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The Best Episodes of Playhouse Season 7

Every episode of Playhouse Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Playhouse Season 7!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Playhouse Season 7 Episode 6 - My Dear Palestrina
    9.7/10(11 votes)

    S7:E6

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    Director:Diarmuid Lawrence
    Writer:Bernard MacLaverty

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  2. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 25 - You're All Right, How Am I?
    9.0/10(16 votes)

    S7:E25

    No description available

    Director:Paul Ciappessoni
    Writer:William Douglas-Home

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  3. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 14 - Days at the Beach
    8.8/10(9 votes)

    S7:E14

    In 1920, a trio of British soldiers have to guard an unexploded mine that has washed up on a beach.

    Director:Malcolm Mowbray
    Writer:Malcolm Mowbray

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  4. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 9 - Fothergill
    8.3/10(10 votes)

    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.

    Director:Claude Whatham
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 19 - Unity
    8.2/10(14 votes)

    S7:E19

    The true story of Unity Mitford who, in the 1930s, moves to Germany, where she befriends Adolf Hitler.

    Director:James Cellan Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 13 - Journal of Bridget Hitler
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    S7:E13

    An Irishwoman married to a German in pre-WWI Liverpool prepares to meet her brother-in-law, a young man named Adolf Hitler.

    Director:Philip Saville
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 28 - Going Gently
    8.0/10(74 votes)

    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.

    Director:Stephen Frears
    Writer:Thomas Ellice

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  8. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 1 - Caught on a Train
    7.8/10(442 votes)

    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...

    Director:Peter Duffell
    Writer:Stephen Poliakoff

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  9. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 5 - Grown-Ups
    7.7/10(618 votes)

    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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  10. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 8 - Standing in for Henry
    6.9/10(16 votes)

    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?

    Director:Michael Heffernan
    Writer:Malcolm Bradbury

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  11. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 2 - Fatal Spring
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E2

    Using a remarkable blend of dramatic techniques, this study of three English poets – also three courageous soldiers – gradually develops towards their historical and crucial meeting.

    Director:Michael Darlow
    Writer:George Baker

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  12. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 3 - The Black Madonna
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E3

    Lou Parker feels very strongly that she and her husband, Ray, are different from the Farrells and the Ackerleys. With them it's all television. But she and Ray have the local library and The Observer. They keep abreast. They're different.

    Director:Michael Simpson
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 4 - The Happy Autumn Fields
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E4

    No description available

    Director:Peter Hammond
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 7 - Shaping Up
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E7

    No description available

    Director:Peter Bartlett
    Writer:Sarah Pia Anderson

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  15. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 10 - One Hundred and Eighty!!!
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E10

    A darts tournament is put in peril when the players' wives stage a sit-in in the pub.

    Director:Jim Hill
    Writer:Rita May

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  16. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 11 - The Kindness of Mrs. Radcliffe
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E11

    A day in the life of Mrs Radcliffe, who believes that the advice she so freely gives is done only out of kindness.

    Director:Christopher Menaul
    Writer:Stanley Price

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  17. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 12 - A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E12

    In prison the night before his execution, Republican preacher Hugh Peter prepares to be hanged, drawn and quartered for treason.

    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Don Taylor

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  18. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 15 - Bobby Wants to Meet Me
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E15

    In 1978, Changes Magazine journalist Neville Morris writes an essay about Bob Dylan called 'A Jewish Massiah'. Dylan's publicist Elle Smith reaches out that The Bard wants to meet him at Earl's Court.

    Director:Tony Smith
    Writer:Janey Preger

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  19. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 16 - Days
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E16

    A mother, waiting for a visit through a hospital day, reflects on her life. Dreams haunt her, fantasies seduce her, memories crowd in on her, distorting the drab reality of her day to day existence. Must her daughter follow in her footsteps? How can she find a way to guide her towards a brighter future?

    Director:Michael Rolfe
    Writer:Eva Figes

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  20. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 17 - Clapperclaw
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E17

    VE Night, 1945: In a Yorkshire pub, not everyone is in a mood to celebrate. Lorna Thorpe's 'All-Star' dance band is down two members, the beer has run out, and some influential friends on the city council have booked flights to Buenos Aires.

    Director:Michael Wearing
    Writer:Jack Shepherd

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  21. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 18 - The Potsdam Quartet
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E18

    An exploration of the personal and professional conflicts of a string quartet who have been playing together for many years, but are on the point of disintegrating.

    Director:David Giles
    Writer:David Pinner

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  22. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 20 - Skylark
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E20

    No description available

    Director:Chris Lovett
    Writer:Julian Bond

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  23. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 21 - Elizabeth Alone: Part 1
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E21

    After nineteen years of marriage, three children, and a brief but passionate affair followed by a quick divorce, Elizabeth Aidallbery has to go for an emergency operation. From her bed, she has the leisure to take stock of her life, and frankly, it doesn't look very edifying: there's the 17-year-old daughter who's run off to a commune with her boyfriend; an old hopeless suitor who continues to press his claims; and of course the memory of the havoc caused by the affair. No doubt she could put her life back in order. But need that involve all those people who cause her so much heartache?

    Director:Brian Parker
    Writer:William Trevor

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  24. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 22 - Elizabeth Alone: Part 2
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E22

    After nineteen years of marriage, three children, and a brief but passionate affair followed by a quick divorce, Elizabeth Aidallbery has to go for an emergency operation. From her bed, she has the leisure to take stock of her life, and frankly, it doesn't look very edifying: there's the 17-year-old daughter who's run off to a commune with her boyfriend; an old hopeless suitor who continues to press his claims; and of course the memory of the havoc caused by the affair. No doubt she could put her life back in order. But need that involve all those people who cause her so much heartache?

    Director:Brian Parker
    Writer:William Trevor

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  25. Playhouse Season 7 Episode 23 - Elizabeth Alone: Part 3
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S7:E23

    After nineteen years of marriage, three children, and a brief but passionate affair followed by a quick divorce, Elizabeth Aidallbery has to go for an emergency operation. From her bed, she has the leisure to take stock of her life, and frankly, it doesn't look very edifying: there's the 17-year-old daughter who's run off to a commune with her boyfriend; an old hopeless suitor who continues to press his claims; and of course the memory of the havoc caused by the affair. No doubt she could put her life back in order. But need that involve all those people who cause her so much heartache?

    Director:Brian Parker
    Writer:William Trevor

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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"My Dear Palestrina" is the best rated episode of Playhouse season 7. It scored 9.7/10 from 11 votes. Directed by Diarmuid Lawrence and written by Bernard MacLaverty, it aired on December 5, 1980. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "You're All Right, How Am I?".