BBC2 Playhouse

BBC2 Playhouse
Genre	Drama, Anthology, television plays
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Release
Original network	BBC 2
Picture format	576i PAL
Original release	March 13, 1974 –; May 20, 1983

BBC2 Playhouse is a UK anthology television series of one-hour episodes produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Among its many performers were Helen Mirren, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Liam Neeson, Paul Scofield, Deborah Kerr, Ben Kingsley, Donald Pleasence, Brenda Blethyn, Peggy Ashcroft and Margaret Whiting.

It premiered in the UK on 13 March 1974 and ran until 20 May 1983.

Productions

This table is based on records in the BBC Genome archive of the Radio Times[1] and the BFI database.[2]

Original UK transmission date	Title	Author	Producer	Director	Performers	Notes
13 Mar 1974	Sizwe Bansi is Dead	Athol Fugard, John Kani, Winston Ntshona	Graeme McDonald	John Davies	John Kani Winston Ntshona	Adapted from the play.
6 Aug 1974	The Joke	Isaac Bashevis Singer, dramatised by Rhys Adrian	Irene Shubik	Voytek	Donald Pleasence Hugh Griffith Miriam Karlin	Repeated 26 May 1976.
13 Aug 1974	The Cafeteria	Isaac Bashevis Singer, dramatised by Rhys Adrian	Irene Shubik	Silvio Narizzano	Donald Pleasence Oscar Homolka Sara Kestelman	Repeated 19 May 1976.
8 Jan 1975	The Breakthrough	Daphne du Maurier, dramatised by Clive Exton	Irene Shubik	Graham Evans	Simon Ward	Repeated 10 November 1976.
15 Jan 1975	Mrs Acland's Ghosts	William Trevor	Irene Shubik	Mike Newell	Sara Kestelman John Bluthal
9 Jul 1975	Diane	David Agnew	Mark Shivas	Alan Clarke	Janine Drzewicki	Not billed as Playhouse in RT but listed by BFI.
19 Mar 1976	Kites	Don Shaw	Innes Lloyd	Christopher King	Hugh Burden
26 Mar 1976	An Accident of Class and Sex	Maggie Wadey	Innes Lloyd	Brian Parker	Peter Barkworth Patricia Garwood Sam Dale	Repeated 5 September 1977.
2 Apr 1976	A Martyr to the System	Andrew Davies	Innes Lloyd	Peter Smith	Mike Grady David Hill
9 Apr 1976	The Button Man	Ewart Alexander	Innes Lloyd	Kenneth Ives	Robert Urquhart Philip Madoc
16 Apr 1976	Practical Experience	Alan Plater	Innes Lloyd	Bill Hays	Barry Foster
23 Apr 1976	Dad	Don Taylor	Innes Lloyd	Don Taylor	Kenneth Haigh Rosemary Leach David Waller
30 Apr 1976	The Chauffeur	Denis Plimmer and Charlotte Plimmer	Innes Lloyd	Brian Gibson	Joe Gladwin David de Keyser	Repeated 31 January 1977.
7 May 1976	Play Things	Peter Prince	Innes Lloyd	Stephen Frears	Jonathan Pryce Nigel Hawthorne	Adapted from the novel. Repeated 12 September 1977.
14 May 1976	Jumbo	Don Shaw	Innes Lloyd	Bill Hays	James Grout John Fortune Norman Rossington
29 Sep 1976 to 3 Nov 1976	Playhouse: The Mind Beyond (6 episodes) - see separate article.
12 Jan 1977	The Achurch Letters	Don Taylor	Rosemary Hill	Don Taylor	Sian Phillips Gary Watson Brian McGrath
7 Nov 1979	School Play	Frederic Raphael	Richard Broke	James Cellan Jones	Denholm Elliott Jeremy Kemp Michael Kitchen Tim Pigott-Smith Jenny Agutter	Repeated under Playhouse Special, 12 December 1981.
