About this season
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 with a different cast.
Episodes (9)
1. The Dog Thrower
Aired 1 May 2014 • 30 min
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.
2. Nosferatu in Love
Aired 8 May 2014 • 30 min
While on location in the Czech Republic for a remake of the vampire classic, our tormented lead flees the set in full Dracula costume. Teaming up with petty crook Fonso, his revenge against his director and his wife will involve his best acting talents - and twelve thousand rats.
3. The Cruise
Aired 15 May 2014 • 30 min
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?
4. Nightshift
Aired 22 May 2014 • 30 min
Two contrasting police officers tries to get through a long nightshift in South-East London.
5. Foxtrot
Aired 29 May 2014 • 30 min
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.
6. Space Age
Aired 5 June 2014 • 30 min
Dudley and John are two old men who gain a new lease of life thanks to a voluntary space mission.
7. Damned
Aired 12 June 2014 • 30 min
Two stressed social workers struggle to keep control of their private lives and chaotic office.
8. Timeless
Aired 19 June 2014 • 30 min
Young Chloe lives with great-grandmother Alice, whose husband was presumed dead in World War II. When a military officer visits, Chloe is afraid that she will be told that her soldier boyfriend has been killed in Afghanistan though the news is that Alice's husband Anthony's corpse has ben found after nearly 70 years, perfectly preserved in Iceland. The women travel to Reykjavik where Alice identifies the body, and also gives Chloe advice based on her own experiences.
9. King for a Term
Aired 9 July 2015 • 30 min
In 1980s Hackney, nine-year-old Akuna's proud father sees him as the next Eddy Grant, but Akuna is asthmatic, and must attend a special school for children with disabilities. Before long, he's fallen foul of sadistic teacher Mr Grimme, who labels him Asthma Boy. Akuna, however, with the help of a cheeky Scots fellow student, soon leads the rest of the class into humiliating Grimme, making Akuna 'King for a Term'.