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The Best Episodes of Playhouse

Every episode of Playhouse ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Playhouse!

The Best Episodes of Playhouse

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 My Dear Palestrina
    9.8/10(10 votes)

    #1 - My Dear Palestrina

    S7:E6

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

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

    S7:E25

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  3. Background image for Speed King
    8.7/10(15 votes)

    #3 - Speed King

    S6:E7

    In 1935, Sir Malcolm Campbell's obsession is to win the World's Land Speed Record in his car Bluebird. Speed King is about the man, the car, and the ruthless, but irresistible, public ambition of a world hero.

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  4. Background image for Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
    8.3/10(42 votes)

    #4 - Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

    S6:E2

    A dissident, Alexander, has been pronounced insane by the authorities (although he isn't), and finds himself sharing a cell with a genuine mental patient, Ivanov.

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

    #5 - 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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  6. Background image for Unity
    8.3/10(10 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. Background image for School Play
    8.2/10(22 votes)

    #7 - School Play

    S6:E1

    A play about the horrors of life at an English public school - with all the schoolboys played by adults.

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  9. Background image for The Brylcreem Boys
    8.2/10(18 votes)

    #8 - The Brylcreem Boys

    S6:E3

    Cpl. George Hunn's sentry post is knocked over and he wakes to find he is suffering from frost bite of the face. Sent to hospital he is put on a ward with aircrew who have mental issues. He is trapped reenacting their missions at night.

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  10. Background image for Going Gently
    7.9/10(74 votes)

    #9 - Going Gently

    S7:E28

    Two men sharing a hospital room after their diagnoses of terminal cancer struggle with fear, physical pain, the difficulties of being in hospital, family members unable to cope, loneliness, and their unusual friendship.

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

    #10 - 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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  12. Background image for The Mind Beyond: The Daedalus Equations
    7.7/10(42 votes)

    #11 - The Mind Beyond: The Daedalus Equations

    S4:E4

    During a séance, a medium transcribes complex equations that seem to be the final work of a recently deceased physicist revealing the secret of cold fusion, to the consternation of a rationalistic scientist.

    Director:David Reid
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  13. Background image for Come Into the Garden, Maud
    7.7/10(87 votes)

    #12 - Come Into the Garden, Maud

    S8:E31

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

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  14. Background image for Grown-Ups
    7.6/10(589 votes)

    #13 - 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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  15. Background image for Diane
    7.3/10(92 votes)

    #14 - Diane

    S2:E3

    Teenager Diane Weaver lives with her abusive single father. A religious local boy only who wants to be her friend, but she doesn't like him as much as he does her. What no one realizes is how far the abuse goes.

    Director:Alan Clarke
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  16. Background image for The Mind Beyond: Meriel, the Ghost Girl
    7.3/10(29 votes)

    #15 - The Mind Beyond: Meriel, the Ghost Girl

    S4:E1

    Psychic investigator George Livingston is asked to attend a séance. Can it be that he has finally discovered a genuine supernatural phenomena!?

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  17. Background image for Standing in for Henry
    7.1/10(14 votes)

    #16 - 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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  18. Background image for The Mind Beyond: Double Echo
    6.9/10(16 votes)

    #17 - The Mind Beyond: Double Echo

    S4:E2

    Alison has suffered Autism since childhood. Now 17, her parents take her to Dr. Mallam for psychotherapy. Alison is tested with Zener cards, leading him to suspect she is telepathic.

    Director:Alan Bridges
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  19. Background image for Chains
    6.9/10(43 votes)

    #18 - Chains

    S8:E30

    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.

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  20. Background image for The Mind Beyond: Stones
    6.7/10(37 votes)

    #19 - The Mind Beyond: Stones

    S4:E5

    Stones and curses go together. A series of strange events connected with Stonehenge lead Professor Reeve, an Oxford historian, to wonder if this superstition is true.

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  21. Background image for Mrs. Reinhardt
    6.7/10(61 votes)

    #20 - Mrs. Reinhardt

    S8:E1

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

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  22. Background image for Mrs. Acland's Ghosts
    6.6/10(29 votes)

    #21 - Mrs. Acland's Ghosts

    S2:E2

    An isolated woman is haunted by the ghosts of her dead siblings.

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  23. Background image for The Workshop
    6.6/10(131 votes)

    #22 - The Workshop

    S8:E14

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

    Director:Nicholas Kent
    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for The Mind Beyond: The Love of a Good Woman
    6.5/10(10 votes)

    #23 - The Mind Beyond: The Love of a Good Woman

    S4:E3

    A pair of childhood sweethearts have their peaceful life interrupted when a vulgar woman from her dreams show up in reality.

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  25. Background image for The Breakthrough
    6.2/10(26 votes)

    #24 - The Breakthrough

    S2:E1

    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.

    Director:Graham Evans
    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for A Silly Little Habit
    6.0/10(9 votes)

    #25 - A Silly Little Habit

    S8:E9

    An apparently happy and privileged woman begins shoplifting.

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Best Episodes Summary

"My Dear Palestrina" is the best rated episode of "Playhouse". It scored 9.8/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by Diarmuid Lawrence and written by Bernard MacLaverty, it aired on 12/5/1980. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "You're All Right, How Am I?".