14 Nov 1979	Every Good Boy Deserves Favour	Tom Stoppard and André Previn	Mark Shivas	Roger Bamford and Trevor Nunn	Ian McKellen Ben Kingsley	First shown 9 May 1979.
21 Nov 1979	The Brylcreem Boys	Peter Durrant	Innes Lloyd	Roger Bamford	David Threlfall	Repeated 11 September 1981.
28 Nov 1979	An Affinity With Dr Still	David Snodin	Anne Head	Derek Lister	Nicholas Le Prevost
5 Dec 1979	Home-Movies	Denis Cannan	Rosemary Hill	Philip Dudley	Frederick Jaeger Clive Swift
12 Dec 1979	Sweet Wine of Youth	Darrol Blake, from the letters and poems of Rupert Brooke	Cedric Messina	Darrol Blake	Graham Simpson Paul Sherman Monica Kendall Matthew Marsh
19 Dec 1979	Speed King	Roger Milner	Innes Lloyd	Ferdinand Fairfax	Robert Hardy Jennifer Hilary Jack Galloway	Repeated 24 June 1981.
12 Jan 1980	Pews	Chaim Bermant	Graham Benson	Barry Davis	John Bennett
19 Jan 1980	Gentle Folk	Alexander Baron	Innes Lloyd	Rodney Bennett	Anthony Dutton Christopher Strauli Denholm Elliott	Repeated under Playhouse Special, 19 December 1981.
26 Jan 1980	Lifelike	John Challen	Anne Head	Peter Bartlett	Peter Clay Alun Lewis Matthew Guinness
9 Feb 1980	The Enigma	John Fowles, adapted by Malcolm Bradbury	David Rose	Robert Knights	Michael Thomas Barbara Kellerman	From BBC Birmingham.
16 Feb 1980	Hesther for Example	Michael Sullivan	David Rose	Carol Wiseman	Geraldine James	From BBC Birmingham.
23 Feb 1980	Trouble With Gregory	Stephen Davis	Michael Wearing	John Glenister	Richard Pasco Elizabeth Bell	From BBC Birmingham.
8 Mar 1980	The Best of Friends	Frederic Raphael	Anne Head	Derek Lister	Keith Barron
15 Mar 1980	In Hiding	Don Taylor	Innes Lloyd	Don Taylor	Roger Burnett Doreen Mantle Denholm Elliott Alan Rowe Tim Pigott-Smith	Repeated under Playhouse Special, 28 Nov 1981.
22 Mar 1980	Rottingdean	Richard Crane	Anne Head	Mark Cullingham	Pat Heywood Trevor Peacock
18 Apr 1980	The Dig	James Robson	David Rose	Carol Wilks	Eric Allan Jennie Stoller	From BBC Birmingham.
25 Apr 1980	Happy	Derrick Buttress	Peter Ansorge	Derek Lister	Paul Copley Max Hafler	From BBC Birmingham.
2 May 1980	Mary's Wife	David Cook	Peter Ansorge	Peter Jefferies	Robert Gillespie Barbara Leigh-Hunt	From BBC Birmingham.
9 May 1980	Games Without Frontiers	Mike Bradwell	Peter Ansorge	Mike Bradwell	Philip Jackson Jim Broadbent	From BBC Birmingham.
16 May 1980	The Unborn	Philip Martin	Peter Ansorge	Michael Custance	Tack Shepherd Mary Larkin	From BBC Birmingham.
23 May 1980	Electric in the City	Tony Bicat	David Rose	Tony Bicat	Will Knightley Stephen Murray	From BBC Birmingham.
30 May 1980	Blue Remembered Hills	Dennis Potter	Kenith Trodd	Brian Gibson	Colin Welland	First shown as a Play for Today on BBC1, 30 January 1979. Winner of the 1979 BAFTA Awards for Best Director and Best Play. Repeated 6 November 1986, and on BBC4 25 December 2004 and 5 June 2008.
