Browse episode ratings trends for Playhouse Presents. Simply click on the interactive rating graph to explore the best and worst of Playhouse Presents's 34 episodes.
Best Episodes of Playhouse Presents
Foxtrot
S3 Ep5
9.0
29th May 2014
Strippers Badger and the androgynous Fox, who poses as a boy, have kidnapped Ezra, a punter who injured one of their colleagues, and have him prisoner in a hotel room.
The Man
S1 Ep9
8.7
7th Jun 2012
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.
Snodgrass
S2 Ep2
8.0
25th Apr 2013
Ian Hart stars as 50-year-old John Lennon in a poignant and humorous look at how his life might have been if he had walked out of The Beatles in 1962.
Worst Episodes of Playhouse Presents
The Minor Character
S1 Ep1
6.1
12th Apr 2012
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.
The Cruise
S3 Ep3
6.7
15th May 2014
Mobile Hairdresser Jacky is one week from her silver anniversary dream cruise. But is husband Andy's hesitation just simple concern - or are darker forces at play?
The Dog Thrower
S3 Ep1
6.8
1st May 2014
Lonely man Jonah begins throwing his dog in the air and catching him after witnessing a charismatic man doing the same in a local park.
Playhouse Presents Episode Guide
The Minor Character
S1 Ep1
6.1
12th Apr 2012
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.
Nellie and Melba
S1 Ep2
7.5
19th Apr 2012
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.
Nixon's the One
S1 Ep3
26th Apr 2012
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.
King of the Teds
S1 Ep4
8.0
3rd May 2012
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.
City Hall
S1 Ep5
7.8
10th May 2012
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.
Care
S1 Ep6
17th May 2012
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.
The Snipist
S1 Ep7
24th May 2012
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?
Walking the Dogs
S1 Ep8
31st May 2012
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.
The Man
S1 Ep9
8.7
7th Jun 2012
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.
The Other Woman
S1 Ep10
7.3
14th Jun 2012
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?
Psychobitches
S1 Ep11
21st Jun 2012
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.
Playhouse Presents is a series of self-contained TV plays, made by British broadcaster Sky Arts. The series started airing on 12 April 2012, on Sky Arts 1. Each episode is written by a different writer and stars a different cast.
The four-part adaptation of A Country Doctor's Notebook was also broadcast on the strand in December 2012.
Sky Arts have announced that they are ordering a five-part spin-off of the third play, Nixon’s The One. They say the full cast, including Harry Shearer as Nixon and Henry Goodman as Kissinger, will return for the series run, which will be filmed in September 2012. The series will broadcast in 2013.
The second series began airing in April 2013 featuring Kathy Burke, Frances Barber, Julia Davis, Idris Elba, Anna Friel, Rebecca Front, Stephen Graham, David Harewood, Ian Hart, Sharon Horgan, Mathew Horne, Suranne Jones, Kylie Minogue, Vanessa Redgrave, Peter Serafinowicz, Matt Smith, Johnny Vegas, Marc Warren, Jack Whitehall and Reggie Yates.
No network information is available for this show.
The best rated episodes of Playhouse Presents are:
Foxtrot S3E5 rated 9.0
The Man S1E9 rated 8.7
Snodgrass S2E2 rated 8.0
The lowest rated episodes of Playhouse Presents are:
The Minor Character S1E1 rated 6.1
The Cruise S3E3 rated 6.7
The Dog Thrower S3E1 rated 6.8
The first episode of Playhouse Presents aired on April 12, 2012.
The last episode of Playhouse Presents aired on July 09, 2015.
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