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 (13)
1. Blind Love
Aired 26 April 1977
2. Short Back and Sides
Aired 3 May 1977
3. It's Not Quite Cricket
Aired 10 May 1977
4. The Proofing Session
Aired 17 May 1977
Graham, an executive, is ordered by his boss to look after a couple of out-of-town buyers - who make it clear they would like to visit a brothel.
5. Cork and Bottle
Aired 24 May 1977
A disillusioned husband and wife take a trip across the Channel, hoping to find themselves. In fact they find the French are not what they expected.
6. Philby, Burgess & Maclean
Aired 31 May 1977
7. The Bass Player and The Blonde
Aired 14 June 1977
8. Last Summer
Aired 21 June 1977
A school leaver is teamed up with experienced professional car thief (Beckinsale). The novice ends up going it alone hence car park ending.
9. It's Only Rock 'n' Roll
Aired 28 June 1977
A rock star is kidnapped at the end of a concert. The record company ask the question is he worth more dead than alive?
10. Roadrunner
Aired 5 July 1977
11. Love Lies Bleeding
Aired 12 July 1977
12. The Best Of Enemies
Aired 19 July 1977
A sixteen-year-old boy living in Occupied France develops an uneasy friendship with a Nazi officer billeted in his grandmother's house.
13. Ghosts
Aired 26 July 1977 • 75 min
Mrs Alving is preparing a memorial for her late husband with Pastor Manders, but years of anger and frustration are exposed, as she confesses a life she kept hidden.