6 Jun 1980	Thank You Comrades	Jim Hawkins	Graham Benson	Jack Gold	Ben Kingsley Connie Booth	First shown on BBC1, 19 December 1978.
13 Jun 1980	Coming Out	James Andrew Hall	Kenith Trodd	Carol Wiseman	Anton Rodgers	First shown as a Play for Today on BBC1, 10 April 1979.
20 Jun 1980	Crest of a Wave	Douglas Livingstone	Graham Benson	Peter Bartlett	Denholm Elliott Ian Hendry Wendy Seely	First shown 18 September 1978 under Premiere 2.
20 Jun 1980	Freedom of the Dig	Peter Everett	Graham Benson	Terry Bedford	Peter Vaughan David Collings Alun Armstrong	First shown 23 October 1978 under Premiere 2.
6 Jul 1980	A Walk in the Forest	Jeremy Paul	Carol Robertson	Jack Gold	John Alderton	First shown as a Play for Today on BBC1, 14 May 1980.
13 Jul 1980	Halleluiah, Mary Plum	Rose Tremain	Rosemary Hill	Peter Hammond	Chrissy Iddon
20 Jul 1980	One of These Nights I'm Gonna Get an Early Day	Trevor Preston	Graham Benson	Peter Ellis	Bryan Marshall Michael Gambon	First shown 16 October 1978 under Premiere 2.
20 Jul 1980	Travellers	Stan Barstow	Graham Benson	Keith Evans	Paul Copley William Biggs	First shown 9 October 1978 under Premiere 2.
3 Aug 1980	Dalhousie's Luck	Aeneas MacBride	Pharic MacLaren	Alan Cooke	Brian Cox	From BBC Scotland.
10 Aug 1980	An Ordered Life	Stephen Deutsch	Rosemary Hill	Peter Smith	Colin Jeavons
31 Oct 1980	Caught on a Train	Stephen Poliakoff	Kenith Trodd	Peter Duffell	Peggy Ashcroft Michael Kitchen	BAFTA Best Single Play, 1981. Repeated on BBC1 14 April 1981, on BBC2 18 September 1989 and 5 May 2001, and on BBC4 20 January 2003 and 15 January 2006.
7 Nov 1980	The Fatal Spring	George Baker	Anne Head	Michael Darlow	David Sibley Charles Dance Michael Troughton	UN Media Peace Prize Award for Merit
14 Nov 1980	The Black Madonna	Muriel Spark, adapted by Russell Harty	Alan Shallcross	Michael Simpson	Helen Fraser Edward Peel
21 Nov 1980	The Happy Autumn Fields	Elizabeth Bowen, dramatised by William Trevor	Rosemary Hill	Peter Hammond	Gillian Blake Stephen Moore
28 Nov 1980	Grown-Ups	Mike Leigh	Louis Marks	Mike Leigh	Lesley Manville Brenda Blethyn Lindsay Duncan Sam Kelly Janine Dlvitski	Repeated 9 September 1982.
5 Dec 1980	My Dear Palestrina	Bernard MacLaverty	Neil Zeiger	Diarmuid Lawrence	Eleanor Bron	From BBC Northern Ireland.
12 Dec 1980	Shaping Up	Sarah Pia Anderson	Anne Head	Peter Bartlett	Veronica Roberts Dinah Stabb
19 Dec 1980	Standing In For Henry	Malcolm Bradbury	Rosemary Hill	Michael Heffernan	Simon Cowell-Parker
9 Jan 1981	Fothergill	Robert Holles, based on a book by John Fothergill	Innes Lloyd	Claude Whatham	Robert Hardy
16 Jan 1981	One Hundred and Eighty!!!	Rita May	John Norton	Jim Hill	Barry Hart Peter Martin Brenda Castle
23 Jan 1981	The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe	Noël Coward, dramatised by Stanley Price	Alan Shallcross	Chris Menaul	Elizabeth Spriggs
30 Jan 1981	A Last Visitor for Mr Hugh Peter	Don Taylor	Anne Head	Don Taylor	Peter Vaughan
6 Feb 1981	The Journal of Bridget Hitler	Beryl Bainbridge and Philip Saville	Anne Head	Philip Saville	Siobhan McKenna Maurice Roeves
13 Feb 1981	Days at the Beach	Malcolm Mowbray	David Rose	Malcolm Mowbray	Sam Kelly Stephen Bill Mark Aspinall	From BBC Birmingham. Repeated 5 July 1992.
