Playhouse (Season 8)

Mrs. Reinhardt (Episode 1)

Air date: 1981-10-30

Overview: An Englishwoman seeking to escape her marriage arrives at French hotel.

Last Summer's Child (Episode 2)

Air date: 1981-11-06

Overview: A boy feels restless during a hot summer in prewar Cornwall.

Autumn Sunshine (Episode 3)

Air date: 1981-11-13

The Grudge Fight (Episode 4)

Air date: 1981-11-27

Virginia Fly Is Drowning (Episode 5)

Air date: 1981-12-04

Findings on a Late Afternoon (Episode 6)

Air date: 1981-12-11

Dancing Country (Episode 7)

Air date: 1981-12-18

The Combination (Episode 8)

Air date: 1982-01-08

A Silly Little Habit (Episode 9)

Air date: 1982-01-15

Overview: A woman with an apparently happy and privileged life begins shoplifting.

Aubrey (Episode 10)

Air date: 1982-01-22

Overview: A play about the brilliant, shocking Victorian artist Aubrey Beardsley, who died in his twenties.

Preview (Episode 11)

Air date: 1982-01-29

Out of Step (Episode 12)

Air date: 1982-02-05

Overview: A keen ballroom dancer begins to drink heavily when she discovers she's infertile.

A Shilling Life (Episode 13)

Air date: 1982-02-12

Overview: A once-famous writer, now long out of fashion, is interviewed by a disconcerting young woman.

The Workshop (Episode 14)

Air date: 1982-02-19

How Many Miles to Babylon? (Episode 15)

Air date: 1982-02-26

Overview: 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 Protege (Episode 16)

Air date: 1982-03-05

A Pocketful of Dreams (Episode 17)

Air date: 1982-03-12

Keeping in Touch (Episode 18)

Air date: 1982-03-19

The Guest (Episode 19)

Air date: 1982-03-26

The Sidmouth Letters (Episode 20)

Air date: 1982-04-02

Overview: Shorty, an academic scavenger, believes he has tracked down some letters revealing an unexpected side to Miss Jane Austen's nature.

The Queen of Annagh (Episode 21)

Air date: 1982-04-16

By George (Episode 22)

Air date: 1982-04-23

Lunch (Episode 23)

Air date: 1982-04-30

Overview: Two women meet for lunch every two weeks to swap news. But this week is different.

Passing Through (Episode 24)

Air date: 1982-05-07

Jake's End (Episode 25)

Air date: 1982-05-14

Housewarming (Episode 26)

Air date: 1982-05-21

Easy Money (Episode 27)

Air date: 1982-05-28

Overview: 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 (Episode 28)

Air date: 1982-06-04

Irwin Shaw Triple Bill: The Man who Married a French Wife/The Monument/The Girls (Episode 29)

Air date: 1982-06-11

Chains (Episode 30)

Air date: 1982-06-18

Come Into the Garden, Maud (Episode 31)

Air date: 1982-07-07

Overview: A henpecked American visiting Europe is able to throw off his ghastly wife and find love.

A Song at Twilight (Episode 32)

Air date: 1982-07-09

Overview: A famous writer finds that a long-suppressed secret is about to be revealed by his former mistress.

Fraulein Else (Episode 33)

Air date: 1983-01-14

Imaginary Friends (Episode 34)

Air date: 1983-04-01

Possibilities (Episode 35)

Air date: 1983-05-20