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BBC2 Playhouse is a UK anthology television series of one-hour episodes produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Among its many performers were Helen Mirren, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Liam Neeson, Paul Scofield, Deborah Kerr, Ben Kingsley, Donald Pleasence, Brenda Blethyn, Peggy Ashcroft, Peter Sallis[1] and Margaret Whiting.
BBC2 Playhouse | |
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Genre | Drama, Anthology, television plays |
Country of origin | Vereinigtes Königreich |
Original language | Englisch |
Original release | |
Network | BBC 2 |
Release | 13 March 1974 20 May 1983 | –
It premiered in the UK on 13 March 1974 and ran until 20 May 1983.[2][3]
Productions
editThis table is based on records in the BBC Genome archive of the Radio Times[4] and the BFI database.[5]
Original UK transmission date |
Titel | Author | Producer | Director | Performers | Notes |
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13 Mar 1974 | Sizwe Bansi is Dead | Athol Fugard, John Kani, Winston Ntshona | Graeme McDonald | John Davies | John Kani Winston Ntshona |
Adapted from the play. |
6 Aug 1974 | The Joke | Isaac Bashevis Singer, dramatised by Rhys Adrian | Irene Shubik | Voytek | Donald Pleasence Hugh Griffith Miriam Karlin George Pravda Milo Sperber |
Repeated 26 May 1976. |
13 Aug 1974 | The Cafeteria | Silvio Narizzano | Donald Pleasence Oscar Homolka Sara Kestelman |
Repeated 19 May 1976. | ||
8 Jan 1975 | The Breakthrough | Daphne du Maurier, dramatised by Clive Exton | Irene Shubik | Graham Evans | Simon Ward Clive Swift Roy Boyd |
Repeated 10 November 1976. |
15 Jan 1975 | Mrs Acland's Ghosts | William Trevor | Irene Shubik | Mike Newell | Sara Kestelman John Bluthal Eric Richard |
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9 Jul 1975 | Diane | David Agnew | Mark Shivas | Alan Clarke | Janine Drzewicki Frank Mills Paul Copley Tim Preece Peter-Hugo Daly Oliver Maguire |
Not billed as Playhouse in RT but listed by BFI. |
19 Mar 1976 | Kites | Don Shaw | Innes Lloyd | Christopher King | Hugh Burden Tony Caunter Richard Hampton Nick Berry |
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26 Mar 1976 | An Accident of Class and Sex | Maggie Wadey | Innes Lloyd | Brian Parker | Peter Barkworth Patricia Garwood Sam Dale |
Repeated 5 September 1977. |
2 Apr 1976 | A Martyr to the System | Andrew Davies | Innes Lloyd | Peter Smith | Mike Grady David Hill Peter Cellier Peter-Hugo Daly Linda Robson David Garfield |
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9 Apr 1976 | The Button Man | Ewart Alexander | Innes Lloyd | Kenneth Ives | Robert Urquhart Philip Madoc Alan Lake Brendan Price Brendan Barry Ellis Jones |
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16 Apr 1976 | Practical Experience | Alan Plater | Innes Lloyd | Bill Hays | Barry Foster Terrence Hardiman Jan Francis Donald Gee |
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23 Apr 1976 | Dad | Don Taylor | Innes Lloyd | Don Taylor | Kenneth Haigh Rosemary Leach David Waller Peter Howell |
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30 Apr 1976 | The Chauffeur | Denis Plimmer and Charlotte Plimmer | Innes Lloyd | Brian Gibson | Joe Gladwin David de Keyser Susan Engel Martin Matthews Charles Pemberton Jeffry Wickham |
Repeated 31 January 1977. |
7 May 1976 | Play Things | Peter Prince | Innes Lloyd | Stephen Frears | Jonathan Pryce Nigel Hawthorne Tony Haygarth Trevor Laird |
Adapted from the novel. Repeated 12 September 1977. |
14 May 1976 | Jumbo | Don Shaw | Innes Lloyd | Bill Hays | James Grout John Fortune Norman Rossington |