20 Feb 1981	Bobby Wants to Meet Me	Janey Preger	Peter Ansorge	Tony Smith	Philip Sayer	From BBC Birmingham.
27 Feb 1981	Days	Eva Figes	David Rose	Michael Rolfe	Anna Calder-Marshall	From BBC Birmingham.
6 Mar 1981	Clapperclaw	Jack Shepherd	Peter Ansorge	Michael Wearing	Lynn Farleigh Maggie Steed Lesley Clare O'Neill	From BBC Birmingham.
13 Mar 1981	The Potsdam Quartet	David Pinner	Michael Rolfe	David Giles	Peter Eyre Frederick Jaeger Clive Swift Jerome Willis	From BBC Birmingham.
20 Mar 1981	Unity	John Mortimer, based on the biography of Unity Mitford by David Pryce-Jones.	Louis Marks	James Cellan Jones	Lesley-Anne Down Nigel Havers Jeremy Kemp James Villiers Ernst Jacobi
27 Mar 1981	Sky Lark	Julian Bond	Chris Cherry	Chris Lovett	Wendy Morgan David Sibley
3 Apr 1981	Elizabeth Alone: Part 1	William Trevor	Ann Kirch	Brian Parker	Barbara Ferris Gawn Grainger Joss Ackland Doreen Mantle David Neal Sylvia Coleridge Harry Towb Elizabeth Estensen
10 Apr 1981	Elizabeth Alone: Part 2				Barbara Ferris Gawn Grainger Doreen Mantle David Neal Ian Marter
17 Apr 1981	Elizabeth Alone: Part 3				Barbara Ferris Gawn Grainger Sylvia Coleridge Harry Towb Elizabeth Estensen
24 Apr 1981	The Man Who Almost Knew Eamonn Andrews	John Heilpern	John Norton	Peter Bartlett	Doug Fisher
1 May 1981	You're All Right - How Am I?	William Douglas Home	Innes Lloyd	Paul Ciappessoni		Repeated under Playhouse Special, 5 December 1981.
15 May 1981	The Day War Broke Out	Peter Tinniswood	Peter Ansorge	Mike Bradwell	Kenneth MacDonald Dee Anderson	From BBC Birmingham.
22 May 1981	Random Moments in a May Garden	James Saunders	Terry Coles	Bill Hays	Barry Foster Zena Walker T P McKenna
5 Jun 1981	Going Gently	Thomas Ellice, from the novel by Robert C.S. Downs	Innes Lloyd	Stephen Frears	Norman Wisdom Judi Dench Fulton MacKay	BAFTA Best Single Play, 1982. Repeated on BBC1 24 August 1982.
10 Jul 1981	Marriage	Nikolai Gogol, English version by Eric Bentley	Ann Kirch	Michael Simpson	John Wood Margaret Tyzack Gawn Grainger Norman Rodway Stratford Johns Dinah Stabb
30 Oct 1981	Mrs Reinhardt	Edna O'Brien	Alan Shallcross	Piers Haggard	Helen Mirren Brad Davis Ralph Bates
6 Nov 1981	Last Summer's Child	Susan Hill	Rosemary Hill	Giles Foster	Billie Whitelaw Anthony Bate	Repeated 4 March 1983.
13 Nov 1981	Autumn Sunshine	William Trevor	Alan Shallcross	Rodney Bennett	Christopher Casson Mary Larkin Robert Hamilton	Repeated 25 February 1983.
