Episodes
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1. Caught on a Train
31 Oct 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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2. Fatal Spring
7 Nov 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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3. The Black Madonna
14 Nov 1980 · 50 min
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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4. The Happy Autumn Fields
21 Nov 1980
5. Grown-Ups
28 Nov 1980 · 95 min
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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6. My Dear Palestrina
5 Dec 1980
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7. Shaping Up
12 Dec 1980
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8. Standing in for Henry
19 Dec 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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9. Fothergill
9 Jan 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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10. One Hundred and Eighty!!!
16 Jan 1981
A darts tournament is put in peril when the players' wives stage a sit-in in the pub.
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11. The Kindness of Mrs. Radcliffe
23 Jan 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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12. A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
30 Jan 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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13. Journal of Bridget Hitler
6 Feb 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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14. Days at the Beach
13 Feb 1981 · 90 min
In 1920, a trio of British soldiers have to guard an unexploded mine that has washed up on a beach.
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15. Bobby Wants to Meet Me
20 Feb 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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16. Days
27 Feb 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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17. Clapperclaw
6 Mar 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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18. The Potsdam Quartet
13 Mar 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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19. Unity
20 Mar 1981
The true story of Unity Mitford who, in the 1930s, moves to Germany, where she befriends Adolf Hitler.
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20. Skylark
27 Mar 1981
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21. Elizabeth Alone: Part 1
3 Apr 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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22. Elizabeth Alone: Part 2
10 Apr 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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23. Elizabeth Alone: Part 3
17 Apr 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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24. The Man Who Almost Knew Eamonn Andrews
24 Apr 1981
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25. You're All Right, How Am I?
1 May 1981
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26. The Day War Broke Out
15 May 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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27. Random Moments in a May Garden
22 May 1981
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28. Going Gently
5 Jun 1981 · 7.0/10
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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29. Marriage
10 Jul 1981
Playhouse Season 7: quick answers
How many episodes are in Playhouse Season 7?
Season 7 of Playhouse has 29 episodes, about 4 hours in total.
When did Playhouse Season 7 come out?
Season 7 premiered on 31 Oct 1980.