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29 Sep 1976 to 3 Nov 1976 | Playhouse: The Mind Beyond (6 episodes) - see separate article. | |||||
12 Jan 1977 | The Achurch Letters | Don Taylor | Rosemary Hill | Don Taylor | Siân Phillips Gary Watson Prunella Scales Brian McGrath Vernon Dobtcheff |
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7 Nov 1979 | School Play | Frederic Raphael | Richard Broke | James Cellan Jones | Denholm Elliott Jeremy Kemp Michael Kitchen Tim Pigott-Smith Jenny Agutter John Normington David Troughton |
Repeated under Playhouse Special, 12 December 1981. |
14 Nov 1979 | Every Good Boy Deserves Favour | Tom Stoppard and André Previn | Mark Shivas | Roger Bamford and Trevor Nunn | Ian McKellen Ben Kingsley John Woodvine Barbara Leigh-Hunt |
First shown 9 May 1979. |
21 Nov 1979 | The Brylcreem Boys | Peter Durrant | Innes Lloyd | Roger Bamford | David Threlfall Timothy Spall |
Repeated 11 September 1981. |
28 Nov 1979 | An Affinity With Dr Still | David Snodin | Anne Head | Derek Lister | Nicholas Le Prevost Tom Kelly Robert Eddison |
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5 Dec 1979 | Home-Movies | Denis Cannan | Rosemary Hill | Philip Dudley | Frederick Jaeger Clive Swift Jonathan Caplan |
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12 Dec 1979 | Sweet Wine of Youth | Darrol Blake, from the letters and poems of Rupert Brooke | Cedric Messina | Darrol Blake | Graham Simpson Paul Sherman Monica Kendall Matthew Marsh Cyril Luckham Tom Kelly Christopher Guard |
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19 Dec 1979 | Speed King | Roger Milner | Innes Lloyd | Ferdinand Fairfax | Robert Hardy Jennifer Hilary Jack Galloway Derek Martin Desmond Llewelyn David Quilter Tony Caunter Garrick Hagon Jack McKenzie Shane Rimmer Allan Surtees |
Repeated 24 June 1981. |
12 Jan 1980 | Pews | Chaim Bermant | Graham Benson | Barry Davis | John Bennett Sydney Tafler Will Stampe |
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19 Jan 1980 | Gentle Folk | Alexander Baron | Innes Lloyd | Rodney Bennett | Anthony Dutton Christopher Strauli Denholm Elliott Sheila Ruskin Frederick Treves Rosalie Crutchley Wendy Williams Robert James |
Repeated under Playhouse Special, 19 December 1981. |
26 Jan 1980 | Lifelike | John Challen | Anne Head | Peter Bartlett | Peter Clay Alun Lewis Matthew Guinness Jennifer Lonsdale John Ringham |
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9 Feb 1980 | The Enigma | John Fowles, adapted by Malcolm Bradbury | David Rose | Robert Knights | Michael Thomas Barbara Kellerman Elizabeth Spriggs Nigel Hawthorne Raymond Westwell Andrew Downie David Troughton Neville Barber John Franklyn-Robbins |
From BBC Birmingham. |
16 Feb 1980 | Hesther for Example | Michael Sullivan | David Rose | Carol Wiseman | Geraldine James | From BBC Birmingham. |
23 Feb 1980 | Trouble With Gregory | Stephen Davis | Michael Wearing | John Glenister | Richard Pasco Elizabeth Bell Jeffry Wickham |
From BBC Birmingham. |
8 Mar 1980 | The Best of Friends | Frederic Raphael | Anne Head | Derek Lister | Keith Barron Aubrey Woods Gerard Murphy |
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15 Mar 1980 | In Hiding | Don Taylor | Innes Lloyd | Don Taylor | Roger Burnett Doreen Mantle Denholm Elliott Alan Rowe Tim Pigott-Smith |
Repeated under Playhouse Special, 28 Nov 1981. |
22 Mar 1980 | Rottingdean | Richard Crane | Anne Head | Mark Cullingham | Pat Heywood Trevor Peacock Roger Brierley |
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18 Apr 1980 | The Dig | James Robson | David Rose | Carol Wilks | Eric Allan Jennie Stoller Annie Hulley Oliver Smith |
From BBC Birmingham. |
25 Apr 1980 | Happy | Derrick Buttress | Peter Ansorge | Derek Lister | Paul Copley Max Hafler Tony Caunter Ann Davies |