27 Nov 1981	The Grudge Fight	John Hale	Rosemary Hill	Mike Vardy	Jamie Roberts Michael Packer
4 Dec 1981	Virginia Fly Is Drowning	Angela Huth, dramatised from her novel	Anne Head	Mark Cullingham	Anna Massey Noel Dyson Richard Wilson
11 Dec 1981	Findings on a Late Afternoon	Rose Tremain	June Roberts	Richard Martin	John Nettles Joss Ackland
18 Dec 1981	Dancing Country	Peter Buckman	Brenda Reid	Michael Darlow	Elsie Randolph Nat Jackley John Junkin
8 Jan 1982	The Combination	Tim Preece	Rosemary Hill	Peter Hammond	Dorothy Tutin Gary Raymond Henry Milner Julian Davies	Repeated 18 February 1983.
15 Jan 1982	A Silly Little Habit	Carol Bunyan	Anne Head	Sarah Pia Anderson	Margaret Tyzack Pauline Jameson
22 Jan 1982	Aubrey	John Selwyn Gilbert	Rosemary Hill	Peter Hammond	John Dicks Rula Lenska
29 Jan 1982	Preview	Sylvia Clayton	Rosemary Hill	Jon Amiel	Anton Rodgers Anna Cropper Cherie Lunghi Will Knightly
5 Feb 1982	Out Of Step	Carol Bunyan	Terry Coles	Bill Hays	Jacqueline Tong Carol Leader
12 Feb 1982	A Shilling Life	Guy Meredith	Rosemary Hill	Michael Heffernan	Eric Porter Julie Covington
19 Feb 1982	The Workshop	Jean-Claude Grumberg, adapted by Tom Kempinski	Carol Robertson	Nicolas Kent	Lynn Farleigh Lee Montague
26 Feb 1982	How Many Miles to Babylon?	Jennifer Johnston, adapted by Derek Mahon	Innes Lloyd	Moira Armstrong	Sian Phillips Barry Foster Alan MacNaughtan Daniel Day-Lewis Christopher Fairbank
5 Mar 1982	The Pigman's Protege	Thomas Ellice	Terry Coles	John Madden	Victoria Fairbrother Patrick Troughton
12 Mar 1982	Pocketful Of Dreams	Jim Hill	Terry Coles	Stuart Urban	Michael Elphick Philip Jackson	Repeated 11 March 1983.
19 Mar 1982	Keeping in Touch	Alan Drury	Terry Coles	Terence Deyaney	Doug Fisher Margery Mason
26 Mar 1982	The Guest	Pauline MacAulay, from a short story by Gerald Durrell.	Terry Coles	Paul Bamborough	Anton Rodgers Judy Cornwell	Repeated 25 March 1983.
2 Apr 1982	The Sidmouth Letters	Jane Gardam, dramatised by Paula Milne	Terry Coles	Nicholas Renton	Jane Wymark Patience Collier Philip O'Brien
16 Apr 1982	The Queen of Annagh	Terence Hodgkinson	Terry Coles	Jane Jackson	Diane Fletcher Eamon Boland
23 Apr 1982	By George!	Dennis Cannan	Rosemary Hill	Nicholas Renton	Benjamin Whit-Row
30 Apr 1982	Lunch	Elaine Feinstein	Rosemary Hill	Jon Amiel	Rosemary Martin Jennifer Hilary
7 May 1982	Passing Through	Rhys Adrian	Rosemary Hill	Desmond Davis	Ian Richardson Lee Montague Rosalie Crutchley
14 May 1982	Jake's End	Desmond Lowden	Michael Wearing	Jim O'Brien	Maurice O'Connell Coral Atkins Christine Hargreaves	From BBC Birmingham.
