Playhouse Presents - Season 1

Playhouse Presents - Season 1

Season 1

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DatesApr 12, 2012 - Jun 21, 2012
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Episodes

The Minor Character
Season 1Episode 130 min

The Minor Character

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.
Apr 12, 2012
Nellie and Melba
Season 1Episode 230 min

Nellie and Melba

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.
Apr 19, 2012
Nixon's the One
Season 1Episode 330 min

Nixon's the One

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.
Apr 26, 2012
King of the Teds
Season 1Episode 430 min

King of the Teds

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.
May 3, 2012
City Hall
Season 1Episode 530 min

City Hall

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.
May 10, 2012
Care
Season 1Episode 630 min

Care

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.
May 17, 2012
The Snipist
Season 1Episode 730 min

The Snipist

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?
May 24, 2012
Walking the Dogs
Season 1Episode 830 min

Walking the Dogs

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.
May 31, 2012
The Man
Season 1Episode 930 min

The Man

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.
Jun 7, 2012
The Other Woman
Season 1Episode 1030 min

The Other Woman

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?
Jun 14, 2012
Psychobitches
Season 1Episode 1130 min

Psychobitches

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.
Jun 21, 2012

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