From BBC Birmingham. |
2 May 1980 | Mary's Wife | David Cook | Peter Ansorge | Peter Jefferies | Robert Gillespie Barbara Leigh-Hunt Anna Cropper Peter Birrel Linda Robson |
From BBC Birmingham. |
9 May 1980 | Games Without Frontiers | Mike Bradwell | Peter Ansorge | Mike Bradwell | Philip Jackson Jim Broadbent Eric Richard Christopher Fairbank |
From BBC Birmingham. |
16 May 1980 | The Unborn | Philip Martin | Peter Ansorge | Michael Custance | Jack Shepherd Judy Parfitt Granville Saxton Richard Leech Suzanne Smith Mary Larkin Philip Martin |
From BBC Birmingham. |
23 May 1980 | Electric in the City | Tony Bicat | David Rose | Tony Bicat | Will Knightley Stephen Murray Sylvester McCoy Gwyneth Strong |
From BBC Birmingham. |
30 May 1980 | Blue Remembered Hills | Dennis Potter | Kenith Trodd | Brian Gibson | Colin Welland Michael Elphick Helen Mirren Janine Duvitski Colin Jeavons |
First shown as a Play for Today on BBC1, 30 January 1979. Winner of the 1979 BAFTA Awards for Best Director and Best Play. Repeated 6 November 1986, and on BBC4 25 December 2004 and 5 June 2008. |
6 Jun 1980 | Thank You Comrades | Jim Hawkins | Graham Benson | Jack Gold | Ben Kingsley Connie Booth Richard Ireson Clive Merrison Gerard Murphy Zienia Merton John Bryans Julian Fox Michael Troughton Bruce Boa Bill Reimbold Gordon Sterne |
First shown on BBC1, 19 December 1978. |
13 Jun 1980 | Coming Out | James Andrew Hall | Kenith Trodd | Carol Wiseman | Anton Rodgers Hywel Bennett Michael Byrne Lynda La Plante Nigel Havers John Normington Roy Evans Davyd Harries |
First shown as a Play for Today on BBC1, 10 April 1979. |
20 Jun 1980 | Crest of a Wave | Douglas Livingstone | Graham Benson | Peter Bartlett | Denholm Elliott Ian Hendry Wendy Seely |
First shown 18 September 1978 under Premiere 2. |
Freedom of the Dig | Peter Everett | Terry Bedford | Peter Vaughan David Collings Alun Armstrong Frank Mills |
First shown 23 October 1978 under Premiere 2. | ||
6 Jul 1980 | A Walk in the Forest | Jeremy Paul | Carol Robertson | Jack Gold | John Alderton Lynn Farleigh Paul Freeman Julian Fox Dominic Allan |
First shown as a Play for Today on BBC1, 14 May 1980. |
13 Jul 1980 | Halleluiah, Mary Plum | Rose Tremain | Rosemary Hill | Peter Hammond | Chrissy Iddon Warren Clarke Peter Arne |
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20 Jul 1980 | One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day | Trevor Preston | Graham Benson | Peter Ellis | Bryan Marshall Michael Gambon Stephen Yardley Toyah Willcox Janine Duvitski Ysanne Churchman |
First shown 16 October 1978 under Premiere 2. |
Travellers | Stan Barstow | Keith Evans | Paul Copley William Biggs |
First shown 9 October 1978 under Premiere 2. | ||
3 Aug 1980 | Dalhousie's Luck | Aeneas MacBride | Pharic MacLaren | Alan Cooke | Brian Cox Anthony Bate Ralph Arliss |
From BBC Scotland. |
10 Aug 1980 | An Ordered Life | Stephen Deutsch | Rosemary Hill | Peter Smith | Colin Jeavons Clive Swift Andrew Lodge Tony Sibbald Alec Linstead James Murray |
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31 Oct 1980 | Caught on a Train | Stephen Poliakoff | Kenith Trodd | Peter Duffell | Peggy Ashcroft Michael Kitchen Michael Sheard |
BAFTA Best Single Play, 1981. Repeated on BBC1 14 April 1981, on BBC2 18 September 1989 and 5 May 2001, and on BBC4 20 January 2003 and 15 January 2006. |
7 Nov 1980 | The Fatal Spring | George Baker | Anne Head | Michael Darlow | David Sibley Charles Dance Michael Troughton Aubrey Morris Martin Friend Jeffry Wickham Christopher Coll Hugh Morton Davyd Harries Bill McGuirk Trevor Cooper |
UN Media Peace Prize Award for Merit |
14 Nov 1980 | The Black Madonna | Muriel Spark, adapted by Russell Harty | Alan Shallcross | Michael Simpson | Helen Fraser Al Matthews Edward Peel |
