Playhouse poster
Drama

The Worst Episodes of Playhouse

Every episode of Playhouse ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Playhouse!

The Worst Episodes of Playhouse

A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.

Seasons8

  1. Background image for Sizwe Bansi Is Dead
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Sizwe Bansi Is Dead

    S1:E1

    Two Black South Africans discover what it means to lose their passbooks, which they must carry to prove their identity during the apartheid era.

    0 Comments
    View all
  2. Background image for The Joke
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #2 - The Joke

    S1:E2

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Voytek
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for The Cafeteria
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #3 - The Cafeteria

    S1:E3

    An eccentric Jewish writer is drawn into the world of an apparently delusional young woman and her invalid father.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for The Breakthrough
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #4 - 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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Graham Evans
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Mrs. Acland's Ghosts
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #5 - Mrs. Acland's Ghosts

    S2:E2

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

    0 Comments
    View all
  6. Background image for Diane
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #6 - 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.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Alan Clarke
  7. Trending NowTRENDING NOW

    The 20 BEST Episodes of Playhouse

    READ
  8. Background image for Kites
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #7 - Kites

    S3:E1

    Retired prep school headmaster Lawrence Hastings has few pleasures in life. One is kite flying, until this too is spoilt by the intrusions of an irritating small boy.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Writer:Don Shaw
  9. Background image for An Accident of Class and Sex
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #8 - An Accident of Class and Sex

    S3:E2

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Brian Parker
  10. Background image for A Martyr to the System
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #9 - A Martyr to the System

    S3:E3

    A school lecturer is possessed by the spirit of Othello during the teaching of Classics.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Peter Smith
  11. Background image for The Button Man
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #10 - The Button Man

    S3:E4

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
  12. Background image for Practical Experience
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Practical Experience

    S3:E5

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Bill Hays
  13. Background image for Dad
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Dad

    S3:E6

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Don Taylor
  14. Background image for The Chauffeur
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #13 - The Chauffeur

    S3:E7

    Joe, chauffeur to a South American embassy, enjoys the small perks of privilege his job provides. When a coup results in the ambassador's recall, his halcyon life is upended.

    0 Comments
    View all
  15. Background image for Play Things
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Play Things

    S3:E8

    A young man volunteers to work with a children's play group in a desolate London area.

    0 Comments
    View all
  16. Background image for Jumbo
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Jumbo

    S3:E9

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Bill Hays
    Writer:Don Shaw
  17. Background image for The Achurch Letters
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #16 - The Achurch Letters

    S5:E1

    A play about the (celibate) relationship between writer George Bernard Shaw and a famous drug addict actress.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Don Taylor
  18. Background image for An Affinity with Dr. Still
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #17 - An Affinity with Dr. Still

    S6:E4

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Derek Lister
  19. Background image for Home Movies
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #18 - Home Movies

    S6:E5

    Keith and Alec have been making holiday movies, together for 25 years. Alec suddenly spots a moment between wife Sybil and Keith. He realises daughter Katie is actually Keith's and she is in a sexual relationship with her 'brother' John.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Philip Dudley
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Sweet Wine of Youth
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Sweet Wine of Youth

    S6:E6

    No description available

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Darrol Blake
  21. Background image for Pews
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Pews

    S6:E8

    Set in a north country synagogue, a group of Jewish men have to organise a shiva, however, not having the required number of their faith, resort to recruiting George, a 'non-Jew', to make up the numbers.

    0 Comments
    View all
    Director:Barry Davis
  22. Background image for Gentle Folk
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Gentle Folk

    S6:E9

    An Edwardian house party given by a Fabian woman, her business-man husband and assorted guests from politics and the Arts—including a young man prone to disturbing premonitions.

    0 Comments
    View all
  23. Background image for Trouble with Gregory
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #22 - Trouble with Gregory

    S6:E10

    Gregory has troubles enough when Ella moves him out and sets him up for a job with the radio. Suspicions of infidelity can make the world a disturbing place. But then he still has to meet the new neighbours...

    0 Comments
    View all
  24. Background image for Lifelike
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Lifelike

    S6:E11

    A comprehensive school is praised for its authenticity, but one schoolboy does not agree with this assessment.

    0 Comments
    View all
  25. Background image for The Enigma
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #24 - The Enigma

    S6:E12

    An upper-class young man has rejected his affluent background, but, when a crisis comes, reverts to type pretty quickly.

    0 Comments
    View all
  26. Background image for Hesther for Example
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Hesther for Example

    S6:E13

    Cousin, W. Clifford Mill, ran a dirty postcard business; which brings Paul to the country in search of a profitable afternoon. Hesther knows the value of most things and, when evening falls, she turns his visit to her own advantage.

    0 Comments
    View all

Worst Episodes Summary

"Sizwe Bansi Is Dead" is the worst rated episode of "Playhouse". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by John Davies and written by Athol Fugard, John Kani, Winston Ntshona, it aired on 3/13/1974. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Joke".