Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches
Further details

Featuring an all-star cast of celebrated comedic talent, this one-off 30 minute comedy pilot for the Playhouse Presents strand puts history's most famous women into the psychiatrist's chair and shines a spotlight on their psychoses and obsessions.
From Beatrix Potter who believes the animals really are talking to her; to Judy Garland, copying with her bi-polar mood swings and singing compulsion; to Eva Braun, who needs help for her seriously questionable taste in men.
Notes
This pilot was broadcast as Episode 11 during anthology series Playhouse Presents Series 1.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 21st June 2012
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- Sky Arts
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Regular cast | |
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Rebecca Front | Therapist |
Guest cast | |
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Catherine Tate | Eva Braun |
Catherine Tate | Edith Piaf |
Sharon Horgan | Jane Austen |
Katy Brand | Joan of Arc |
Katy Brand | George Eliot |
Sheila Reid | Mother Teresa |
Samantha Spiro | Mary Whitehouse |
Samantha Spiro | Judy Garland |
Selina Griffiths | Beatrix Potter |
Andy Nyman | Sarah (The Wife of Abraham) |
Sharon Horgan | Frida Kahlo |
Writing team | |
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Jeremy Dyson | Writer |
Bert Tyler-Moore | Writer |
George Jeffrie | Writer |
Pippa Brown | Writer (Additional Material) |
Laurence Rickard | Writer |
Simon Carlyle | Writer |
Morwenna Banks | Writer |
Dan Swimer | Writer (Additional Material) |
Production team | |
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Jeremy Dyson | Director |
Pippa Brown | Producer |
Saskia Schuster | Executive Producer |
Ben Cavey | Executive Producer |
Lucy Lumsden | Executive Producer |
Sophie Clarke-Jervoise | Executive Producer |
Ben Cavey | Creator |

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