About this season
ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colour and was produced by various companies for the ITV network, a format that would inspire Dramarama. Actors appearing in the series included Leslie Anderson, Gwen Nelson, Ricky Alleyne, Pat Heywood, Michael Elphick, Ian Hendry, Edward Woodward, Margaret Lockwood, Jessie Matthews and Lloyd Peters.
Episodes (16)
1. The Case of Cruelty to Prawns
Aired 27 February 1979
2. I'm a Dreamer Montreal
Aired 6 March 1979
A librarian hides from the harsh realities of life in Belfast by embracing a night-time career as a showband singer.
3. Where the Heart Is
Aired 13 March 1979
4. The Reaper
Aired 20 March 1979
Jilted by a fickle former pupil Rachel sometime ago, school teacher Nick had yearned someday she would return to him as predicted in the Tarot Cards he had read at the time. To his joy, Rachel does return but the world has moved on since.
5. No, Mama, No
Aired 27 March 1979
6. The Winkler
Aired 3 April 1979
7. The Blacktoft Diaries: True or False?
Aired 10 April 1979
8. Village Wooing
Aired 17 April 1979
9. Casting the Runes
Aired 24 April 1979
Like Curse of the Demon (1957), this adaptation is only very loosely based on the original ghost story by M.R. James. However, it does feature eerie scenic views and is directed by Lawrence "Ghost Story For Christmas" Gordon Clark
10. The Daughters of Albion
Aired 1 May 1979
11. The Beast
Aired 8 May 1979
12. The Winter Ladies
Aired 15 May 1979
13. Saint Vitus' Dance
Aired 10 July 1979
A couple are drawn into a campaign to save their cathedral city from a new motorway.
14. Getting in on Concorde
Aired 17 July 1979
15. Going Back
Aired 24 July 1979
16. You're Not Watching Me, Mummy
Aired 31 July 1979
John Osborne play about a world-weary actress, her dresser and various visitors to her dressing room.