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Playhouse Season 7 Episode release dates & where to watch

Premiered

Friday, October 31, 1980

Ended: Friday, July 10, 1981

When does Playhouse Season 7 come out?

Playhouse Season 7 premiered Friday, October 31, 1980 on BBC Two and ended Friday, July 10, 1981. The season has 29 episodes.

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1. Caught on a Train

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

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

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

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5. Grown-Ups

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

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7. Shaping Up

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8. Standing in for Henry

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

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!!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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20. Skylark

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21. Elizabeth Alone: Part 1

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

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?

Friday · 45 years ago

23. Elizabeth Alone: Part 3

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

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25. You're All Right, How Am I?

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26. The Day War Broke Out

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

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28. Going Gently

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 Finale

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Playhouse Season 7 guest stars

  • Norman Wisdom

    Norman Wisdom

    Bernard Flood

  • Judi Dench

    Judi Dench

    Sister Scarli

  • Fulton Mackay

    Fulton Mackay

    Austin Miller

  • Stephanie Cole

    Stephanie Cole

    Gladys Flood

  • Peter Attard

    George Flood

  • Ray Hassett

    Ray Hassett

    Priest

  • Garry Cooper

    Garry Cooper

    Orderly

  • Ivan Steward

    Orderly

  • Bill Dean

    Bill Dean

    Painter

  • Doreen Mantle

    Doreen Mantle

    Mrs. Orpen

  • John Savident

    John Savident

    Dunswick

  • David Bradley

    David Bradley

    Wike

  • Maggie Steed

    Maggie Steed

    Sylvia

  • Robert Hardy

    Robert Hardy

    John Fothergill

  • Patrick Newell

    Patrick Newell

    Pemberton

  • John Bird

    John Bird

    H.G. Wells

Playhouse Season 7 FAQ

When does Playhouse Season 7 come out?

Playhouse Season 7 premiered Friday, October 31, 1980 on BBC Two.

How many episodes are in Playhouse Season 7?

Playhouse Season 7 has 29 episodes.

Are new episodes of Playhouse Season 7 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the Playhouse Season 7 finale?

The Playhouse Season 7 finale (Episode 29) aired Friday, July 10, 1981.

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