ITV Play of the Week (1955)
A UK anthology series of single plays from major playwrights old and new. It ran from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television. Season 1 also incorporates the Plays from the 'H.M. Tennant Globe Theatre' series, some of which were incorporated and labelled in listings as official Play of the Week episodes and some of which were played in place of Play of the Week episodes in alternative ITV regions. All 8 plays have been incorporated into this entry for convenience.
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Episode 1 - Plays of Married Life #1: A Catching Complaint
Release Date: 1966-09-05 -
Episode 2 - Plays of Married Life No. 2: Where Shall I Find What Will Change My Life?
Release Date: 1966-09-12 -
Episode 3 - Plays of Married Life No. 3: The Fat Woman's Tale
Release Date: 1966-09-19 -
Episode 4 - Plays of Married Life No. 4: The Bright Side
Release Date: 1966-09-27 -
Episode 5 - Home and Beauty
Release Date: 1966-10-04 -
Episode 6 - A Choice of Kings
Release Date: 1966-10-11 -
Episode 7 - Major Barbara
Release Date: 1966-10-18 -
Episode 8 - The Caretaker
Release Date: 1966-10-25 -
Episode 9 - Dear Liar
Release Date: 1966-11-01 -
Episode 10 - The New Men
Release Date: 1966-11-08 -
Episode 11 - The East Wind
Release Date: 1966-11-15 -
Episode 12 - End In Tears
Release Date: 1966-11-22 -
Episode 13 - The Tormentors
Release Date: 1966-11-29 -
Episode 14 - A Tot At The Local
Release Date: 1966-12-06 -
Episode 15 - The First Thing You Think Of
Release Date: 1966-12-13 -
Episode 16 - Come Laughing Home
Release Date: 1966-12-20 -
Episode 17 - Julie's Gone
Release Date: 1966-12-27 -
Episode 18 - On The Island
Release Date: 1967-01-03Set on an island off the coast of South America, Robert Cosgrove (Marius Goring) is a writer and Nobel Prize winner. His wife, Linda (Helen Cherry) and daughter Tess (Michele Dotrice) live with him in a comfortable villa overlooking a pleasant and peaceful bay on the island of Serez. Linda Cosgrove is not happy on the island and her husband, preoccupied with his work, seems to be deliberately ignoring her. Then strange things begin to happen on the island, and the Cosgroves find themselves involved in a political revolution.
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Episode 19 - A Roof Over Our Mouths
Release Date: 1967-01-10 -
Episode 20 - Love On The Dole
Release Date: 1967-01-17 -
Episode 21 - Nice To Have You Back
Release Date: 1967-01-24 -
Episode 22 - That Old Black Magic
Release Date: 1967-01-31 -
Episode 23 - The Crossfire
Release Date: 1967-02-07 -
Episode 24 - A Drug on the Market
Release Date: 1967-02-14 -
Episode 25 - Cry Baby Bunting
Release Date: 1967-02-21 -
Episode 26 - Present Laughter
Release Date: 1967-02-28 -
Episode 27 - The Investigation
Release Date: 1967-03-07 -
Episode 28 - Dr. De Waldo's Therapy
Release Date: 1967-03-14 -
Episode 29 - Person Unknown
Release Date: 1967-03-21 -
Episode 30 - Seven Deadly Virtues #1: It's Your Move
Release Date: 1967-03-27 -
Episode 31 - Seven Deadly Virtues #2: The Good and Faithful Servant
Release Date: 1967-04-04 -
Episode 32 - Seven Deadly Virtues #3: Surface of Innocent
Release Date: 1967-04-11 -
Episode 33 - Seven Deadly Virtues #4: The Man with Two Heads
Release Date: 1967-04-18 -
Episode 34 - Seven Deadly Virtues #5: The Whole Truth
Release Date: 1967-04-26 -
Episode 35 - Seven Deadly Virtues #6: A Pain in the Neck
Release Date: 1967-05-02 -
Episode 36 - Seven Deadly Virtues #7: Are You By Yourself?
Release Date: 1967-05-09 -
Episode 37 - Little Moon of Alban
Release Date: 1967-05-16 -
Episode 38 - The Division
Release Date: 1967-05-23 -
Episode 39 - The Trial and Error of Colonel Winchip
Release Date: 1967-05-30 -
Episode 40 - The Stories of DH Lawrence #9: Strike Pay
Release Date: 1967-06-06 -
Episode 41 - The Stories of DH Lawrence #10: Blue Moccasins
Release Date: 1967-06-13 -
Episode 42 - The Stories of DH Lawrence #11: Mother and Daughter
Release Date: 1967-06-20 -
Episode 43 - The New Assistant
Release Date: 1967-06-27