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.
Playhouse (Season 1)
Sizwe Bansi Is Dead (Episode 1)
Writer: Athol Fugard
Air date: 1974-03-13
Overview: Two Black South Africans discover what it means to lose their passbooks, which they must carry to prove their identity during the apartheid era.
The Joke (Episode 2)
Air date: 1974-08-06
The Cafeteria (Episode 3)
Air date: 1974-08-13
Overview: An eccentric Jewish writer is drawn into the world of an apparently delusional young woman and her invalid father.
Seasons
Episodes 3
Episodes 3
Episodes 9
Episodes 6
Episodes 1
Episodes 31
Episodes 29
Episodes 35