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21 Nov 1980 | The Happy Autumn Fields | Elizabeth Bowen, dramatised by William Trevor | Rosemary Hill | Peter Hammond | Gillian Blake Stephen Moore Desmond Llewelyn Christopher Guard Alice Krige |
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28 Nov 1980 | Grown-Ups | Mike Leigh | Louis Marks | Mike Leigh | Lesley Manville Brenda Blethyn Lindsay Duncan Sam Kelly Janine Duvitski Phil Davis |
Repeated 9 September 1982. |
5 Dec 1980 | My Dear Palestrina | Bernard MacLaverty | Neil Zeiger | Diarmuid Lawrence | Eleanor Bron Liam Neeson Alec Sabin J. G. Devlin |
From BBC Northern Ireland. |
12 Dec 1980 | Shaping Up | Sarah Pia Anderson | Anne Head | Peter Bartlett | Veronica Roberts Dinah Stabb Gerard Murphy Richard Wilson |
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19 Dec 1980 | Standing In For Henry | Malcolm Bradbury | Rosemary Hill | Michael Heffernan | Simon Cowell-Parker Bill Nighy Donald Gee Brigit Forsyth Chris Jagger |
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9 Jan 1981 | Fothergill | Robert Holles, based on a book by John Fothergill | Innes Lloyd | Claude Whatham | Robert Hardy Lynn Farleigh John Carson Patrick Newell Elizabeth Spriggs John Bird Sebastian Shaw David de Keyser Jeremy Sinden John Franklyn-Robbins Ivor Roberts Arthur Bostrom Daphne Oxenford Arthur Blake |
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16 Jan 1981 | One Hundred and Eighty!!! | Rita May | John Norton | Jim Hill | Barry Hart Peter Martin Brenda Castle John Lee |
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23 Jan 1981 | The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe | Noël Coward, dramatised by Stanley Price | Alan Shallcross | Chris Menaul | Elizabeth Spriggs | |
30 Jan 1981 | A Last Visitor for Mr Hugh Peter | Don Taylor | Anne Head | Don Taylor | Peter Vaughan Michael Pennington John Gillett Charles Kay Iain Armstrong Gary Watson |
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6 Feb 1981 | The Journal of Bridget Hitler | Beryl Bainbridge and Philip Saville | Anne Head | Philip Saville | Siobhán McKenna Maurice Roëves Julian Glover Alan Chuntz Denis Lill Tim Woodward Alan Haywood |
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13 Feb 1981 | Days at the Beach | Malcolm Mowbray | David Rose | Malcolm Mowbray | Sam Kelly Stephen Bill Mark Aspinall Julie Walters Christopher Ryan Stephen Wale Sharon Duce Edward Peel |
From BBC Birmingham. Repeated 5 July 1992. |
20 Feb 1981 | Bobby Wants to Meet Me | Janey Preger | Peter Ansorge | Tony Smith | Philip Sayer Michael Angelis |
From BBC Birmingham. |
27 Feb 1981 | Days | Eva Figes | David Rose | Michael Rolfe | Anna Calder-Marshall Alec Linstead William Fox Terry Molloy John Rolfe Peter Blake |
From BBC Birmingham. |
6 Mar 1981 | Clapperclaw | Jack Shepherd | Peter Ansorge | Michael Wearing | Lynn Farleigh Maggie Steed Lesley Clare O'Neill John Savident David Bradley |
From BBC Birmingham. |
13 Mar 1981 | The Potsdam Quartet | David Pinner | Michael Rolfe | David Giles | Peter Eyre Frederick Jaeger Clive Swift Jerome Willis |
From BBC Birmingham. |
20 Mar 1981 | Unity | John Mortimer, based on the biography of Unity Mitford by David Pryce-Jones. | Louis Marks | James Cellan Jones | Lesley-Anne Down Nigel Havers Jeremy Kemp James Villiers Ernst Jacobi Terence Alexander Ingrid Pitt Sarah Berger Gertan Klauber Brigitte Kahn |
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27 Mar 1981 | Sky Lark | Julian Bond | Chris Cherry | Chris Lovett | Wendy Morgan David Sibley Christopher Coll |
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3 Apr 1981 | Elizabeth Alone: Part 1 |
