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 (47)
1. Strife
Aired 6 September 1965 âą 90 min
2. The Successor
Aired 13 September 1965
3. The Winds of Green Monday
Aired 20 September 1965
4. Four of Hearts #1: Tilt
Aired 27 September 1965
5. Four of Hearts #2: Please Love My Wife
Aired 4 October 1965
6. Four of Hearts #3: This Year's Girl
Aired 11 October 1965
7. Four of Hearts #4: Summertime Ends Tonight
Aired 18 October 1965
8. Breaking Point
Aired 25 October 1965
9. Four Days to the Fireworks
Aired 1 November 1965
10. The Corsican Brothers
Aired 8 November 1965
11. Mr. Fowlds
Aired 15 November 1965
12. Point of Order
Aired 22 November 1965
13. Finder's Keepers
Aired 29 November 1965
14. My Father's Keeper
Aired 6 December 1965
15. The Cabbage Tree Hat Boys
Aired 13 December 1965
16. Solo for the Banker
Aired 20 December 1965
17. The Stories of DH Lawrence #1: White Stocking
Aired 3 January 1966
18. The Stories of DH Lawrence #2: Daughters of the Vicar
Aired 10 January 1966
19. The Stories of DH Lawrence #3: New Eve and Old Adam
Aired 17 January 1966
20. The Stories of DH Lawrence #4: Samson and Delilah
Aired 24 January 1966
21. The Stories of DH Lawrence #5: Tickets Please/Monkey Nuts
Aired 31 January 1966
22. The Stories of DH Lawrence #6: The Blind Man
Aired 7 February 1966
23. The Stories of DH Lawrence #7: Jimmy and the Desperate Woman
Aired 14 February 1966
24. The Stories of DH Lawrence #8: Two Blue Birds/In Love
Aired 21 February 1966
25. The Reluctant Debutante
Aired 28 February 1966
26. The Dance of Death
Aired 7 March 1966
27. Nelson - A Study in Miniature
Aired 14 March 1966
28. Ivanov
Aired 21 March 1966
29. All My Loving
Aired 28 March 1966
30. A View from the Bridge
Aired 4 April 1966
31. The First Thunder
Aired 11 April 1966
32. Variation on a Theme
Aired 18 April 1966
33. The Browning Version
Aired 25 April 1966
34. The Move after Checkmate
Aired 2 May 1966
35. Seven Deadly Sins #1: My Friend Corby
Aired 9 May 1966
36. Seven Deadly Sins #2: File on Harry Jordan
Aired 16 May 1966
37. Seven Deadly Sins #3: A Cold Heart
Aired 23 May 1966
38. Seven Deadly Sins #4: A Temporary Typist
Aired 6 June 1966
39. Seven Deadly Sins #5: In The Night
Aired 13 June 1966
40. Seven Deadly Sins #6: A Lion In His Way
Aired 20 June 1966
41. Seven Deadly Sins #7: The Erphinham Camp
Aired 27 June 1966
42. The Cretan
Aired 4 July 1966
43. Blue as his Eyes, The Tin Helmet he Wore
Aired 18 July 1966
44. An Experience of Evil
Aired 1 August 1966
45. The Climbers
Aired 8 August 1966
46. Convalescence
Aired 15 August 1966
47. You'll Know Me by the Stars in My Eyes
Aired 22 August 1966