Gwen Watford
ITV Play of the Week (1955)
Season 5
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.
Released Sept. 26, 1955
Episode 90 min
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Keywords: imdb.partially-lost-tv-series, imdb.anthology, tmdb.anthology, tmdb.based-on-play-or-musical, tmdb.based-on-short-story
Production Companies: Associated-Rediffusion Television
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S5E1 - The Younger Generation
Sept. 1, 1959, midnight
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S5E2 - Mr. Arcularis
Sept. 8, 1959, midnight
S5E3 - Touch Wood
Sept. 15, 1959, midnight
S5E4 - The Last Hours
Sept. 22, 1959, midnight
S5E5 - Night of January 16th
Oct. 6, 1959, midnight
S5E6 - The Traveller Without Luggage
Oct. 13, 1959, midnight
S5E7 - Cynara
Oct. 20, 1959, midnight
S5E8 - The Violent Years
Oct. 27, 1959, midnight
S5E9 - The Crucible
Nov. 3, 1959, midnight
S5E10 - The Enormous Shadow
Nov. 10, 1959, midnight
S5E11 - Engineer Extraordinary
Nov. 17, 1959, midnight
S5E12 - South
A 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.)
Nov. 24, 1959, midnight
S5E13 - Gallows Glorious!
Dec. 1, 1959, midnight
S5E14 - A Man Involved
Dec. 8, 1959, midnight
S5E15 - Sweet Poison
Dec. 15, 1959, midnight
S5E16 - Deep and Crisp and Even
Dec. 22, 1959, midnight
S5E17 - The Signal
Dec. 29, 1959, midnight
S5E18 - Moon on a Rainbow Shawl
Jan. 5, 1960, midnight
S5E19 - In Search of Happiness
Jan. 19, 1960, midnight
S5E20 - Carrington V.C.
Jan. 26, 1960, midnight
S5E21 - Flowering Cherry
Feb. 2, 1960, midnight
S5E22 - A Woman of No Importance
Feb. 9, 1960, midnight
S5E23 - The Member of the Wedding
Feb. 16, 1960, midnight
S5E24 - The House of Bernarda Alba
Feb. 23, 1960, midnight
S5E25 - The Autumn Garden
March 1, 1960, midnight
S5E26 - The Trap
March 8, 1960, midnight
S5E27 - A Leap in the Dark
March 15, 1960, midnight
S5E28 - The Birthday Party
March 22, 1960, midnight
S5E29 - Double Indemnity
March 29, 1960, midnight
S5E30 - Loyalties
April 5, 1960, midnight
S5E31 - All Summer Long
April 12, 1960, midnight
S5E32 - House of Lies
April 19, 1960, midnight
S5E33 - Mademoiselle
April 26, 1960, midnight
S5E34 - The Green Pack
May 3, 1960, midnight
S5E35 - Beyond the Horizon
May 10, 1960, midnight
S5E36 - Caroline
May 17, 1960, midnight
S5E37 - Hay Fever
May 24, 1960, midnight
S5E38 - Lucky Strike
May 31, 1960, midnight
S5E39 - The Upstart
June 7, 1960, midnight
S5E40 - Night of the Big Heat
June 14, 1960, midnight
S5E41 - Reputation for a Song
June 21, 1960, midnight
S5E42 - The Shrike
June 28, 1960, midnight
S5E43 - Tess
July 5, 1960, midnight
S5E44 - The Darkness Outside
July 12, 1960, midnight
S5E45 - The Patchwork Quilt
July 19, 1960, midnight
S5E46 - The Search Party
July 26, 1960, midnight
S5E47 - The Ladies of the Corridor
Aug. 2, 1960, midnight
S5E48 - The Watching Eye
Not broadcast due to a power failure, this play was repeated at S06E13.
Aug. 9, 1960, midnight
S5E49 - Kind Lady
Aug. 16, 1960, midnight
S5E50 - Dear Delinquent
Aug. 23, 1960, midnight
S5E51 - Vitriol
Aug. 30, 1960, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 90 min.
Season Runtime: 90 min.
Released: Sept. 26, 1955
Last Air Date: Sept. 18, 1967, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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