William Trevor | Ann Kirch | Brian Parker | Barbara Ferris Gawn Grainger Joss Ackland Doreen Mantle David Neal Sylvia Coleridge Harry Towb Elizabeth Estensen Ray Callaghan Abigail Cruttenden Simon Coady Brenda Fricker |
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10 Apr 1981 | Elizabeth Alone: Part 2 |
Barbara Ferris Gawn Grainger Doreen Mantle David Neal Ian Marter Sylvia Coleridge Simon Coady Brenda Fricker Henry Stamper Richard Steele Hana Maria Pravda Yolande Palfrey |
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17 Apr 1981 | Elizabeth Alone: Part 3 |
Barbara Ferris Gawn Grainger Sylvia Coleridge Harry Towb Elizabeth Estensen Sylvia Coleridge Simon Coady Henry Stamper Hana Maria Pravda Yolande Palfrey Richard Steele Martin Fisk |
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24 Apr 1981 | The Man Who Almost Knew Eamonn Andrews | John Heilpern | John Norton | Peter Bartlett | Doug Fisher | |
1 May 1981 | You're All Right - How Am I? | William Douglas Home | Innes Lloyd | Paul Ciappessoni | Denholm Elliott Michael Hordern |
Repeated under Playhouse Special, 5 December 1981. |
15 May 1981 | The Day War Broke Out | Peter Tinniswood | Peter Ansorge | Mike Bradwell | Kenneth MacDonald Dee Anderson |
From BBC Birmingham. |
22 May 1981 | Random Moments in a May Garden | James Saunders | Terry Coles | Bill Hays | Barry Foster Zena Walker T. P. McKenna Donald Gee Sheila Ruskin |
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5 Jun 1981 | Going Gently | Thomas Ellice, from the novel by Robert C.S. Downs | Innes Lloyd | Stephen Frears | Norman Wisdom Judi Dench Fulton Mackay Stephanie Cole |
BAFTA Best Single Play, 1982. Repeated on BBC1 24 August 1982. |
10 Jul 1981 | Marriage | Nikolai Gogol, English version by Eric Bentley | Ann Kirch | Michael Simpson | John Wood Margaret Tyzack Gawn Grainger Norman Rodway Stratford Johns Dinah Stabb |
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30 Oct 1981 | Mrs Reinhardt | Edna O'Brien | Alan Shallcross | Piers Haggard | Helen Mirren Brad Davis Ralph Bates |
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6 Nov 1981 | Last Summer's Child | Susan Hill | Rosemary Hill | Giles Foster | Billie Whitelaw Anthony Bate Keith Jayne Sarah Prince |
Repeated 4 March 1983. |
13 Nov 1981 | Autumn Sunshine | William Trevor | Alan Shallcross | Rodney Bennett | Christopher Casson Mary Larkin Robert Hamilton |
Repeated 25 February 1983. |
27 Nov 1981 | The Grudge Fight | John Hale | Rosemary Hill | Mike Vardy | Jamie Roberts Michael Packer Mark Wingett Anthony Head David Daker Michael Goldie Edward Peel Michael Troughton David John Frank Mills |
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4 Dec 1981 | Virginia Fly Is Drowning | Angela Huth, dramatised from her novel | Anne Head | Mark Cullingham | Anna Massey Noel Dyson Richard Wilson Bruce Boa George Pravda David Ashford |
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11 Dec 1981 | Findings on a Late Afternoon | Rose Tremain | June Roberts | Richard Martin | John Nettles Joss Ackland David Bradley Betty Hardy |
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18 Dec 1981 | Dancing Country | Peter Buckman | Brenda Reid | Michael Darlow | Elsie Randolph Nat Jackley John Junkin Rosamund Greenwood Aimée Delamain |
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8 Jan 1982 | The Combination | Tim Preece | Rosemary Hill | Peter Hammond | Dorothy Tutin Gary Raymond Henry Milner Julian Davies John Bird Tim Preece Richard Davies Noel Johnson |
Repeated 18 February 1983. |
15 Jan 1982 | A Silly Little Habit | Carol Bunyan | Anne Head | Sarah Pia Anderson | Margaret Tyzack Pauline Jameson Nicholas Farrell Nula Conwell |
