
Playhouse (1974)
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Peter Ansorge — Producer
Episodes 25
Sizwe Bansi Is Dead
Two Black South Africans discover what it means to lose their passbooks, which they must carry to prove their identity during the apartheid era.
Read MoreThe Joke
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The Cafeteria
An eccentric Jewish writer is drawn into the world of an apparently delusional young woman and her invalid father.
Read MoreThe Breakthrough
On a remote Cornish coast, a small group of scientists at an out of the way research laboratory delve into the mystery of what happens at the moment of death.
Read MoreMrs. Acland's Ghosts
An isolated woman is haunted by the ghosts of her dead siblings.
Read MoreAn Accident of Class and Sex
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A Martyr to the System
A school lecturer is possessed by the spirit of Othello during the teaching of Classics.
Read MoreThe Button Man
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Practical Experience
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Dad
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The Chauffeur
Joe, chauffeur to a South American embassy, enjoys the small perks of privilege his job provides. When a coup results in the ambassador's recall, his halcyon life is upended.
Read MorePlay Things
A young man volunteers to work with a children's play group in a desolate London area.
Read MoreJumbo
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Happy
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Mary's Wife
A married transvestite comes to terms with their true gender identity.
Read MoreGames Without Frontiers
Nobody goes to Amsterdam to wander about. It's either the Rijksmuseum or the red-light district. On the boat going home Clive and Stewart admit to not having spent long in the museums – so what did they get up to in Amsterdam?
Read MoreThe Unborn
A physicist has visions of his unborn baby – it turns out that the child will grow up to become a Hitler-like dictator responsible for World War III.
Read MoreBobby 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.
Read MoreClapperclaw
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.
Read MoreThe 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?
Read MoreHousewarming
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.
Read MoreEasy Money
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.
Read MorePotatohead Blues
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.
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