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Playhouse•Season 8•Episode 16

The Pigman's Protégé

Mar 5, 1982

In 1919, the carnage of WWI has left the country desperately short of young men. Maud, who runs the farm for her crippled father, decides that it is time for her young sister Clara to be married, and a husband could provide a strong pair

Directed byJohn Madden

Written byThomas Ellice

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Seasons8

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Season 8 Episodes35

Mrs. Reinhardt

Last Summer's Child

Autumn Sunshine

The Grudge Fight

Virginia Fly Is Drowning

Findings on a Late Afternoon

Dancing Country

The Combination

A Silly Little Habit

Aubrey

Preview

Out of Step

A Shilling Life

The Workshop

How Many Miles to Babylon?

The Pigman's Protégé

A Pocketful of Dreams

Keeping in Touch

The Guest

The Sidmouth Letters

The Queen of Annagh

By George

Lunch

Passing Through

Jake's End

Housewarming

Easy Money

Potatohead Blues

Irwin Shaw Triple Bill: The Man Who Married a French Wife / The Monument / The Girls in Their Summer Dresses

Chains

Come Into the Garden, Maud

A Song at Twilight

Fraulein Else

Imaginary Friends

Possibilities

Crew3

T

Terry Coles

Producer

Thomas Ellice

Thomas Ellice

Writer

John Madden

John Madden

Director

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Episode Summary

"The Pigman's Protégé" is episode 16 of Playhouse season 8. Directed by John Madden and written by Thomas Ellice, it aired on March 5, 1982.

Next: E17 · A Pocketful of Dreams Best of Season 8