ITV Play of the Week_
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.
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575
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Overview
ITV Play of the Week has 13 seasons with 575 episodes spanning 1955-1967.
Year context
ITV Play of the Week first aired 71 years ago in 1955.
SEASONS (13 seasons, 575 episodes)
SEASON 1
01
A Month in the Country
02
The Pay Off
03
The Salt Land
04
No Other Verdict
05
The Green of the Year
06
Captain Carvallo
07
Favonia
08
Ignace
09
The Anatomist
10
We the Living
11
Both Ends Meet
12
Hamlet
13
Message for Margaret
14
George and Margaret
15
Uncle Harry
16
Misalliance
17
Skylark
18
One
19
The Living Room
20
The Golden Cuckoo
21
Seagulls Over Sorrento
22
Ten Minute Alibi
23
The Comedy of Errors
24
Pink Strings and Sealing Wax
25
Come Read Me a Riddle
26
I Killed the Count
27
Dear Charles
28
MacAdam and Eve
29
The Innocents
30
Rain on the Just
31
Rebecca
32
Golden Fleece
33
Down Came a Blackbird
34
The Golden Entry
35
The Adding Machine
36
Dark Journey
37
They Came By Night
38
The Terror
39
A Box at the Adelphi
40
Towards Zero
SEASON 2
01
The Last Enemy
02
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
03
Second Threshold
04
Corinth House
05
The Seagull
06
Traveller's Joy
07
Yellow Jack
08
Shooting Star
09
Act of Madness
10
Waters of the Moon
11
The Silver Cord
12
Look Back in Anger
13
A Time to be Born
14
The Doctor's Dilemma
15
The White Carnation
16
Action for Slander
17
The Giconda
18
The Two Headed Eagle
19
Another Part of the Forest
20
Tomorrow We Live
21
The Wild Duck
22
A Man About the House
23
Gertie Maude
24
Home of the Brave
25
The Day of the Monkey
26
Heaven and Earth
27
Adam's Apple
28
An Enemy of the People
29
Dead on Nine
30
Time Remembered
31
Dear Brutus
32
The Shop at Sly Corner
33
Granite Peak
34
The Scandalous Affair of Mr. Kettle and Mrs. Moon
35
The Age of Abandon
36
Accolade
37
Venus Observed
38
Hedda Gabler
39
The Druid's Rest
40
Boy Meets Girl
41
His and Hers
42
Victoria Regina
43
The Breath of Fools
44
The Glass Cage
45
Late Love
46
Mr. Bolfry
47
Summertime
48
The Tigress on the Hearth
49
Morning's at Seven
50
The Play's the Thing
SEASON 3
01
The Wooden Dish
02
Knife in the Family
03
The Green Bay Tree
04
Wild Justice
05
Rope
06
Arrow in the Air
07
Ring Round the Moon
08
Lost Boundaries
09
The Guinea Pig
10
Mrs. Willie
11
The Springtime of Others
12
Widower's Houses
13
Death of a Salesman
14
Miss Mabel
15
The Grass Harp
16
A Voice in Vision
17
Johnny Belinda
18
Reunion in Vienna
19
The Witch
20
No. 17
21
Montserrat
22
Myself When Young
23
...And Humanity
24
The Rossiters
25
The Iron Harp
26
The Importance of Being Ernest
27
Winterset
28
No Medals
29
The Mythmakers
30
School for Wives
31
Squaring the Circle
32
Cry, The Beloved Country
33
All My Sons
34
Shadow of the Vine
35
As the Twig is Bent
36
Disturbance
37
The Troublemakers
38
The Chigwell Chicken
39
The Linden Tree
40
A Room With A View
41
The Kidders
42
You Never Can Tell
43
How Charles Bravo Died
44
A Month in the Country
45
The Curious Savage
46
The Young May Moon
47
Arsenic and Old Lace
48
The Camel's Back
SEASON 4
01
Mary Broome
02
The Publican's Story
03
Man and Superman
04
Women in Love
05
The Liberty Man
06
Dinner With The Family
07
Frenzy
08
The Strong are Lonely
09
The Quare Fellow
10
The Enchanted April
11
John Gabriel Borkman
12
Playboy of the Western World
13
In The Shadow of the Axe
14
Mrs. Dot
15
The Last Enemy
16
The Big Knife
17
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
18
Ten Little Niggers
19
The Education of Mr. Surrage
20
The Killing of the King
21
No Time For Comedy
22
Parnell
23
Garden of Loneliness
24
The Judge's Story
25
A Dead Secret
26
The Face of Treason
27
The Skin of our Teeth
28
Skyline For Two
29
A Day By The Sea
30
The Winner
31
Ebb Tide
32
Family on Trial
33
The Secret Agent
34
The Age of Juliet
35
Sheppey
36
Distinguished Gathering
37
A Touch of the Sun
38
The Square Ring
39
Sugar in the Morning
40
The Tortoise and the Hare
41
The Wild Bird
42
Fly Away, Peter
43
For Services Rendered
44
The Mark of the Warrior
45
Nude with Violin
46
Dandy Dick
47
Shadow of a Pale Horse
48
The Boy from the Gorbals
49
The Wind and the Rain
50
The Hungry God
SEASON 5
01
The Younger Generation
02
Mr. Arcularis
03
Touch Wood
04
The Last Hours
05
Night of January 16th
06
The Traveller Without Luggage
07
Cynara
08
The Violent Years
09
The Crucible
10
The Enormous Shadow
11
Engineer Extraordinary
12
South
A dashing Polish Army lieutenant named Jan Wicziewsky is in exile in the United States deep South as civil war approaches. He is faced with…
13
Gallows Glorious!
