Playhouse

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  E1Mrs. Reinhardt

  Oct 30, 1981· 115m

  An Englishwoman seeking to escape her marriage arrives at French hotel.

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  E2Last Summer's Child

  Nov 6, 1981

  A boy feels restless during a hot summer in prewar Cornwall.

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  E3Autumn Sunshine

  Nov 13, 1981
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  E4The Grudge Fight

  Nov 27, 1981
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  E5Virginia Fly Is Drowning

  Dec 4, 1981

  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...

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  E6Findings on a Late Afternoon

  Dec 11, 1981

  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.

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  E7Dancing Country

  Dec 18, 1981

  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.

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  E8The Combination

  Jan 8, 1982
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  E9A Silly Little Habit

  Jan 15, 1982

  An apparently happy and privileged woman begins shoplifting.

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  E10Aubrey

  Jan 22, 1982

  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.

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  E11Preview

  Jan 29, 1982

  Four television critics gather in a Wardour Street preview theatre to see a documentary and get the surprise of their lives.

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  E12Out of Step

  Feb 5, 1982

  A keen ballroom dancer becomes an alcoholic after discovering she's infertile.

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  E13A Shilling Life

  Feb 12, 1982

  A once-famous writer, now long out of fashion, is interviewed by a disconcerting young woman.

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  E14The Workshop

  Feb 19, 1982

  In 1945, just a year since the allied troops entered Paris, Simone arrives for her first day at M. Leon's tailoring workshop.

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  E15How Many Miles to Babylon?

  Feb 26, 1982· 111m

  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.

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  E16The Pigman's Protégé

  Mar 5, 1982

  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?

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  E17A Pocketful of Dreams

  Mar 12, 1982· 29m

  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.

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  E18Keeping in Touch

  Mar 19, 1982

  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.

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  E19The Guest

  Mar 26, 1982

  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.

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  E20The Sidmouth Letters

  Apr 2, 1982· 35m

  Academic scavenger Shorty believes he's tracked down some letters that reveal an unexpected side to Miss Jane Austen's nature.

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  E21The Queen of Annagh

  Apr 16, 1982

  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.

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  E22By George

  Apr 23, 1982

  An anthropologist observed by one of his erstwhile victims — a sophisticated comedy.

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  E23Lunch

  Apr 30, 1982

  Two women meet for lunch every two weeks to swap news. But this week is different.

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  E24Passing Through

  May 7, 1982

  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.

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  E25Jake's End

  May 14, 1982

  Jake's a professional, a married man with a reputation to maintain—and a bank to rob.

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  E26Housewarming

  May 21, 1982

  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.

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  E27Easy Money

  May 28, 1982

  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.

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  E28Potatohead Blues

  Jun 4, 1982

  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.

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  E29Irwin Shaw Triple Bill: The Man Who Married a French Wife / The Monument / The Girls in Their Summer Dresses

  Jun 11, 1982

  Three short stories by Irwin Shaw.

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  E30Chains

  Jun 18, 1982

  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.

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  E31Come Into the Garden, Maud

  Jul 7, 1982

  A henpecked American visiting Europe is able to throw off his ghastly wife and find love.

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  E32A Song at TwilightFinale

  Jul 9, 1982

  A famous writer finds that a long-suppressed secret is about to be revealed by his former mistress.

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  E33Fraulein Else

  Jan 14, 1983
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  E34Imaginary Friends

  Apr 1, 1983
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  E35Possibilities

  May 20, 1983

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  E1Caught on a Train

  Oct 31, 1980

  Peter boards a train to attend an important business meeting across Europe. His trip is complicated by two women also assigned to his compartment. One is an independent American whom Peter finds attractive. The other is Frau Messner, an extremely particular and demanding older European woman. Between the two of them, they try different aspects of Peter's patience...

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  E2Fatal Spring

  Nov 7, 1980

  Using a remarkable blend of dramatic techniques, this study of three English poets – also three courageous soldiers – gradually develops towards their historical and crucial meeting.

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  E3The Black Madonna

  Nov 14, 1980· 50m

  Lou Parker feels very strongly that she and her husband, Ray, are different from the Farrells and the Ackerleys. With them it's all television. But she and Ray have the local library and The Observer. They keep abreast. They're different.

