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The Best Episodes of Playhouse Season 7

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Every episode of Playhouse Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Playhouse Season 7!

The Best Episodes of Playhouse Season 7

A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.

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  1. Background image for Caught on a Train
    7.8/10(378 votes)

    #1 - Caught on a Train

    S7:E1

    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. Background image for Fatal Spring
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    #2 - Fatal Spring

    S7:E2

    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

    S7:E3

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for The Happy Autumn Fields
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    #4 - The Happy Autumn Fields

    S7:E4

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    Director:Peter Hammond
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Grown-Ups
    7.6/10(588 votes)

    #5 - Grown-Ups

    S7:E5

    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.

    Director:Mike Leigh
    Writer:Mike Leigh
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  6. Background image for My Dear Palestrina
    9.8/10(10 votes)

    #6 - My Dear Palestrina

    S7:E6

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    #7 - Shaping Up

    S7:E7

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  9. Background image for Standing in for Henry
    7.1/10(13 votes)

    #8 - Standing in for Henry

    S7:E8

    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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  10. Background image for Fothergill
    8.3/10(11 votes)

    #9 - Fothergill

    S7:E9

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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    #10 - One Hundred and Eighty!!!

    S7:E10

    A darts tournament is put in peril when the players' wives stage a sit-in in the pub.

    Director:Jim Hill
    Writer:Rita May
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    #11 - The Kindness of Mrs. Radcliffe

    S7:E11

    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

    S7:E12

    In prison the night before his execution, Republican preacher Hugh Peter prepares to be hanged, drawn and quartered for treason.

    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Don Taylor
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    #13 - Journal of Bridget Hitler

    S7:E13

    An Irishwoman married to a German in pre-WWI Liverpool prepares to meet her brother-in-law, a young man named Adolf Hitler.

    Writer:Unknown
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    #14 - Days at the Beach

    S7:E14

    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

    S7:E15

    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.

    Director:Tony Smith
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    #16 - Days

    S7:E16

    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?

    Director:Michael Rolfe
    Writer:Eva Figes
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    #17 - Clapperclaw

    S7:E17

    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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  19. Background image for The Potsdam Quartet
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    #18 - The Potsdam Quartet

    S7:E18

    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.

    Director:David Giles
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  20. Background image for Unity
    8.3/10(10 votes)

    #19 - Unity

    S7:E19

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

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    #20 - Skylark

    S7:E20

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    Director:Chris Lovett
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  22. Background image for Elizabeth Alone: Part 1
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    #21 - Elizabeth Alone: Part 1

    S7:E21

    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

    S7:E22

    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

    S7:E23

    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

    S7:E24

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  26. Background image for You're All Right, How Am I?
    9.6/10(13 votes)

    #25 - You're All Right, How Am I?

    S7:E25

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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"Caught on a Train" is the best rated episode of "Playhouse" season 7. It scored 7.8/10 based on 378 votes. Directed by Peter Duffell and written by Stephen Poliakoff, it aired on 10/31/1980. This episode is rated 7.8 points higher than the second-best, "Fatal Spring".