
Playhouse
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Sizwe Bansi Is Dead
13-03-1974Two Black South Africans discover what it means to lose their passbooks, which they must carry to prove their identity during the apartheid era.
- Ep 2
2.The Joke
06-08-1974 - Ep 3
3.The Cafeteria
13-08-1974An eccentric Jewish writer is drawn into the world of an apparently delusional young woman and her invalid father.
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