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22 Jan 1982 | Aubrey | John Selwyn Gilbert | Rosemary Hill | Peter Hammond | John Dicks Rula Lenska Ronald Lacey Roger Hammond Sandor Elès Dennis Edwards Christine Kavanagh John Baker |
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29 Jan 1982 | Vorschau | Sylvia Clayton | Rosemary Hill | Jon Amiel | Anton Rodgers Anna Cropper Cherie Lunghi Will Knightley Paul Seed |
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5 Feb 1982 | Out Of Step | Carol Bunyan | Terry Coles | Bill Hays | Jacqueline Tong Carol Leader Albert Welling |
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12 Feb 1982 | A Shilling Life | Guy Meredith | Rosemary Hill | Michael Heffernan | Eric Porter Julie Covington |
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19 Feb 1982 | The Workshop | Jean-Claude Grumberg, adapted by Tom Kempinski | Carol Robertson | Nicolas Kent | Lynn Farleigh Lee Montague Paul Freeman |
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26 Feb 1982 | How Many Miles to Babylon? | Jennifer Johnston, adapted by Derek Mahon | Innes Lloyd | Moira Armstrong | Sian Phillips Barry Foster Alan MacNaughtan Daniel Day-Lewis Christopher Fairbank Ray Callaghan |
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5 Mar 1982 | The Pigman's Protege | Thomas Ellice | Terry Coles | John Madden | Victoria Fairbrother Patrick Troughton Donald Gee |
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12 Mar 1982 | Pocketful Of Dreams | Jim Hill | Terry Coles | Stuart Urban | Michael Elphick Philip Jackson Wolfe Morris James Marcus Trevor Laird Dicken Ashworth Peter Benson Clinton Greyn |
Repeated 11 March 1983. |
19 Mar 1982 | Keeping in Touch | Allen Drury | Terry Coles | Terence Deyaney | Doug Fisher Margery Mason Frank Mills |
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26 Mar 1982 | The Guest | Pauline MacAulay, from a short story by Gerald Durrell. | Terry Coles | Paul Bamborough | Anton Rodgers Judy Cornwell |
Repeated 25 March 1983. |
2 Apr 1982 | The Sidmouth Letters | Jane Gardam, dramatised by Paula Milne | Terry Coles | Nicholas Renton | Jane Wymark Patience Collier Philip O'Brien Fiona Walker |
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16 Apr 1982 | The Queen of Annagh | Terence Hodgkinson | Terry Coles | Jane Jackson | Diane Fletcher Eamon Boland |
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23 Apr 1982 | By George! | Dennis Cannan | Rosemary Hill | Nicholas Renton | Benjamin Whitrow Mary Wimbush Carmen Munroe |
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30 Apr 1982 | Lunch | Elaine Feinstein | Rosemary Hill | Jon Amiel | Rosemary Martin Jennifer Hilary |
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7 May 1982 | Passing Through | Rhys Adrian | Rosemary Hill | Desmond Davis | Ian Richardson Lee Montague Rosalie Crutchley |
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14 May 1982 | Jake's End | Desmond Lowden | Michael Wearing | Jim O'Brien | Maurice O'Connell Coral Atkins Christine Hargreaves Derek Martin Eric Mason Richard Ireson Alan Ford Trevor Laird Leslie Grantham Jimmy Winston |
From BBC Birmingham. |
21 May 1982 | Housewarming | Stephen Bill | Peter Ansorge | Robin Midgley | Penelope Nice Nigel Bennett Carolyn Moody David Collings Nicholas McArdle Doña Croll |
From BBC Birmingham. |
28 May 1982 | Easy Money | Michael Abbensetts | Peter Ansorge | Gillian Lynne | Gary Shail Kim Thomson Trevor Laird Imelda Staunton |
From BBC Birmingham. |
4 Jun 1982 | Potatohead Blues | Bill Morrison | Peter Ansorge | Michael Rolfe | Tony Rohr Valerie Lilley |
From BBC Birmingham. |
11 Jun 1982 | The Man Who Married a French Wife | Irwin Shaw, dramatised by Kenneth Cavander | Alan Shallcross | John Glenister | ||
The Monument | Lindsay Law | Nick Havinga | A WNET New York production. | |||
