All Episodes of Playhouse Presents
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Season 1
6.3/1059 votesThe Minor Character
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/12/2012
Drama written by Will Self and starring David Tennant as Will, the artist, who observes life in minute detail, providing a witty and acerbic critique of his life. When a tragedy occurs, Will is forced to reconsider the trust he has in the urban-suburban, middle-class landscape of his middle-aged friends.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 6.0/1020 votes
Nellie and Melba
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/19/2012
Melba teaches ballroom dancing and likes to play whist. Her 51 year-old son still lives at home working at the dreaded social security office. His dream is to go onto the stage which, despite a catalogue of disasters, he triumphantly does – with a little help from his mother.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.2/1023 votes
Nixon's the One
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/26/2012
Comedy-drama starring Harry Shearer (This is Spinal Tap, The Simpsons) as Nixon. This is a verbatim account of Nixon’s time in the Oval office, based on more than 198 hours of recordings made between February 1971 and 1973. This brilliant film is a fascinating account of his controversial and often farcical time in office.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.1/1050 votes
King of the Teds
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/3/2012
Tina works part time as a cleaner. Ron’s been made redundant by the bottle factory. The lives of this long-term married couple are turned upside-down with the surprise visit of their best friend from the fifties and deep feelings are rekindled.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 5.5/1022 votes
Care
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/17/2012
CARE stars Gina McKee as Natalie, a nurse whose relationship with an elderly patient and other residents on the notorious Byker Estate forces her to confront her own fears and isolation.
Director: Amanda Boyle
Writer: Unknown
- 7.2/1063 votes
The Snipist
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/24/2012
Set in a post-apocalyptic Britain, a lone sniper (Henshall) must fend off plague carriers and rescue stranded communities in order to survive. But is this landscape of a destroyed civilisation all that it seems?
Director: Unknown
Writer: Matthew Holness
- 7.2/1024 votes
The Other Woman
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/14/2012
Life imitates art as a successful TV writer and his actress wife’s failing marriage is mirrored in the show he writes and she stars in. But can they work out their problems on screen or is their relationship doomed to fail?
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.7/1062 votes
Psychobitches
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/21/2012
This comedy puts history’s most famous women into the psychiatrist’s chair. Starring Rebecca Front as the therapist, and featuring Catherine Tate as Eva Braun and Édith Piaf, Sharon Horgan as Jane Austen and Frieda Kahlo, Katy Brand as Joan of Arc and George Eliot, Sheila Reid as Mother Theresa, Sam Spiro as Mary Whitehouse and Judy Garland, Selina Griffiths as Beatrix Potter and Andy Nyman as Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown