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ITV Play of the Week — Season 1

195540 episodes4.0/10 (5 votes)

About this season

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.

Episodes (40)

1
E1

1. A Month in the Country

Aired 27 September 1955 • 90 min

2
E2

2. The Pay Off

Aired 29 October 1955

3
E3

3. The Salt Land

Aired 8 November 1955

4
E4

4. No Other Verdict

Aired 23 November 1955

5
E5

5. The Green of the Year

Aired 5 December 1955

6
E6

6. Captain Carvallo

Aired 2 January 1956

7
E7

7. Favonia

Aired 16 January 1956

8
E8

8. Ignace

Aired 30 January 1956

9
E9

9. The Anatomist

Aired 6 February 1956

10
E10

10. We the Living

Aired 13 February 1956

11
E11

11. Both Ends Meet

Aired 20 February 1956

12
E12

12. Hamlet

Aired 27 February 1956

13
E13

13. Message for Margaret

Aired 5 March 1956

14
E14

14. George and Margaret

Aired 12 March 1956

15
E15

15. Uncle Harry

Aired 19 March 1956

16
E16

16. Misalliance

Aired 28 March 1956

17
E17

17. Skylark

Aired 9 April 1956

18
E18

18. One

Aired 16 April 1956

19
E19

19. The Living Room

Aired 23 April 1956

20
E20

20. The Golden Cuckoo

Aired 30 April 1956

21
E21

21. Seagulls Over Sorrento

Aired 7 May 1956

22
E22

22. Ten Minute Alibi

Aired 14 May 1956

23
E23

23. The Comedy of Errors

Aired 21 May 1956

24
E24

24. Pink Strings and Sealing Wax

Aired 28 May 1956

25
E25

25. Come Read Me a Riddle

Aired 4 June 1956

26
E26

26. I Killed the Count

Aired 11 June 1956

27
E27

27. Dear Charles

Aired 18 June 1956

28
E28

28. MacAdam and Eve

Aired 25 June 1956

29
E29

29. The Innocents

Aired 2 July 1956

30
E30

30. Rain on the Just

Aired 9 July 1956

31
E31

31. Rebecca

Aired 16 July 1956

32
E32

32. Golden Fleece

Aired 16 July 1956

33
E33

33. Down Came a Blackbird

Aired 23 July 1956

34
E34

34. The Golden Entry

Aired 30 July 1956

35
E35

35. The Adding Machine

Aired 30 July 1956

36
E36

36. Dark Journey

Aired 6 August 1956

37
E37

37. They Came By Night

Aired 13 August 1956

38
E38

38. The Terror

Aired 27 August 1956

39
E39

39. A Box at the Adelphi

Aired 3 September 1956

40
E40

40. Towards Zero

Aired 3 September 1956

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