The Best Episodes of Performance Season 1

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.2/10(190 votes)

   #1 - Absolute Hell

   S1:E110/5/1991

   Black comedy set in Soho, London, right after WW2. Half of the fun is seeing a slew of very familiar faces kick up their heels as gay men, lesbians, party-girls, drunks, and drag queens.

   Director:Anthony Page

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.6/10(112 votes)

   #2 - Uncle Vanya

   S1:E210/12/1991

   When Vanya's brother-in-law declares his intention to sell the family's house, polite facades begin to crumble and long repressed feelings start to emerge with devastating consequences.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   8.2/10(23 votes)

   #3 - Nona

   S1:E310/19/1991

   An adaptation of Roberto Cossa's Argentinian drama, the play focuses on a family desperately struggling against inflation and unemployment while trying to assuage the insatiable appetite of their 100-year old grandmother.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.9/10(45 votes)

   #4 - Old Times

   S1:E410/26/1991

   A married couple are visited by a friend from their past, who causes them unease and even embarrassment.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.0/10(22 votes)

   #5 - Top Girls

   S1:E511/2/1991

   Marlene celebrates her new position as MD of Top Girls Appointment Agency by giving a dinner party for five oddly assorted women from centuries past.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.8/10(60 votes)

   #6 - The Trials of Oz

   S1:E611/9/1991

   Dramatization of the famous 1971 trial in which the editors of the British underground magazine "Oz" were charged with obscenity.

   Director:Sheree Folkson

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Sheree Folkson

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