Playhouse (Season 3)

Kites (Episode 1)

Writer: Don Shaw

Air date: 1976-03-19

Overview: Retired prep school headmaster Lawrence Hastings has few pleasures in life. One is kite flying, until this too is spoilt by the intrusions of an irritating small boy.

An Accident of Class and Sex (Episode 2)

Writer: Maggie Wadey

Air date: 1976-03-26

A Martyr to the System (Episode 3)

Writer: Andrew Davies

Air date: 1976-04-02

Overview: A school lecturer is possessed by the spirit of Othello during the teaching of Classics.

The Button Man (Episode 4)

Writer: Ewart Alexander

Air date: 1976-04-09

Practical Experience (Episode 5)

Writer: Alan Plater

Air date: 1976-04-16

Dad (Episode 6)

Writer: Don Taylor

Air date: 1976-04-23

The Chauffeur (Episode 7)

Writer: Denis Plimmer

Air date: 1976-04-30

Overview: Joe, chauffeur to a South American embassy, enjoys the small perks of privilege his job provides. When a coup results in the ambassador's recall, his halcyon life is upended.

Play Things (Episode 8)

Writer: Peter Prince

Air date: 1976-05-07

Overview: A young man volunteers to work with a children's play group in a desolate London area.

Jumbo (Episode 9)

Writer: Don Shaw

Air date: 1976-05-14