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 (48)
1. The Other Man
Aired 7 September 1964 âą 90 min
2. The Wife of Knightsbridge
Aired 14 September 1964
3. The Man in the Panama Hat
Aired 21 September 1964
4. Find Yourself a Mug
Aired 28 September 1964
5. Goodnight to Heroes
Aired 5 October 1964
6. Undercurrent
Aired 19 October 1964
7. A Really Good Jazz Piano
Aired 26 October 1964
8. The Sound of Murder
Aired 2 November 1964 âą 90 min
A tape-recording plays a vital part in a cunning murder plot.
9. Crime and Punishment
Aired 16 November 1964 âą 90 min
10. The Bachelors
Aired 23 November 1964
11. Tarnish on a Golden Boy
Aired 30 November 1964
12. The Rules that Jack Made
Aired 7 December 1964
13. Drill Pig
Aired 14 December 1964
14. Deep and Crisp and Stolen
Aired 21 December 1964
15. The Rise and Fall of Nellie Brown
Aired 28 December 1964
16. Blood & Thunder: The Changeling
Aired 4 January 1965
17. Blood & Thunder: Women Beware Women
Aired 11 January 1965
18. A Tank of Fish
Aired 18 January 1965
19. The Image
Aired 25 January 1965
20. Giants on Saturday
Aired 1 February 1965
21. No Baby, No Baby At All
Aired 8 February 1965
22. The Rules of the Game
Aired 15 February 1965
23. An Aspidistra in Babylon
Aired 22 February 1965
24. The Fall of the Sparrow
Aired 1 March 1965
25. Come Back Little Sheba
Aired 8 March 1965
26. A Fearful Thing
Aired 15 March 1965
27. I Remember the Battle
Aired 22 March 1965
28. Finesse in Diamonds
Aired 5 April 1965
29. Thick as Old Timber
Aired 12 April 1965
30. We Thought You'd Like to be Caesar
Aired 19 April 1965
31. Goodbye Johnny
Aired 26 April 1965
32. The Edwardians #1: The Walls of Jericho
Aired 3 May 1965
33. The Edwardians #2: Mid Channel
Aired 10 May 1965
34. The Edwardians #3: Olive Latimer's Husband
Aired 17 May 1965
35. The Edwardians #4: The Madras House
Aired 24 May 1965
36. John Paddington
Aired 31 May 1965
37. Beautiful Forever
Aired 7 June 1965
38. A Couple of Dry Martinis
Aired 14 June 1965
39. The Misunderstanding
Aired 21 June 1965
40. The Death of Bessie Smith
Aired 28 June 1965
41. The American Dream
Aired 5 July 1965
42. Winter in Ischia
Aired 12 July 1965
43. Between The Two Of Us
Aired 19 July 1965
44. As The Crow Flies
Aired 26 July 1965
45. When The Wind Blows
Aired 2 August 1965
46. Helen and Edward and Henry
Aired 9 August 1965
47. The Way of all Flesh
Aired 16 August 1965
48. Their Obedient Servants
Aired 23 August 1965