Gwen Watford
ITV Play of the Week (1955)
Season 8
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
None+
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
S8E1 - The Gentle Assassin
Sept. 4, 1962, midnight
S8E2 - A Matter of Principle
Sept. 11, 1962, midnight
S8E3 - Freedom in September
Sept. 18, 1962, midnight
S8E4 - Hobson's Choice
Sept. 25, 1962, midnight
S8E5 - The Second Chef
Oct. 2, 1962, midnight
S8E6 - A Lily in Little India
Oct. 9, 1962, midnight
S8E7 - When the Kissing Had to Stop: Act 1 - The Hammer
Part 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.
Oct. 16, 1962, midnight
S8E8 - Major Barbara
Oct. 23, 1962, midnight
S8E9 - Misalliance
Oct. 30, 1962, midnight
S8E10 - Don Juan in Hell
Nov. 6, 1962, midnight
S8E11 - The Applecart
Nov. 13, 1962, midnight
S8E12 - The Typewriter
Nov. 20, 1962, midnight
S8E13 - Haven In Sunset
Nov. 27, 1962, midnight
S8E14 - A Letter From the General
Dec. 4, 1962, midnight
S8E15 - Alida
Dec. 11, 1962, midnight
S8E16 - The Shifting Heart
Dec. 18, 1962, midnight
S8E17 - The Rehearsal
Jan. 1, 1963, midnight
S8E18 - All Good Children
Jan. 8, 1963, midnight
S8E19 - Darkness at Noon
Jan. 15, 1963, midnight
S8E20 - Danger Zone
Jan. 22, 1963, midnight
S8E21 - Time and the Conways
Jan. 29, 1963, midnight
S8E22 - The Tin Whistle Man
Feb. 5, 1963, midnight
S8E23 - The Buried Man
Written 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.
Feb. 12, 1963, midnight
S8E24 - The Cruel Deadline
Feb. 19, 1963, midnight
S8E25 - The Search
Feb. 26, 1963, midnight
S8E26 - JB Priestley Season #1: Eden End
March 5, 1963, midnight
S8E27 - JB Priestley Season #2: I Can't Bear Violence
March 12, 1963, midnight
S8E28 - JB Priestley Season #3: Dangerous Corner
March 19, 1963, midnight
S8E29 - War and Peace
March 26, 1963, midnight
S8E30 - The Kidnapping of Mary Smith
April 2, 1963, midnight
S8E31 - The Sandcastle
April 9, 1963, midnight
S8E32 - The Brimstone Butterfly
April 16, 1963, midnight
S8E33 - Ever Since Paradise
April 23, 1963, midnight
S8E34 - Cunningham
April 30, 1963, midnight
S8E35 - Double Stakes
May 7, 1963, midnight
S8E36 - Girl With a Difference
May 14, 1963, midnight
S8E37 - The Rainmaker
May 21, 1963, midnight
S8E38 - Breakthrough
May 28, 1963, midnight
S8E39 - The Truth About Alan
June 4, 1963, midnight
S8E40 - The Seventh Wave
June 11, 1963, midnight
S8E41 - The Eve of St. Mark's
June 18, 1963, midnight
S8E42 - True Love and Limbeck
June 25, 1963, midnight
S8E43 - The Heart of the Country
July 2, 1963, midnight
S8E44 - Double Yolk
July 9, 1963, midnight
S8E45 - The Touch of a Dead Hand
July 16, 1963, midnight
S8E46 - End of Conflict
July 23, 1963, midnight
S8E47 - Conspiracy of Silence
July 30, 1963, midnight
S8E48 - For King and Country #1: Out There
Aug. 6, 1963, midnight
S8E49 - For King and Country #2: The Barricade
Aug. 13, 1963, midnight
S8E50 - For King and Country #3: Tunnel Trench
Aug. 20, 1963, midnight
S8E51 - For King and Country #4: The Enemy
Aug. 27, 1963, 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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