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  E4The Happy Autumn Fields

  Nov 21, 1980
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  E5Grown-Ups

  Nov 28, 1980· 95m

  Young working class couple Dick and Mandy move into a council house in Canterbury, and find Mr. Butcher, one of their former teachers, living next door. Mandy's unmarried sister, Gloria, is constantly dropping in, and will not take any hints that the couple would prefer to be left alone, until her presence finally goads them to action.

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  E6My Dear Palestrina

  Dec 5, 1980
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  E7Shaping Up

  Dec 12, 1980
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  E8Standing in for Henry

  Dec 19, 1980

  At a Nottingham advertising agency, young graphic designer Graham is recruited as a temporary replacement for the iconic Henry. The agency are desperate to be part of the Swinging Sixties but not without Henry. Can Graham replace him?

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  E9Fothergill

  Jan 9, 1981

  John Fothergill, aesthete and scholar, becomes the proprietor of the Spread Eagle, in Thame, Oxfordshire, with the intent of turning it into the most celebrated Inn in England, catering to the brightest lights in London's literati.

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  E10One Hundred and Eighty!!!

  Jan 16, 1981

  A darts tournament is put in peril when the players' wives stage a sit-in in the pub.

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  E11The Kindness of Mrs. Radcliffe

  Jan 23, 1981

  A day in the life of Mrs Radcliffe, who believes that the advice she so freely gives is done only out of kindness.

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  E12A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

  Jan 30, 1981

  In prison the night before his execution, Republican preacher Hugh Peter prepares to be hanged, drawn and quartered for treason.

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  E13Journal of Bridget Hitler

  Feb 6, 1981

  An Irishwoman married to a German in pre-WWI Liverpool prepares to meet her brother-in-law, a young man named Adolf Hitler.

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  E14Days at the Beach

  Feb 13, 1981· 90m

  In 1920, a trio of British soldiers have to guard an unexploded mine that has washed up on a beach.

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  E15Bobby Wants to Meet Me

  Feb 20, 1981

  In 1978, Changes Magazine journalist Neville Morris writes an essay about Bob Dylan called 'A Jewish Massiah'. Dylan's publicist Elle Smith reaches out that The Bard wants to meet him at Earl's Court.

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  E16Days

  Feb 27, 1981

  A mother, waiting for a visit through a hospital day, reflects on her life. Dreams haunt her, fantasies seduce her, memories crowd in on her, distorting the drab reality of her day to day existence. Must her daughter follow in her footsteps? How can she find a way to guide her towards a brighter future?

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  E17Clapperclaw

  Mar 6, 1981

  VE Night, 1945: In a Yorkshire pub, not everyone is in a mood to celebrate. Lorna Thorpe's 'All-Star' dance band is down two members, the beer has run out, and some influential friends on the city council have booked flights to Buenos Aires.

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  E18The Potsdam Quartet

  Mar 13, 1981

  An exploration of the personal and professional conflicts of a string quartet who have been playing together for many years, but are on the point of disintegrating.

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  E19Unity

  Mar 20, 1981

  The true story of Unity Mitford who, in the 1930s, moves to Germany, where she befriends Adolf Hitler.

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  E20Skylark

  Mar 27, 1981
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  E21Elizabeth Alone: Part 1

  Apr 3, 1981

  After nineteen years of marriage, three children, and a brief but passionate affair followed by a quick divorce, Elizabeth Aidallbery has to go for an emergency operation. From her bed, she has the leisure to take stock of her life, and frankly, it doesn't look very edifying: there's the 17-year-old daughter who's run off to a commune with her boyfriend; an old hopeless suitor who continues to press his claims; and of course the memory of the havoc caused by the affair. No doubt she could put her life back in order. But need that involve all those people who cause her so much heartache?

