ITV Play of the Week

ITV Play of the Week

Ended First aired 27/Sep/1955 United Kingdom English 13 season(s) 575 episode(s)
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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Season 13 · Season 13
11 episode(s) · Air date: 03/Jul/1967
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Season 12 · Season 12
43 episode(s) · Air date: 05/Sep/1966
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S12E18
On The Island
Air date: 03/Jan/1967
Summary

Set on an island off the coast of South America, Robert Cosgrove (Marius Goring) is a writer and Nobel Prize winner. His wife, Linda (Helen Cherry) and daughter Tess (Michele Dotrice) live with him in a comfortable villa overlooking a pleasant and peaceful bay on the island of Serez. Linda Cosgrove is not happy on the island and her husband, preoccupied with his work, seems to be deliberately ignoring her. Then strange things begin to happen on the island, and the Cosgroves find themselves involved in a political revolution.

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Set on an island off the coast of South America, Robert Cosgrove (Marius Goring) is a writer and Nobel Prize winner. His wife, Linda (Helen Cherry) and daughter Tess (Michele Dotrice) live with him in a comfortable villa overlooking a pleasant and peaceful bay on the island of Serez. Linda Cosgrove is not happy on the island and her husband, preoccupied with his work, seems to be deliberately ignoring her. Then strange things begin to happen on the island, and the Cosgroves find themselves involved in a political revolution.

Season 11 · Season 11
47 episode(s) · Air date: 06/Sep/1965
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S11E34
The Move after Checkmate
Air date: 02/May/1966
Summary

When a young man is arrested for crashing his car, Superintendent Smith sees the real prize as a chance to get at the boy's father, former gangster Tony Sellman.

Summary

When a young man is arrested for crashing his car, Superintendent Smith sees the real prize as a chance to get at the boy's father, former gangster Tony Sellman.

Season 10 · Season 10
48 episode(s) · Air date: 07/Sep/1964
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Season 9 · Season 9
53 episode(s) · Air date: 03/Sep/1963
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Season 8 · Season 8
51 episode(s) · Air date: 04/Sep/1962
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S8E23
The Buried Man
Air date: 12/Feb/1963
Summary

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.

Summary

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.

S8E7
When the Kissing Had to Stop: Act 1 - The Hammer
Air date: 16/Oct/1962
Summary

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.

Summary

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.

Season 7 · Season 7
31 episode(s) · Air date: 05/Sep/1961
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Season 6 · Season 6
52 episode(s) · Air date: 06/Sep/1960
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Season 5 · Season 5
51 episode(s) · Air date: 01/Sep/1959
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S5E12
South
Air date: 24/Nov/1959 · Runtime: 80 min
Summary

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.)

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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.)

Season 4 · Season 4
50 episode(s) · Air date: 03/Sep/1958
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Season 3 · Season 3
48 episode(s) · Air date: 04/Sep/1957
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Season 2 · Season 2
50 episode(s) · Air date: 10/Sep/1956
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Season 1 · Season 1
40 episode(s) · Air date: 27/Sep/1955
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