The Best Episodes of Playhouse Presents Season 2

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.5/10(32 votes)

   #1 - Hey Diddly Dee

   S2:E14/18/2013

   For every star that is born...one has to die. When the star of the show suffers a tragic accident who is to blame? The understudy? A faulty trap door? Or the theatre's lucky cat? A dark comedy-drama about drama.

   Director:Marc Warren

   Writer:Marc Warren

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   Director:Marc Warren

   Writer:Marc Warren
2. 

   7.7/10(61 votes)

   #2 - Snodgrass

   S2:E24/25/2013

   A 50 year old John Lennon sits in a dingy kitchen, smoking a roll up, unemployed and on his uppers. This John Lennon walked out on the Beatles in 1962 before the hits -- before they changed music for ever.

   Director:David Blair

   Writer:David Quantick

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   Director:David Blair

   Writer:David Quantick
3. 

   8.9/10(130 votes)

   #3 - The Call Out

   S2:E35/2/2013

   A disturbance at Union Square leads to some strange encounters for two policemen in this funny and poignant portrait of loneliness in the city.

   Director:Carlo Gabriel Nero

   Writer:Carlo Gabriel Nero

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   Director:Carlo Gabriel Nero

   Writer:Carlo Gabriel Nero
4. 

   6.6/10(39 votes)

   #4 - Pavement Psychologist

   S2:E45/9/2013

   Idris Elba writes and directs this taut drama in which accountant Anna Friel strikes up a unique relationship with homeless man Nonso Anozie.

   Director:Idris Elba

   Writer:Idris Elba

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   Director:Idris Elba

   Writer:Idris Elba
5. 

   6.7/10(32 votes)

   #5 - Mr. Understood

   S2:E55/16/2013

   In a funny and thought-provoking tale co-created by artist Grayson Perry, a transvestite battling with issues of self-doubt tries to overcome his fears.

   Director:Kate Hardie

   Writer:Kate Hardie

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   Director:Kate Hardie

   Writer:Kate Hardie
6. 

   6.3/10(12 votes)

   #6 - Stage Door Johnnies

   S2:E65/23/2013

   Five theatre enthusiasts will stop at nothing to let their idols know how they truly feel...even if it means causing a little accidental grievous bodily harm along the way.

   Director:Catherine McCormack

   Writers:Catherine McCormack, Laura Power

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   Director:Catherine McCormack

   Writers:Catherine McCormack, Laura Power
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   7.4/10(40 votes)

   #7 - Cargese

   S2:E76/30/2013

   Matt Smith makes his directorial debut with a tense and stylish drama about two teenagers stuck on a council estate. Written by Simon Stephens, it stars Craig Roberts.

   Director:Matt Smith

   Writer:Simon Stephens

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   Director:Matt Smith

   Writer:Simon Stephens
8. 

   7.4/10(22 votes)

   #8 - Ragged

   S2:E86/6/2013

   Based on Ricky Tomlinson's true experiences campaigning to overturn a verdict which sent him to jail for 2 years in the early 1970s. While in prison and on hunger strike, Ricky is encouraged by a prison governor to read Robert Tressell's book The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists -- which changed his life forever.

   Director:Johnny Vegas

   Writers:Andrew Lynch, Johnny Vegas

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   Director:Johnny Vegas

   Writers:Andrew Lynch, Johnny Vegas
9. 

   8.6/10(41 votes)

   #9 - Gifted

   S2:E96/13/2013

   Chris has a unique gift,the ability to heal the sick by touching them. He is also a germophobe,which makes him shy away from human contact and live a lonely,secluded life. His sister Eleanor is scornful of his inability to connect with the rest of his family but then he meets Mona,a new colleague and single mother and - in all likelihood - his very first date. But at the same time his mother May is admitted to hospital with cancer. Can his new-found confidence after meeting Mona enable him to save his mother's life?

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Unknown

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    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #10 - Psychobitches: Episode 1

    S2:E995/30/2013

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    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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