Sarah Pia Anderson
Director
Playhouse (1974)
Season 6
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.
Released March 13, 1974
Episode 35 min
10+
Genres: Drama
Keywords: imdb.anthology, imdb.bbc-archives, imdb.fun, imdb.play-house
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S6E1 - School Play
A play about the horrors of life at an English public school - with all the schoolboys played by adults.
Nov. 7, 1979, midnight
S6E2 - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
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.
Nov. 14, 1979, midnight
S6E3 - The Brylcreem Boys
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.
Nov. 21, 1979, midnight
S6E4 - An Affinity with Dr. Still
Nov. 28, 1979, midnight
S6E5 - Home Movies
Dec. 5, 1979, midnight
S6E6 - Sweet Wine of Youth
Dec. 12, 1979, midnight
S6E7 - Speed King
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.
Dec. 19, 1979, midnight
S6E8 - Pews
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.
Jan. 12, 1980, midnight
S6E9 - Gentle Folk
Jan. 19, 1980, midnight
S6E10 - Trouble with Gregory
Jan. 23, 1980, midnight
S6E11 - Lifelike
A television play about a comprehensive school is praised for its authenticity, but the lead schoolboy actor does not agree with this assessment.
Jan. 26, 1980, midnight
S6E12 - The Enigma
An upper-class young man has rejected his affluent background, but, when a crisis comes, reverts to type pretty quickly.
Feb. 9, 1980, midnight
S6E13 - Hesther for Example
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.
Feb. 16, 1980, midnight
S6E14 - The Best of Friends
March 8, 1980, midnight
S6E15 - In Hiding
A teenager learns about life and death while staying with his aunt during the school holidays.
March 15, 1980, midnight
S6E16 - Rottingdean
March 22, 1980, midnight
S6E17 - The Dig
April 18, 1980, midnight
S6E18 - Happy
April 25, 1980, midnight
S6E19 - Mary's Wife
A married transvestite comes to terms with their true gender identity.
May 2, 1980, midnight
S6E20 - Games Without Frontiers
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?
May 9, 1980, midnight
S6E21 - The Unborn
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.
May 16, 1980, midnight
S6E22 - Electric in the City
May 23, 1980, midnight
S6E23 - Blue Remembered Hills
Repeated from Play for Today
May 30, 1980, midnight
S6E24 - Thank You Comrades
June 6, 1980, midnight
S6E25 - Coming Out
June 13, 1980, midnight
S6E26 - Crest of a Wave
June 20, 1980, midnight
S6E27 - Freedom of the Dig
June 20, 1980, midnight
S6E28 - A Walk in the Forest
July 6, 1980, midnight
S6E29 - Hallelujah, Mary Plum
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.
July 13, 1980, midnight
S6E30 - Dalhousie's Luck
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 .
Aug. 3, 1980, midnight
S6E31 - An Ordered Life
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.
Aug. 10, 1980, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 35 min.
Season Runtime: 70 min.
Released: March 13, 1974
Last Air Date: May 20, 1983, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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