Playhouse

35min

Drama

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

Episodes

Cast

Sizwe Bansi Is Dead

1. Sizwe Bansi Is Dead

13th Mar 1974

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

The Joke

2. The Joke

6th Aug 1974

The Cafeteria

3. The Cafeteria

13th Aug 1974

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

First air date

13th Mar 1974

Last air date

20th May 1983

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks