Playhouse
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Ended
Drama
Seasons | 8
Episodes | 117
avg.Runtime | 35 min
First EP | 1974-03-13
Last EP | 1983-05-20
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A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.
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BBC
Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 1974-03-13
1
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.
2
The Joke
1974-08-06
3
The Cafeteria
1974-08-13
An eccentric Jewish writer is drawn into the world of an apparently delusional young woman and her invalid father.
CAST
charactor: Edwin Tonsell
Original: Ralph G. Morse
Total EP: 5
charactor: Mr. Mockler
Original: John Bluthal
Total EP: 4
charactor: Psychiatrist
Original: Denholm Elliott
Total EP: 4
charactor: Alec Thorne
Original: Clive Swift
Total EP: 4
charactor: Lily Drucker
Original: Maggie Wilkinson
Total EP: 4
charactor: Stan Rendall
Original: Donald Gee
Total EP: 4
charactor: Henry
Original: Gawn Grainger
Total EP: 4
charactor: Frederick
Original: Trevor Laird
Total EP: 4
charactor: Mrs. Orpen
Original: Doreen Mantle
Total EP: 3
charactor: Bendel
Original: Donald Pleasence
Total EP: 3
charactor: Prof. Nicholas Reeve
Original: Richard Pasco
Total EP: 3
charactor: Putzi Hanfstaengl
Original: Jeremy Kemp
Total EP: 3
charactor: Dr. Raeburn
Original: Anthony Bate
Total EP: 3
charactor: Romilly
Original: Norman Rodway
Total EP: 3
charactor: Mrs. Radcliffe
Original: Elizabeth Spriggs
Total EP: 3
charactor: Peter Mountjoy
Original: Eric Allan
Total EP: 3
charactor: David
Original: Barry Foster
Total EP: 3
charactor: Ray
Original: Alun Lewis
Total EP: 3
charactor: Police Sgt. Cowl
Original: Edward Peel
Total EP: 3
charactor: Transvestite (uncredited)
Original: Terry Pearson
Total EP: 3
charactor: Elizabeth Aidallbery
Original: Barbara Ferris
Total EP: 3
charactor: Lorna
Original: Lynn Farleigh
Total EP: 3
charactor: Aidallbery
Original: David Neal
Total EP: 3
charactor: Declan
Original: Clem Davies
Total EP: 3
charactor: Miss Samson
Original: Sylvia Coleridge
Total EP: 3
charactor: Sylvie Clapper
Original: Elizabeth Estensen
Total EP: 3
charactor: Charlie
Original: Michael Elphick
Total EP: 3
charactor: Sister O'Keefe
Original: Margaret D'Arcy
Total EP: 3
charactor: Jennifer
Original: Lisa Coleman
Total EP: 3
charactor: Alice
Original: Hannah Asprey
Total EP: 3
charactor: John Fothergill
Original: Robert Hardy
Total EP: 2
charactor: Timothy Perkins
Original: Tim Pigott-Smith
Total EP: 2
charactor: Harry Leech
Original: Tony Caunter
Total EP: 2
charactor: Esther
Original: Sara Kestelman
Total EP: 2
charactor: Eddie
Original: Peter-Hugo Daly
Total EP: 2
charactor: Harry S. Bloomberger
Original: James Grout
Total EP: 2
charactor: J.D. Tupperman
Original: Jeremy Sinden
Total EP: 2
charactor: Rabbi
Original: Gabor Vernon
Total EP: 2
charactor: Hogg H.
Original: David Troughton
Total EP: 2
charactor: Rose S.J.
Original: Michael Kitchen
Total EP: 2
CREW
Don Homfray
Production Design
Art
Valerie Spooner
Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up
Eric Bentley
Translator
Crew
Tom Kempinski
Translator
Crew
Don Taylor
Director
Directing
Bill Hays
Director
Directing
Brian Parker
Director
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Derek Lister
Director
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Peter Hammond
Director
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Peter Bartlett
Director
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Philip Saville
Director
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James Cellan Jones
Director
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Mike Bradwell
Director
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Michael Rolfe
Director
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Michael Heffernan
Director
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Cedric Messina
Director
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Rodney Bennett
Director
Directing
John Glenister
Director
Directing
Nicholas Renton
Director
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Michael Simpson
Director
Directing
Mark Cullingham
Director
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Stephen Frears
Director
Directing
Jon Amiel
Director
Directing
Graham Evans
Director
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Peter Smith
Director
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Roger Bamford
Director
Directing
John Gorrie
Director
Directing
Michael Darlow
Director
Directing
Darrol Blake
Director
Directing
Tony Smith
Director
Directing
Robert Knights
Director
Directing
John Madden
Director
Directing
Terry Devaney
Director
Directing
Voytek
Director
Directing
Christopher Menaul
Director
Directing
Alan Bridges
Director
Directing
Ferdinand Fairfax
Director
Directing
David Reid
Director
Directing
Desmond Davis
Director
Directing
Peter Jefferies
Director
Directing
“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” – Walt Disney