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  E22Elizabeth Alone: Part 2

  Apr 10, 1981

  After nineteen years of marriage, three children, and a brief but passionate affair followed by a quick divorce, Elizabeth Aidallbery has to go for an emergency operation. From her bed, she has the leisure to take stock of her life, and frankly, it doesn't look very edifying: there's the 17-year-old daughter who's run off to a commune with her boyfriend; an old hopeless suitor who continues to press his claims; and of course the memory of the havoc caused by the affair. No doubt she could put her life back in order. But need that involve all those people who cause her so much heartache?

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  E23Elizabeth Alone: Part 3

  Apr 17, 1981

  After nineteen years of marriage, three children, and a brief but passionate affair followed by a quick divorce, Elizabeth Aidallbery has to go for an emergency operation. From her bed, she has the leisure to take stock of her life, and frankly, it doesn't look very edifying: there's the 17-year-old daughter who's run off to a commune with her boyfriend; an old hopeless suitor who continues to press his claims; and of course the memory of the havoc caused by the affair. No doubt she could put her life back in order. But need that involve all those people who cause her so much heartache?

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  E24The Man Who Almost Knew Eamonn Andrews

  Apr 24, 1981
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  E25You're All Right, How Am I?

  May 1, 1981
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  E26The Day War Broke Out

  May 15, 1981

  Albie Warren and his girlfriend Carla are second on the bill of variety artists and musicians performing to half empty venues. Albie impersonates wartime comic Rob Wilton to people who don't know him. Will he take the chance to top the bill?

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  E27Random Moments in a May Garden

  May 22, 1981
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  E28Going Gently

  Jun 5, 1981

  Two men sharing a hospital room after their diagnoses of terminal cancer struggle with fear, physical pain, the difficulties of being in hospital, family members unable to cope, loneliness, and their unusual friendship.

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  E29MarriageFinale

  Jul 10, 1981

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  E1School Play

  Nov 7, 1979

  A play about the horrors of life at an English public school - with all the schoolboys played by adults.

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  E2Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

  Nov 14, 1979

  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.

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  E3The Brylcreem Boys

  Nov 21, 1979

  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.

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  E4An Affinity with Dr. Still

  Nov 28, 1979
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  E5Home Movies

  Dec 5, 1979

  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 she is in a sexual relationship with her 'brother' John.

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  E6Sweet Wine of Youth

  Dec 12, 1979
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  E7Speed King

  Dec 19, 1979

  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.

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  E8Pews

  Jan 12, 1980

  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.

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  E9Gentle Folk

  Jan 19, 1980· 75m

  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.

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  E10Trouble with Gregory

  Jan 23, 1980

  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 to meet the new neighbours...

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  E11Lifelike

  Jan 26, 1980

  A comprehensive school is praised for its authenticity, but one schoolboy does not agree with this assessment.

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  E12The Enigma

  Feb 9, 1980

  An upper-class young man has rejected his affluent background, but, when a crisis comes, reverts to type pretty quickly.

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  E13Hesther for Example

  Feb 16, 1980

  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.

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  E14The Best of Friends

  Mar 8, 1980

  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?

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  E15In Hiding

  Mar 15, 1980

  A teenager learns about life and death while staying with his aunt during the school holidays.

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  E16Rottingdean

  Mar 22, 1980

  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... if all goes smoothly.

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  E17The Dig

  Apr 18, 1980
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  E18Happy

  Apr 25, 1980
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  E19Mary's Wife

  May 2, 1980

  A married transvestite comes to terms with their true gender identity.

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  E20Games Without Frontiers

  May 9, 1980

  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?

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  E21The Unborn

  May 16, 1980

  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.

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  E22Electric in the City

  May 23, 1980
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  E23Blue Remembered Hills

  May 30, 1980

  Repeated from Play for Today

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  E24Thank You Comrades

  Jun 6, 1980
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  E25Coming Out

  Jun 13, 1980
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  E26Crest of a Wave

  Jun 20, 1980
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  E27Freedom of the Dig

  Jun 20, 1980
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  E28A Walk in the Forest

  Jul 6, 1980
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  E29Hallelujah, Mary Plum

  Jul 13, 1980

  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.

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  E30Dalhousie's Luck

  Aug 3, 1980

  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 .

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  E31An Ordered Life

  Aug 10, 1980

  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 in a railway accident in 1943.

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