21 May 1982	Housewarming	Stephen Bill	Peter Ansorge	Robin Midgley	Penelope Nice Nigel Bennett Carolyn Moody David Collings	From BBC Birmingham.
28 May 1982	Easy Money	Michael Abbensetts	Peter Ansorge	Gillian Lynne	Gary Shail Kim Thomson	From BBC Birmingham.
4 Jun 1982	Potatohead Blues	Bill Morrison	Peter Ansorge	Michael Rolfe	Tony Rohr Valerie Lilley	From BBC Birmingham.
11 Jun 1982	The Man Who Married a French Wife	Irwin Shaw, dramatised by Kenneth Cavander	Alan Shallcross	John Glenister
	The Monument		Lindsay Law	Nick Havinga		A WNET New York production.
	The Girls in their Summer Dresses		Lindsay Law	Nick Havinga		A WNET New York production.
18 Jun 1982	Chains	Janey Preger	Terry Coles	Graham Theakston	Michael Elphick
7 Jul 1982	Come into the Garden Maud	Noël Coward	Rosemary Hill	Cedric Messina	Geraldine McEwan
9 Jul 1982	A Song at Twilight	Noël Coward	Rosemary Hill	Cedric Messina	Deborah Kerr Paul Scofield
14 Jan 1983	Fraulein Else	Thomas Ellice, from a story by Arthur Schnitzler	Terry Coles	Bill Hays	Georgia Slowe Brewster Mason	Not billed as Playhouse in RT but listed by BFI.
1 Apr 1983	Imaginary Friends	George Baker, adapted from a play by Robert King	Neil Zeiger	Michael Darlow	Peter Ustinov Lilli Palmer Roger Rees	Not billed as Playhouse in RT but listed by BFI.
20 May 1983	Possibilities	Jonathan Raban	Innes Lloyd	Kenneth Ives	Tim Brooke-Taylor	Not billed as Playhouse in RT but listed by BFI.
Playhouse Presents
17 Feb 1980	The Lost Boys 1: We Set Out to Be Wrecked	Andrew Birkin	Louis Marks	Rodney Bennett	Ian Holm	First shown under Play of the Week, 11 October 1978. Repeated 27 December 1991.
24 Feb 1980	The Lost Boys 2: Dark and Sinister Man					First shown under Play of the Week, 18 October 1978. Repeated 28 December 1991.
2 Mar 1980	The Lost Boys 3: An Awfully Big Adventure					First shown under Play of the Week, 25 October 1978. Repeated 30 December 1991.
9 Mar 1980	Law and Order 1: A Detective's Tale	G.F. Newman	Tony Garnett	Leslie Blair	Derek Martin Ken Campbell	First shown 6 April 1978. Repeated on BBC4 24 March 2009.
16 Mar 1980	Law and Order 2: A Villain's Tale				Peter Dean Derek Martin	First shown 13 April 1978. Repeated on BBC4 31 March 2009.
23 Mar 1980	Law and Order 3: A Brief's Tale				Ken Campbell Peter Dean	First shown 20 April 1978. Repeated on BBC4 7 April 2009.
30 Mar 1980	Law and Order 4: A Prisoner's Tale				Peter Dean Deirdre Costello	First shown 27 April 1978. Repeated on BBC4 14 April 2009.
13 Sep 1980	Langrishe, Go Down	Harold Pinter, based on the novel by Aidan Higgins		David Jones	Judi Dench Jeremy Irons Annette Crosbie Harold Pinter Margaret Whiting	First shown under Play of the Week, 20 September 1978. Repeated on BBC4 26 December 2002, and on BBC2 16 August 2005 and 11 February 2005.
12 Jun 1981	Big Blonde	Dorothy Parker, adapted by Ellen M. Violett	Ann Blumenthal	Kirk Browning	Sally Kellerman	A WNET production

References

External links

BBC2 Playhouse at IMDb

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