ITV Playhouse

Season 10

1979 · 16 episodes

Episodes

1. 1

   1. The Case of Cruelty to Prawns

   27 Feb 1979

2. 2

   2. I'm a Dreamer Montreal

   6 Mar 1979

   A librarian hides from the harsh realities of life in Belfast by embracing a night-time career as a showband singer.

3. 3

   3. Where the Heart Is

   13 Mar 1979

4. 4

   4. The Reaper

   20 Mar 1979

   Jilted by a fickle former pupil Rachel sometime ago, school teacher Nick had yearned someday she would return to him as predicted in the Tarot Cards he had read at the time. To his joy, Rachel does return but the world has moved on since.

5. 5

   5. No, Mama, No

   27 Mar 1979

6. 6

   6. The Winkler

   3 Apr 1979

7. 7

   7. The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?

   10 Apr 1979

8. 8

   8. Village Wooing

   17 Apr 1979

9. 9

   9. Casting the Runes

   24 Apr 1979

   Like Curse of the Demon (1957), this adaptation is only very loosely based on the original ghost story by M.R. James. However, it does feature eerie scenic views and is directed by Lawrence "Ghost Story For Christmas" Gordon Clark

10. 10

    10. The Daughters of Albion

    1 May 1979

11. 11

    11. The Beast

    8 May 1979

12. 12

    12. The Winter Ladies

    15 May 1979

13. 13

    13. Saint Vitus' Dance

    10 Jul 1979

    A couple are drawn into a campaign to save their cathedral city from a new motorway.

14. 14

    14. Getting in on Concorde

    17 Jul 1979

15. 15

    15. Going Back

    24 Jul 1979

16. 16

    16. You're Not Watching Me, Mummy

    31 Jul 1979

    John Osborne play about a world-weary actress, her dresser and various visitors to her dressing room.