The Girls in their Summer Dresses | Lindsay Law | Nick Havinga | A WNET New York production. | |||
18 Jun 1982 | Chains | Janey Preger | Terry Coles | Graham Theakston | Michael Elphick Nicky Henson Geraldine James Barry Jackson Linda Robson |
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7 Jul 1982 | Come into the Garden Maud | Noël Coward | Rosemary Hill | Cedric Messina | Geraldine McEwan Paul Scofield |
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9 Jul 1982 | A Song at Twilight | Noël Coward | Rosemary Hill | Cedric Messina | Deborah Kerr Paul Scofield |
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14 Jan 1983 | Fraulein Else | Thomas Ellice, from a story by Arthur Schnitzler | Terry Coles | Bill Hays | Georgia Slowe Brewster Mason Dominic Guard Eileen Helsby |
Not billed as Playhouse in RT but listed by BFI. |
1 Apr 1983 | Imaginary Friends | George Baker, adapted from a play by Robert King | Neil Zeiger | Michael Darlow | Peter Ustinov Lilli Palmer Roger Rees Rosamund Greenwood Amanda Leigh Davyd Harries Roy Evans Cyril Cross |
Not billed as Playhouse in RT but listed by BFI. |
20 May 1983 | Possibilities | Jonathan Raban | Innes Lloyd | Kenneth Ives | Tim Brooke-Taylor | Not billed as Playhouse in RT but listed by BFI. |
Playhouse Presents | ||||||
17 Feb 1980 | The Lost Boys 1: We Set Out to Be Wrecked | Andrew Birkin | Louis Marks | Rodney Bennett | Ian Holm | First shown under Play of the Week, 11 October 1978. Repeated 27 December 1991. |
24 Feb 1980 | The Lost Boys 2: Dark and Sinister Man | First shown under Play of the Week, 18 October 1978. Repeated 28 December 1991. | ||||
2 Mar 1980 | The Lost Boys 3: An Awfully Big Adventure | First shown under Play of the Week, 25 October 1978. Repeated 30 December 1991. | ||||
9 Mar 1980 | Law and Order 1: A Detective's Tale | G. F. Newman | Tony Garnett | Leslie Blair | Derek Martin Ken Campbell Alan Ford Billy Cornelius Dominic Allan Terry Walsh Doug Sheldon Geoffrey Todd John Hogan Stanley Price Michael Sheard |
First shown 6 April 1978. Repeated on BBC4 24 March 2009. |
16 Mar 1980 | Law and Order 2: A Villain's Tale | Peter Dean Derek Martin Alan Ford Billy Cornelius Steve Ismay Doug Sheldon Geoffrey Todd Peter Craze Martin Gordon Reg Woods John Cannon |
First shown 13 April 1978. Repeated on BBC4 31 March 2009. | |||
23 Mar 1980 | Law and Order 3: A Brief's Tale | Ken Campbell Peter Dean Deirdre Costello Derek Martin Billy Cornelius Peter Welch Terence Bayler Alan Ford Martin Gordon Peter Craze Stanley McGeagh Laurence Harrington Eric Mason Brian Hawksley James Charlton |
First shown 20 April 1978. Repeated on BBC4 7 April 2009. | |||
30 Mar 1980 | Law and Order 4: A Prisoner's Tale | Peter Dean Deirdre Costello Lloyd McGuire Steve Emerson Stanley McGeagh Dominic Allan Harry Landis |
First shown 27 April 1978. Repeated on BBC4 14 April 2009. | |||
13 Sep 1980 | Langrishe, Go Down | Harold Pinter, based on the novel by Aidan Higgins | David Jones | Judi Dench Jeremy Irons Annette Crosbie Harold Pinter Margaret Whiting |
First shown under Play of the Week, 20 September 1978. Repeated on BBC4 26 December 2002, and on BBC2 16 August 2005 and 11 February 2005. | |
12 Jun 1981 | Big Blonde | Dorothy Parker, adapted by Ellen M. Violett | Ann Blumenthal | Kirk Browning | Sally Kellerman John Lithgow |
A WNET production |
See also
editOther BBC2 drama anthology series include
References
edit- ^ "BBC2 Playhouse (1976)".
- ^ "Sizwe Bansi Is Dead (1974)". BFI. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Possibilities (1983)". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019.
- ^ "BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Collections Search | BFI | British Film Institute". collections-search.bfi.org.uk.