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 Gentle Assassin
Release Date: 1962-09-04 -
Episode 2 - A Matter of Principle
Release Date: 1962-09-11 -
Episode 3 - Freedom in September
Release Date: 1962-09-18 -
Episode 4 - Hobson's Choice
Release Date: 1962-09-25 -
Episode 5 - The Second Chef
Release Date: 1962-10-02 -
Episode 6 - A Lily in Little India
Release Date: 1962-10-09 -
Episode 7 - When the Kissing Had to Stop: Act 1 - The Hammer
Release Date: 1962-10-16Part 1 of the Play. Part 2 'When the Kissing Had To Stop: Act 2 - The Sickle' was broadcast as part of the Television Playhouse series on ITV. S08E05, broadcast 19/10/1962.
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Episode 8 - Major Barbara
Release Date: 1962-10-23 -
Episode 9 - Misalliance
Release Date: 1962-10-30 -
Episode 10 - Don Juan in Hell
Release Date: 1962-11-06 -
Episode 11 - The Applecart
Release Date: 1962-11-13 -
Episode 12 - The Typewriter
Release Date: 1962-11-20 -
Episode 13 - Haven In Sunset
Release Date: 1962-11-27 -
Episode 14 - A Letter From the General
Release Date: 1962-12-04 -
Episode 15 - Alida
Release Date: 1962-12-11 -
Episode 16 - The Shifting Heart
Release Date: 1962-12-18 -
Episode 17 - The Rehearsal
Release Date: 1963-01-01 -
Episode 18 - All Good Children
Release Date: 1963-01-08 -
Episode 19 - Darkness at Noon
Release Date: 1963-01-15 -
Episode 20 - Danger Zone
Release Date: 1963-01-22 -
Episode 21 - Time and the Conways
Release Date: 1963-01-29 -
Episode 22 - The Tin Whistle Man
Release Date: 1963-02-05 -
Episode 23 - The Buried Man
Release Date: 1963-02-12Written by David Mercer. A play about Robert Bailey, a Miner who wants to be happy but ends up breaking down. This was Leonard Rossiter's first television role. This production has been lost from the archives.
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Episode 24 - The Cruel Deadline
Release Date: 1963-02-19 -
Episode 25 - The Search
Release Date: 1963-02-26 -
Episode 26 - JB Priestley Season #1: Eden End
Release Date: 1963-03-05 -
Episode 27 - JB Priestley Season #2: I Can't Bear Violence
Release Date: 1963-03-12 -
Episode 28 - JB Priestley Season #3: Dangerous Corner
Release Date: 1963-03-19 -
Episode 29 - War and Peace
Release Date: 1963-03-26 -
Episode 30 - The Kidnapping of Mary Smith
Release Date: 1963-04-02 -
Episode 31 - The Sandcastle
Release Date: 1963-04-09 -
Episode 32 - The Brimstone Butterfly
Release Date: 1963-04-16 -
Episode 33 - Ever Since Paradise
Release Date: 1963-04-23 -
Episode 34 - Cunningham
Release Date: 1963-04-30 -
Episode 35 - Double Stakes
Release Date: 1963-05-07 -
Episode 36 - Girl With a Difference
Release Date: 1963-05-14 -
Episode 37 - The Rainmaker
Release Date: 1963-05-21 -
Episode 38 - Breakthrough
Release Date: 1963-05-28 -
Episode 39 - The Truth About Alan
Release Date: 1963-06-04 -
Episode 40 - The Seventh Wave
Release Date: 1963-06-11 -
Episode 41 - The Eve of St. Mark's
Release Date: 1963-06-18 -
Episode 42 - True Love and Limbeck
Release Date: 1963-06-25 -
Episode 43 - The Heart of the Country
Release Date: 1963-07-02 -
Episode 44 - Double Yolk
Release Date: 1963-07-09 -
Episode 45 - The Touch of a Dead Hand
Release Date: 1963-07-16 -
Episode 46 - End of Conflict
Release Date: 1963-07-23 -
Episode 47 - Conspiracy of Silence
Release Date: 1963-07-30 -
Episode 48 - For King and Country #1: Out There
Release Date: 1963-08-06 -
Episode 49 - For King and Country #2: The Barricade
Release Date: 1963-08-13 -
Episode 50 - For King and Country #3: Tunnel Trench
Release Date: 1963-08-20 -
Episode 51 - For King and Country #4: The Enemy
Release Date: 1963-08-27