод 1)
Сценарист: Edna O'Brien
Дата выхода: 1981-10-30
Продолжительность: 115 min
Описание: An Englishwoman seeking to escape her marriage arrives at French hotel.
Last Summer's Child (Эпизод 2)
Сценарист: Susan Hill
Дата выхода: 1981-11-06
Описание: A boy feels restless during a hot summer in prewar Cornwall.
Autumn Sunshine (Эпизод 3)
Сценарист: William Trevor
Дата выхода: 1981-11-13
The Grudge Fight (Эпизод 4)
Сценарист: John Hale
Дата выхода: 1981-11-27
Virginia Fly Is Drowning (Эпизод 5)
Сценарист: Angela Huth
Дата выхода: 1981-12-04
Описание: 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 (Эпизод 6)
Сценарист: Rose Tremain
Дата выхода: 1981-12-11
Описание: 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 (Эпизод 7)
Сценарист: Peter Buckman
Дата выхода: 1981-12-18
Описание: 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 (Эпизод 8)
Дата выхода: 1982-01-08
A Silly Little Habit (Эпизод 9)
Сценарист: Carol Bunyan
Дата выхода: 1982-01-15
Описание: An apparently happy and privileged woman begins shoplifting.
Aubrey (Эпизод 10)
Сценарист: John Selwyn Gilbert
Дата выхода: 1982-01-22
Описание: 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 (Эпизод 11)
Сценарист: Sylvia Clayton
Дата выхода: 1982-01-29
Описание: Four television critics gather in a Wardour Street preview theatre to see a documentary and get the surprise of their lives.
Out of Step (Эпизод 12)
Сценарист: Carol Bunyan
Дата выхода: 1982-02-05
Описание: A keen ballroom dancer becomes an alcoholic after discovering she's infertile.
A Shilling Life (Эпизод 13)
Сценарист: Guy Meredith
Дата выхода: 1982-02-12
Описание: A once-famous writer, now long out of fashion, is interviewed by a disconcerting young woman.
The Workshop (Эпизод 14)
Дата выхода: 1982-02-19
Описание: 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? (Эпизод 15)
Дата выхода: 1982-02-26
Продолжительность: 111 min
Описание: 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 (Эпизод 16)
Сценарист: Thomas Ellice
Дата выхода: 1982-03-05
Описание: 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 (Эпизод 17)
Сценарист: Jim Hill
Дата выхода: 1982-03-12
Продолжительность: 29 min
Описание: 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 (Эпизод 18)
Сценарист: Alan Drury
Дата выхода: 1982-03-19
Описание: 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 (Эпизод 19)
Дата выхода: 1982-03-26
Описание: 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 (Эпизод 20)
Дата выхода: 1982-04-02
Продолжительность: 35 min
Описание: 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 (Эпизод 21)
Сценарист: Terry Hodgkinson
Дата выхода: 1982-04-16
Описание: 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 (Эпизод 22)
Сценарист: Denis Cannan
Дата выхода: 1982-04-23
Описание: An anthropologist observed by one of his erstwhile victims — a sophisticated comedy.
Lunch (Эпизод 23)
Сценарист: Elaine Feinstein
Дата выхода: 1982-04-30
Описание: Two women meet for lunch every two weeks to swap news. But this week is different.
Passing Through (Эпизод 24)
Сценарист: Rhys Adrian
Дата выхода: 1982-05-07
Описание: 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 (Эпизод 25)
Сценарист: Desmond Lowden
Дата выхода: 1982-05-14
Описание: Jake's a professional, a married man with a reputation to maintain—and a bank to rob.
Housewarming (Эпизод 26)
Сценарист: Stephen Bill
Дата выхода: 1982-05-21
Описание: 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 (Эпизод 27)
Сценарист: Michael Abbensetts
Дата выхода: 1982-05-28
Описание: 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 (Эпизод 28)
Сценарист: Bill Morrison
Дата выхода: 1982-06-04
Описание: 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 (Эпизод 29)
Дата выхода: 1982-06-11
Описание: Three short stories by Irwin Shaw.
Chains (Эпизод 30)
Сценарист: Janey Preger
Дата выхода: 1982-06-18
Описание: 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 (Эпизод 31)
Сценарист: Noël Coward
Дата выхода: 1982-07-07
Описание: A henpecked American visiting Europe is able to throw off his ghastly wife and find love.
A Song at Twilight (Эпизод 32)
Сценарист: Noël Coward
Дата выхода: 1982-07-09
Описание: A famous writer finds that a long-suppressed secret is about to be revealed by his former mistress.
Fraulein Else (Эпизод 33)
Дата выхода: 1983-01-14
Imaginary Friends (Эпизод 34)
Дата выхода: 1983-04-01
Possibilities (Эпизод 35)
Дата выхода: 1983-05-20

Сезоны
Эпизоды 3
Эпизоды 3
Эпизоды 9
Эпизоды 6
Эпизоды 1
Эпизоды 31
Эпизоды 29
Эпизоды 35