
Playhouse
1974-03-13 · 35 min / episode · ★ 7.0
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.
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- Sarah Pia Anderson
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- BBC
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- United Kingdom
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- Ended
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