Playhouse (Season 7)

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.

  • Poster for Caught on a Train

    Caught on a Train 0.0

    Air date: 1980-10-31

    Overview: Peter boards a train to attend an important business meeting across Europe. His train trip is made more complicated by two women also assigned to his train 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...

  • Poster for Fatal Spring

    Fatal Spring 0.0

    Air date: 1980-11-07

  • Poster for The Black Madonna

    The Black Madonna 0.0

    Air date: 1980-11-14

  • Poster for The Happy Autumn Fields

    The Happy Autumn Fields 0.0

    Air date: 1980-11-21

  • Poster for Grown-Ups

    Grown-Ups 0.0

    Air date: 1980-11-28

    Overview: Dick and Mandy, a young working class couple, 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.

  • Poster for My Dear Palestrina

    My Dear Palestrina 0.0

    Air date: 1980-12-05

  • Poster for Shaping Up

    Shaping Up 0.0

    Air date: 1980-12-12

  • Poster for Standing in for Henry

    Standing in for Henry 0.0

    Air date: 1980-12-19

    Overview: At an advertising agency in Nottingham, 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?

  • Poster for Fothergill

    Fothergill 0.0

    Air date: 1981-01-09

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for One Hundred and Eighty!!!

    One Hundred and Eighty!!! 0.0

    Air date: 1981-01-16

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

  • Poster for The Kindness of Mrs. Radcliffe

    The Kindness of Mrs. Radcliffe 0.0

    Air date: 1981-01-23

  • Poster for A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

    A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter 0.0

    Air date: 1981-01-30

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

  • Poster for Journal of Bridget Hitler

    Journal of Bridget Hitler 0.0

    Air date: 1981-02-06

    Overview: An Irishwoman married to a German in pre-WW1 Liverpool prepares to meet her brother-in-law, a young man named Adolf Hitler.

  • Poster for Episode 14

    Episode 14 0.0

    Air date: 1981-02-13

    Overview: Days at the Beach

  • Poster for Bobby Wants to Meet Me

    Bobby Wants to Meet Me 0.0

    Air date: 1981-02-20

    Overview: It's 1978, journalist Neville Morris, from Changes magazine, writes an essay about Bob Dylan called "A Jewish Massiah". Dylan's publicist Elle Smith reaches out that Bobby wants to meet him at Earl's Court. Neville goes into panic mode.

  • Poster for Days

    Days 0.0

    Air date: 1981-02-27

  • Poster for Clapperclaw

    Clapperclaw 0.0

    Air date: 1981-03-06

  • Poster for The Potsdam Quartet

    The Potsdam Quartet 0.0

    Air date: 1981-03-13

  • Poster for Unity

    Unity 0.0

    Air date: 1981-03-20

    Overview: Period Drama. The true story of Unity Mitford who in the 1930's went to live in Germany and was friends with Adolf Hitler.

  • Poster for Skylark

    Skylark 0.0

    Air date: 1981-03-27

  • Poster for Elizabeth Alone: Part 1

    Elizabeth Alone: Part 1 0.0

    Air date: 1981-04-03

  • Poster for Elizabeth Alone: Part 2

    Elizabeth Alone: Part 2 0.0

    Air date: 1981-04-10

  • Poster for Elizabeth Alone: Part 3

    Elizabeth Alone: Part 3 0.0

    Air date: 1981-04-17

  • Poster for The Man Who Almost Knew Eamonn Andrews

    The Man Who Almost Knew Eamonn Andrews 0.0

    Air date: 1981-04-24

  • Poster for You're All Right, How Am I?

    You're All Right, How Am I? 0.0

    Air date: 1981-05-01

    Overview: Michael Hordern and Denholm Elliot are perfectly cast and are ideal foils for each other.

  • Poster for The Day War Broke Out

    The Day War Broke Out 0.0

    Air date: 1981-05-15

    Overview: Albie Warren and 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?

  • Poster for Random Moments in a May Garden

    Random Moments in a May Garden 0.0

    Air date: 1981-05-22

  • Poster for Going Gently

    Going Gently 0.0

    Air date: 1981-06-05

    Overview: Play about two elderly cancer patients suffering in hospital.

  • Poster for Marriage

    Marriage 0.0

    Air date: 1981-07-10

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