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Playhouse (1974) is a drama web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Playhouse online in HD.

Playhouse — Storyline

A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.

Cast & Crew

• Created by: Sarah Pia Anderson

Playhouse — Series Details

Playhouse — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: Sizwe Bansi Is Dead (1974-03-13) — Two Black South Africans discover what it means to lose their passbooks, which they must carry to prove their identity during the apartheid era.
• E2: The Joke (1974-08-06)
• E3: The Cafeteria (1974-08-13) — An eccentric Jewish writer is drawn into the world of an apparently delusional young woman and her invalid father.

Season 2

• E1: The Breakthrough (1975-01-08) — On a remote Cornish coast, a small group of scientists at an out of the way research laboratory delve into the mystery of what happens at the moment of death.
• E2: Mrs. Acland's Ghosts (1975-01-15) — An isolated woman is haunted by the ghosts of her dead siblings.
• E3: Diane (1975-07-09) — Teenager Diane Weaver lives with her abusive single father. A religious local boy only who wants to be her friend, but she doesn't like him as much as he does her. What no one real

Season 3

• E1: Kites (1976-03-19) — Retired prep school headmaster Lawrence Hastings has few pleasures in life. One is kite flying, until this too is spoilt by the intrusions of an irritating small boy.
• E2: An Accident of Class and Sex (1976-03-26)
• E3: A Martyr to the System (1976-04-02) — A school lecturer is possessed by the spirit of Othello during the teaching of Classics.
• E4: The Button Man (1976-04-09)
• E5: Practical Experience (1976-04-16)
• E6: Dad (1976-04-23)
• E7: The Chauffeur (1976-04-30) — Joe, chauffeur to a South American embassy, enjoys the small perks of privilege his job provides. When a coup results in the ambassador's recall, his halcyon life is upended.
• E8: Play Things (1976-05-07) — A young man volunteers to work with a children's play group in a desolate London area.
• E9: Jumbo (1976-05-14)

Season 4

• E1: The Mind Beyond: Meriel, the Ghost Girl (1976-09-29) — Psychic investigator George Livingston is asked to attend a séance. Can it be that he has finally discovered a genuine supernatural phenomena!?
• E2: The Mind Beyond: Double Echo (1976-10-06) — Alison has suffered Autism since childhood. Now 17, her parents take her to Dr. Mallam for psychotherapy. Alison is tested with Zener cards, leading him to suspect she is telepathi
• E3: The Mind Beyond: The Love of a Good Woman (1976-10-13) — A pair of childhood sweethearts have their peaceful life interrupted when a vulgar woman from her dreams show up in reality.
• E4: The Mind Beyond: The Daedalus Equations (1976-10-20) — During a séance, a medium transcribes complex equations that seem to be the final work of a recently deceased physicist revealing the secret of cold fusion, to the consternation of
• E5: The Mind Beyond: Stones (1976-10-27) — Stones and curses go together. A series of strange events connected with Stonehenge lead Professor Reeve, an Oxford historian, to wonder if this superstition is true.
• E6: The Mind Beyond: The Man with the Power (1976-11-03) — An ordinary man suddenly discovers that he possesses psychic powers.

Season 5

• E1: The Achurch Letters (1977-01-12) — A play about the (celibate) relationship between writer George Bernard Shaw and a famous drug addict actress.

Season 6

• E1: School Play (1979-11-07) — A play about the horrors of life at an English public school – with all the schoolboys played by adults.
• E2: 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.
• E3: 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 i
• E4: An Affinity with Dr. Still (1979-11-28)
• E5: Home Movies (1979-12-05) — Keith and Alec have been making holiday movies, together for 25 years. Alec suddenly spots a moment between wife Sybil and Keith. He realises daughter Katie is actually Keith's and
• E6: Sweet Wine of Youth (1979-12-12)
• E7: 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, pub
• E8: 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',
• E9: Gentle Folk (1980-01-19) — An Edwardian house party given by a Fabian woman, her business-man husband and assorted guests from politics and the Arts—including a young man prone to disturbing premonitions.
• E10: Trouble with Gregory (1980-01-23) — Gregory has troubles enough when Ella moves him out and sets him up for a job with the radio. Suspicions of infidelity can make the world a disturbing place. But then he still has
• E11: Lifelike (1980-01-26) — A comprehensive school is praised for its authenticity, but one schoolboy does not agree with this assessment.
• E12: 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.
• E13: 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 even
• E14: The Best of Friends (1980-03-08) — What is friendship? Why do two grown men behave like egomaniac children or flustered prima donnas? And when they meet unexpectedly after ten years, how will things be?
• E15: In Hiding (1980-03-15) — A teenager learns about life and death while staying with his aunt during the school holidays.
• E16: Rottingdean (1980-03-22) — Mother is manic, Father frustrated. Son sees himself as quite an operator. Daughter wants to change the dreary world of Jubilee-year England. The day has come. Back to Rottingdean.
• E17: The Dig (1980-04-18)
• E18: Happy (1980-04-25)
• E19: Mary's Wife (1980-05-02) — A married transvestite comes to terms with their true gender identity.
• E20: 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 muse
• E21: 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.
• E22: Electric in the City (1980-05-23)
• E23: Blue Remembered Hills (1980-05-30) — Repeated from Play for Today
• E24: Thank You Comrades (1980-06-06)
• E25: Coming Out (1980-06-13)
• E26: Crest of a Wave (1980-06-20)
• E27: Freedom of the Dig (1980-06-20)
• E28: A Walk in the Forest (1980-07-06)
• E29: 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
• E30: 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
• E31: An Ordered Life (1980-08-10) — German composer Anton Webern survives Naziism only to be shot by an American GI in the closing days of WWII. His son, against his father's wishes, joins the Wehrmacht and is killed

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does Playhouse have? 8 season(s) with 117 episodes.

Who created Playhouse? Sarah Pia Anderson.

Where can I watch Playhouse? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.