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