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The Best Episodes of Playhouse Presents Season 1

Every episode of Playhouse Presents Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Playhouse Presents Season 1!

The Best Episodes of Playhouse Presents Season 1

Playhouse Presents is a series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts. The series started airing on 12 April 2012, on Sky...

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    #1 - The Minor Character

    S1:E1

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #2 - Nellie and Melba

    S1:E2

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #3 - Nixon's the One

    S1:E3

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #4 - King of the Teds

    S1:E4

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #5 - City Hall

    S1:E5

    Riding a wave of popular opinion after footage of her defiant stance against London rioters becomes an internet hit, an ordinary woman finds herself as the capital’s first female Mayor.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #6 - Care

    S1:E6

    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.

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    Director:Amanda Boyle
    Writer:Unknown
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    #7 - The Snipist

    S1:E7

    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?

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    Director:Unknown
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    #8 - Walking the Dogs

    S1:E8

    An intruder breaks into the Queen’s bedroom at dawn. They discuss love, family and personal freedom before the police arrive to take him away.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #9 - The Man

    S1:E9

    Hidden in an exclusive hotel, a cabal of powerful individuals debates international politics, economics and war. A chilling look at how an unelected few control the fate of the masses.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #10 - The Other Woman

    S1:E10

    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?

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #11 - Psychobitches

    S1:E11

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Minor Character" is the best rated episode of "Playhouse Presents" season 1. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/12/2012. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Nellie and Melba".