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 - The Younger Generation
Release Date: 1959-09-01 -
Episode 2 - Mr. Arcularis
Release Date: 1959-09-08 -
Episode 3 - Touch Wood
Release Date: 1959-09-15 -
Episode 4 - The Last Hours
Release Date: 1959-09-22 -
Episode 5 - Night of January 16th
Release Date: 1959-10-06 -
Episode 6 - The Traveller Without Luggage
Release Date: 1959-10-13 -
Episode 7 - Cynara
Release Date: 1959-10-20 -
Episode 8 - The Violent Years
Release Date: 1959-10-27 -
Episode 9 - The Crucible
Release Date: 1959-11-03 -
Episode 10 - The Enormous Shadow
Release Date: 1959-11-10 -
Episode 11 - Engineer Extraordinary
Release Date: 1959-11-17 -
Episode 12 - South
Release Date: 1959-11-24A dashing Polish Army lieutenant named Jan Wicziewsky is in exile in the United States deep South as civil war approaches. He is faced with the question of who he really loves: the plantation owner's angry niece, Miss Regina, or the tall, blond, rugged officer who suddenly arrives at the plantation, a handsome man called Eric MacClure. (Julien Green's 1953 play "Sud" was banned from performance in the UK because of its homosexual lead character and homosexual theme. The BFI has described 'South' as the "earliest known gay TV drama" in the UK.)
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Episode 13 - Gallows Glorious!
Release Date: 1959-12-01 -
Episode 14 - A Man Involved
Release Date: 1959-12-08 -
Episode 15 - Sweet Poison
Release Date: 1959-12-15 -
Episode 16 - Deep and Crisp and Even
Release Date: 1959-12-22 -
Episode 17 - The Signal
Release Date: 1959-12-29 -
Episode 18 - Moon on a Rainbow Shawl
Release Date: 1960-01-05 -
Episode 19 - In Search of Happiness
Release Date: 1960-01-19 -
Episode 20 - Carrington V.C.
Release Date: 1960-01-26 -
Episode 21 - Flowering Cherry
Release Date: 1960-02-02 -
Episode 22 - A Woman of No Importance
Release Date: 1960-02-09 -
Episode 23 - The Member of the Wedding
Release Date: 1960-02-16 -
Episode 24 - The House of Bernarda Alba
Release Date: 1960-02-23 -
Episode 25 - The Autumn Garden
Release Date: 1960-03-01 -
Episode 26 - The Trap
Release Date: 1960-03-08 -
Episode 27 - A Leap in the Dark
Release Date: 1960-03-15 -
Episode 28 - The Birthday Party
Release Date: 1960-03-22 -
Episode 29 - Double Indemnity
Release Date: 1960-03-29 -
Episode 30 - Loyalties
Release Date: 1960-04-05 -
Episode 31 - All Summer Long
Release Date: 1960-04-12 -
Episode 32 - House of Lies
Release Date: 1960-04-19 -
Episode 33 - Mademoiselle
Release Date: 1960-04-26 -
Episode 34 - The Green Pack
Release Date: 1960-05-03 -
Episode 35 - Beyond the Horizon
Release Date: 1960-05-10 -
Episode 36 - Caroline
Release Date: 1960-05-17 -
Episode 37 - Hay Fever
Release Date: 1960-05-24 -
Episode 38 - Lucky Strike
Release Date: 1960-05-31 -
Episode 39 - The Upstart
Release Date: 1960-06-07 -
Episode 40 - Night of the Big Heat
Release Date: 1960-06-14 -
Episode 41 - Reputation for a Song
Release Date: 1960-06-21 -
Episode 42 - The Shrike
Release Date: 1960-06-28 -
Episode 43 - Tess
Release Date: 1960-07-05 -
Episode 44 - The Darkness Outside
Release Date: 1960-07-12 -
Episode 45 - The Patchwork Quilt
Release Date: 1960-07-19 -
Episode 46 - The Search Party
Release Date: 1960-07-26 -
Episode 47 - The Ladies of the Corridor
Release Date: 1960-08-02 -
Episode 48 - The Watching Eye
Release Date: 1960-08-09Not broadcast due to a power failure, this play was repeated at S06E13.
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Episode 49 - Kind Lady
Release Date: 1960-08-16 -
Episode 50 - Dear Delinquent
Release Date: 1960-08-23 -
Episode 51 - Vitriol
Release Date: 1960-08-30