Playhouse Presents: Season 2 - 14 Episode s
2x1 - Hey Diddly Dee
April 18, 2013
Kylie Minogue, Mathew Horne and David Harewood star in Marc Warren's dark comedy-drama, exploring egos, superstition and rivalry in the theatre.
2x2 - Snodgrass
April 25, 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.
2x3 - The Call Out
May 2, 2013
Policeman Stephen Graham discovers life in the city can be lonely after meeting residents Vanessa Redgrave and Samantha Bond during a call to a disturbance.
2x4 - Pavement Psychologist
May 9, 2013
Idris Elba writes and directs this taut drama in which accountant Anna Friel strikes up a unique relationship with homeless man Nonso Anozie.
2x5 - Mr. Understood
May 16, 2013
In a funny and thought-provoking tale co-created by artist Grayson Perry, a transvestite battling with issues of self-doubt tries to overcome his fears.
2x6 - Stage Door Johnnies
May 23, 2013
Five theatre enthusiasts will stop at nothing to meet the stars of the show at the stage door. Featuring Suranne Jones and Alex Macqueen.
2x7 - Cargese
June 30, 2013
Matt Smith makes his directorial debut with a tense and stylish drama about two teenagers stuck on a council estate. Written by Simon Stephens, it stars Craig Roberts.
2x8 - Ragged
June 6, 2013
Starring Ricky Tomlinson, this story is based on Ricky’s true experiences campaigning for justice in an effort to overturn a verdict which sent him to jail for 2 years in the early 1970s. During his time in prison and on hunger strike, Ricky’s life is changed forever by a prison governor who encourages him to read Robert Tressell’s book The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists.
2x9 - Gifted
June 13, 2013
Chris has a unique gift,the ability to heal the sick by touching them. He is also a germophobe,which makes him shy away from human contact and live a lonely,secluded life. His sister Eleanor is scornful of his inability to connect with the rest of his family but then he meets Mona,a new colleague and single mother and - in all likelihood - his very first date. But at the same time his mother May is admitted to hospital with cancer. Can his new-found confidence after meeting Mona enable him to save his mother's life?
2x95 - Episode 95
2x96 - Episode 96
2x97 - Episode 97
2x98 - Episode 98
June 13, 2013
The second of a five part series starring Rebecca Front as a therapist, who talks to various iconic women from history. In this episode the patients are played by Julia Davis, Sharon Horgan, Samantha Spiro, Frances Barber, Mathew Baynton, Katy Brand, Sharon D. Clarke, Selina Griffiths and Steve Pemberton.
2x99 - Psychobitches: Episode 1
May 30, 2013