Playhouse

S8 · E1 · 1981年10月30日

Mrs. Reinhardt 第1話

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

S8 · E2 · 1981年11月6日

Last Summer's Child 第2話

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

S8 · E3 · 1981年11月13日

Autumn Sunshine 第3話

S8 · E4 · 1981年11月27日

The Grudge Fight 第4話

S8 · E5 · 1981年12月4日

Virginia Fly Is Drowning 第5話

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...

S8 · E6 · 1981年12月11日

Findings on a Late Afternoon 第6話

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.

S8 · E7 · 1981年12月18日

Dancing Country 第7話

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.

S8 · E8 · 1982年1月8日

The Combination 第8話

S8 · E9 · 1982年1月15日

A Silly Little Habit 第9話

An apparently happy and privileged woman begins shoplifting.

S8 · E10 · 1982年1月22日

Aubrey 第10話

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.

S8 · E11 · 1982年1月29日

Preview 第11話

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

S8 · E12 · 1982年2月5日

Out of Step 第12話

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

S8 · E13 · 1982年2月12日

A Shilling Life 第13話

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

S8 · E14 · 1982年2月19日

The Workshop 第14話

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

S8 · E15 · 1982年2月26日

How Many Miles to Babylon? 第15話

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.

S8 · E16 · 1982年3月5日

The Pigman's Protégé 第16話

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?

S8 · E17 · 1982年3月12日

A Pocketful of Dreams 第17話

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.

S8 · E18 · 1982年3月19日

Keeping in Touch 第18話

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.

S8 · E19 · 1982年3月26日

The Guest 第19話

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.

S8 · E20 · 1982年4月2日

The Sidmouth Letters 第20話

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

S8 · E21 · 1982年4月16日

The Queen of Annagh 第21話

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.

S8 · E22 · 1982年4月23日

By George 第22話

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

S8 · E23 · 1982年4月30日

Lunch 第23話

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

S8 · E24 · 1982年5月7日

Passing Through 第24話

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.

S8 · E25 · 1982年5月14日

Jake's End 第25話

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

S8 · E26 · 1982年5月21日

Housewarming 第26話

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.

S8 · E27 · 1982年5月28日

Easy Money 第27話

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.

S8 · E28 · 1982年6月4日

Potatohead Blues 第28話

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.

S8 · E29 · 1982年6月11日

Irwin Shaw Triple Bill: The Man Who Married a French Wife / The Monument / The Girls in Their Summer Dresses 第29話

Three short stories by Irwin Shaw.

S8 · E30 · 1982年6月18日

Chains 第30話

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.

S8 · E31 · 1982年7月7日

Come Into the Garden, Maud 第31話

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

S8 · E32 · 1982年7月9日

A Song at Twilight 第32話

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

S8 · E33 · 1983年1月14日

Fraulein Else 第33話

S8 · E34 · 1983年4月1日

Imaginary Friends 第34話

S8 · E35 · 1983年5月20日

Possibilities 第35話