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.
Showing Season 6 of 8
Season 6
1979
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01. School Play
1979-11-07
A play about the horrors of life at an English public school - with all the schoolboys played by adults.
02. Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
1979-11-14
A dissident, Alexander, has been pronounced insane by the authorities (although he isn't), and finds himself sharing a cell with a genuine mental patient, Ivanov.
03. The Brylcreem Boys
1979-11-21
Cpl. George Hunn's sentry post is knocked over and he wakes to find he is suffering from frost bite of the face. Sent to hospital he is put on a ward with aircrew who have mental issues. He is trapped reenacting their missions at night.
04. An Affinity with Dr. Still
1979-11-28
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05. Home Movies
1979-12-05
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06. Sweet Wine of Youth
1979-12-12
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07. Speed King
1979-12-19
In 1935 Sir Malcolm Campbell's obsession is to win the World's Land Speed Record in his car Bluebird. Speed King is about the man, the car, and the ruthless, but irresistible, public ambition of a world hero.
08. Pews
1980-01-12
Set in a north country synagogue, a group of Jewish men have to organise a 'shiva', however, not having the required number of their faith, resort to recruiting George, a 'non-Jew', to make up the numbers. I only saw the play once, but there were a number of memorable lines, including, when Kugleman comes out of the 'gents', he says to Liftchick, "George won't pass as Jewish, he's got a foreskin as long as my nose!" Another line was, when asked his occupation, George replied that he was an electrician. "If anyone askes", said Liftchick, " tell them you're an electrical contractor!" A great play with an excellent cast.
09. Gentle Folk
1980-01-19
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10. Trouble with Gregory
1980-01-23
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11. Lifelike
1980-01-26
A television play about a comprehensive school is praised for its authenticity, but the lead schoolboy actor does not agree with this assessment.
12. The Enigma
1980-02-09
An upper-class young man has rejected his affluent background, but, when a crisis comes, reverts to type pretty quickly.
13. Hesther for Example
1980-02-16
Cousin, W. Clifford Mill, ran a dirty postcard business; which brings Paul to the country in search of a profitable afternoon. Hesther knows the value of most things and, when evening falls, she turns his visit to her own advantage.
14. The Best of Friends
1980-03-08
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15. In Hiding
1980-03-15
A teenager learns about life and death while staying with his aunt during the school holidays.
16. Rottingdean
1980-03-22
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17. The Dig
1980-04-18
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18. Happy
1980-04-25
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19. Mary's Wife
1980-05-02
A married transvestite comes to terms with their true gender identity.
20. Games Without Frontiers
1980-05-09
Nobody goes to Amsterdam to wander about. It's either the Rijksmuseum or the red-light district. On the boat going home Clive and Stewart admit to not having spent long in the museums - so what did they get up to in Amsterdam?
21. The Unborn
1980-05-16
A physicist has visions of his unborn baby - it turns out that the child will grow up to become a Hitler-like dictator responsible for World War III.
22. Electric in the City
1980-05-23
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23. Blue Remembered Hills
1980-05-30
Repeated from Play for Today
24. Thank You Comrades
1980-06-06
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25. Coming Out
1980-06-13
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26. Crest of a Wave
1980-06-20
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27. Freedom of the Dig
1980-06-20
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28. A Walk in the Forest
1980-07-06
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29. Hallelujah, Mary Plum
1980-07-13
A talented, independent artist lives by the sea with her daughter. As summer approaches, she faces two threats to her way of life: the local doctor who is in love with her and her unhappy sister who comes to stay.
30. Dalhousie's Luck
1980-08-03
Our gamble is over, Dalhousie. You'll walk at dawn tomorrow as agreed, but in case you've no mind to return, there's one fact might persuade you. On what you do hangs not only your life but hers .
31. An Ordered Life
1980-08-10
Colin Jeavons is the German composer Anton Webern who survives Naziism only to be shot by an American GI in the closing days of WW2. Daniel Gerroll plays his son Stephen who, against his father's wishes, joined the Wehrmacht and was killed in a railway accident in 1943.