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 (50)
1. The Last Enemy
Aired 10 September 1956 âą 90 min
2. The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Aired 19 September 1956 âą 90 min
3. Second Threshold
Aired 26 September 1956
4. Corinth House
Aired 3 October 1956
5. The Seagull
Aired 10 October 1956
6. Traveller's Joy
Aired 17 October 1956
7. Yellow Jack
Aired 24 October 1956
8. Shooting Star
Aired 31 October 1956
9. Act of Madness
Aired 7 November 1956
10. Waters of the Moon
Aired 14 November 1956
11. The Silver Cord
Aired 21 November 1956
12. Look Back in Anger
Aired 28 November 1956
13. A Time to be Born
Aired 5 December 1956
14. The Doctor's Dilemma
Aired 12 December 1956
15. The White Carnation
Aired 19 December 1956
16. Action for Slander
Aired 26 December 1956
17. The Giconda
Aired 2 January 1957
18. The Two Headed Eagle
Aired 9 January 1957
19. Another Part of the Forest
Aired 16 January 1957
20. Tomorrow We Live
Aired 23 January 1957
21. The Wild Duck
Aired 30 January 1957
22. A Man About the House
Aired 6 February 1957
23. Gertie Maude
Aired 13 February 1957
24. Home of the Brave
Aired 20 February 1957
25. The Day of the Monkey
Aired 27 February 1957
26. Heaven and Earth
Aired 6 March 1957
27. Adam's Apple
Aired 13 March 1957
28. An Enemy of the People
Aired 20 March 1957
29. Dead on Nine
Aired 27 March 1957
30. Time Remembered
Aired 3 April 1957
31. Dear Brutus
Aired 10 April 1957
32. The Shop at Sly Corner
Aired 17 April 1957
33. Granite Peak
Aired 24 April 1957
34. The Scandalous Affair of Mr. Kettle and Mrs. Moon
Aired 1 May 1957
35. The Age of Abandon
Aired 8 May 1957
36. Accolade
Aired 15 May 1957
37. Venus Observed
Aired 22 May 1957
38. Hedda Gabler
Aired 29 May 1957
39. The Druid's Rest
Aired 5 June 1957
40. Boy Meets Girl
Aired 12 June 1957
41. His and Hers
Aired 19 June 1957
42. Victoria Regina
Aired 26 June 1957
43. The Breath of Fools
Aired 3 July 1957
44. The Glass Cage
Aired 10 July 1957
45. Late Love
Aired 17 July 1957
46. Mr. Bolfry
Aired 24 July 1957
47. Summertime
Aired 31 July 1957
48. The Tigress on the Hearth
Aired 14 August 1957
49. Morning's at Seven
Aired 21 August 1957
50. The Play's the Thing
Aired 28 August 1957