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TMDb
40
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Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 90 min.
Season Runtime: 51750 min.
Status: Ended
Certification: NR

ITV Play of the Week (1955)

Season 8 (Sept. 4, 1962, midnight)

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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ITV Play of the Week (1955)

Season 8 (Sept. 4, 1962, midnight)

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.

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Keywords: imdb.partially-lost-tv-series, imdb.anthology

Network: ITV1

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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IMDb
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TMDb
40
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Gwen Watford
Gwen Watford
John Taylor
John Taylor
Marius Goring
Marius Goring
Lally Bowers
Lally Bowers
Arthur Lawrence
Arthur Lawrence
Hilary Liddell
Hilary Liddell
Michael Meacham
Michael Meacham
Robert Raikes
Robert Raikes

Sept. 4, 1962, midnight 0.0

S8E1 - The Gentle Assassin

Sept. 11, 1962, midnight 0.0

S8E2 - A Matter of Principle

Sept. 18, 1962, midnight 0.0

S8E3 - Freedom in September

Sept. 25, 1962, midnight 0.0

S8E4 - Hobson's Choice

Oct. 2, 1962, midnight 0.0

S8E5 - The Second Chef

Oct. 9, 1962, midnight 0.0

S8E6 - A Lily in Little India

Oct. 16, 1962, midnight 0.0

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. 23, 1962, midnight 0.0

S8E8 - Major Barbara

Oct. 30, 1962, midnight 0.0

S8E9 - Misalliance

Nov. 6, 1962, midnight 0.0

S8E10 - Don Juan in Hell

Nov. 13, 1962, midnight 0.0

S8E11 - The Applecart

Nov. 20, 1962, midnight 0.0

S8E12 - The Typewriter

Nov. 27, 1962, midnight 0.0

S8E13 - Haven In Sunset

Dec. 4, 1962, midnight 0.0

S8E14 - A Letter From the General

Dec. 11, 1962, midnight 0.0

S8E15 - Alida

Dec. 18, 1962, midnight 0.0

S8E16 - The Shifting Heart

Jan. 1, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E17 - The Rehearsal

Jan. 8, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E18 - All Good Children

Jan. 15, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E19 - Darkness at Noon

Jan. 22, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E20 - Danger Zone

Jan. 29, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E21 - Time and the Conways

Feb. 5, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E22 - The Tin Whistle Man

Feb. 12, 1963, midnight 0.0

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. 19, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E24 - The Cruel Deadline

Feb. 26, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E25 - The Search

March 5, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E26 - JB Priestley Season #1: Eden End

March 12, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E27 - JB Priestley Season #2: I Can't Bear Violence

March 19, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E28 - JB Priestley Season #3: Dangerous Corner

March 26, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E29 - War and Peace

April 2, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E30 - The Kidnapping of Mary Smith

April 9, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E31 - The Sandcastle

April 16, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E32 - The Brimstone Butterfly

April 23, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E33 - Ever Since Paradise

April 30, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E34 - Cunningham

May 7, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E35 - Double Stakes

May 14, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E36 - Girl With a Difference

May 21, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E37 - The Rainmaker

May 28, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E38 - Breakthrough

June 4, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E39 - The Truth About Alan

June 11, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E40 - The Seventh Wave

June 18, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E41 - The Eve of St. Mark's

June 25, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E42 - True Love and Limbeck

July 2, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E43 - The Heart of the Country

July 9, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E44 - Double Yolk

July 16, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E45 - The Touch of a Dead Hand

July 23, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E46 - End of Conflict

July 30, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E47 - Conspiracy of Silence

Aug. 6, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E48 - For King and Country #1: Out There

Aug. 13, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E49 - For King and Country #2: The Barricade

Aug. 20, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E50 - For King and Country #3: Tunnel Trench

Aug. 27, 1963, midnight 0.0

S8E51 - For King and Country #4: The Enemy

Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 90 min.
Season Runtime: 51750 min.
Released: Sept. 26, 1955
Last Air Date: Sept. 18, 1967, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR

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