14
A Man Involved
15
Sweet Poison
16
Deep and Crisp and Even
17
The Signal
18
Moon on a Rainbow Shawl
19
In Search of Happiness
20
Carrington V.C.
21
Flowering Cherry
22
A Woman of No Importance
23
The Member of the Wedding
24
The House of Bernarda Alba
25
The Autumn Garden
26
The Trap
27
A Leap in the Dark
28
The Birthday Party
29
Double Indemnity
30
Loyalties
31
All Summer Long
32
House of Lies
33
Mademoiselle
34
The Green Pack
35
Beyond the Horizon
36
Caroline
37
Hay Fever
38
Lucky Strike
39
The Upstart
40
Night of the Big Heat
41
Reputation for a Song
42
The Shrike
43
Tess
44
The Darkness Outside
45
The Patchwork Quilt
46
The Search Party
47
The Ladies of the Corridor
48
The Watching Eye
Not broadcast due to a power failure, this play was repeated at S06E13.
49
Kind Lady
50
Dear Delinquent
51
Vitriol
SEASON 6
01
Sparrow, Sparrow
02
Shadow of Guilt
03
Gaslight
04
The Protest
05
The Burning Glass
06
The Pets
07
Old Man in a Hurry
08
Tiger at the Gates
09
Square Dance
10
The Family First
11
The Pot Carriers
12
The Silver Whistle
13
The Watching Eye
14
The Accomplices
15
The Happy Man
16
The Girl in the Window
17
The Two Bouquets
18
The Jason Group
19
The Road To Hilda Brown
20
Ring of Truth
21
The Flashing Stream
22
A Spring of Love
23
Negative Evidence
24
Plough and the Stars
25
The Break-Up
26
The Poisoned Earth
27
Hell Hath No Fury
28
The Girl on the Via Flaminia
29
Doctor Everyman's Hour
30
Echoes on a Lonely Shore
31
The Threatening Storm
32
Midnight Sun
33
All on a Summer's Day
34
Break From Cover
35
Miss Treeves
36
Soldier in the Snow
37
Mrs. Skeffington
38
Any Other Business
39
All My Own Work
40
Fairy Tales of New York
41
Countdown at Woomera
42
The Paper Palace
43
I Remember Mama
44
Life With Father
45
The Burden of Proof
46
Hallelujah Corner
47
The Primitive
48
Ivanov
49
Conflict in the Sun
50
Harriet
51
A Shred of Evidence
52
Over the Bridge
SEASON 7
01
Gilt and Gingerbread
02
Then We Fall
03
Faraway Music
04
Barchester Towers
05
Thinking of My Darling
06
A House of Strangers
07
Sergeant Musgrave's Dance
08
A Doll's House
09
The Candidate
10
Joker's Justice
11
The Two on the Beach
12
Whiteman
13
The Whisperers
14
The Wild Duck
15
The Visitors
16
Murder In Shorthand
17
A Perfect Woman
18
The Door
19
You In Your Small Corner
20
Some Other Love
21
I Don't Like You
22
Lean Liberty
23
My Three Angels
24
Rough Justice
25
The Week-Enders
26
A Righteous Woman
27
Bird In The Wilderness
28
Coach 7, Seat 15
29
Miracle on Mano
30
The Casualties
31
The Lark
SEASON 8
01
The Gentle Assassin
02
A Matter of Principle
03
Freedom in September
04
Hobson's Choice
05
The Second Chef
06
A Lily in Little India
07
When the Kissing Had to Stop: Act 1 - The Hammer
Part 1 of the Play. Part 2 'When the Kissing Had To Stop: Act 2 - The Sickle' was broadcast as part of the Television…
08
Major Barbara
09
Misalliance
10
Don Juan in Hell
11
The Applecart
12
The Typewriter
13
Haven In Sunset
14
A Letter From the General
15
Alida
16
The Shifting Heart
17
The Rehearsal
18
All Good Children
19
Darkness at Noon
20
Danger Zone
21
Time and the Conways
22
The Tin Whistle Man
23
The Buried Man
Written by David Mercer. A play about Robert Bailey, a Miner who wants to be happy but ends up breaking down. This was Leonard Rossiter's…
24
The Cruel Deadline
25
The Search
26
JB Priestley Season #1: Eden End
27
JB Priestley Season #2: I Can't Bear Violence
28
JB Priestley Season #3: Dangerous Corner
29
War and Peace
30
The Kidnapping of Mary Smith
31
The Sandcastle
32
The Brimstone Butterfly
33
Ever Since Paradise
34
Cunningham
35
Double Stakes
36
Girl With a Difference
37
The Rainmaker
38
Breakthrough
39
The Truth About Alan
40
The Seventh Wave
41
The Eve of St. Mark's
42
True Love and Limbeck
43
The Heart of the Country
44
Double Yolk
45
The Touch of a Dead Hand
46
End of Conflict
47
Conspiracy of Silence
48
For King and Country #1: Out There
49
For King and Country #2: The Barricade
50
For King and Country #3: Tunnel Trench
51
For King and Country #4: The Enemy
SEASON 9
01
Three Sisters
02
A Question of Morals
03
The Gioconda Smile
04
The Stone Dance
05
The Facing Chair
06
The Fixers
07
Stella
08
The Finambulists
09
Velvet Cage
10
London Wall
11
Nice Break for the Boys
12
The Quails
13
A Walk on the Water
14
Vicky and the Sultan
15
The Travelling Man
16
The Teachers
17
Pickwick
18
Three Roads to Rome
19
Acquit or Hang
20
The Rose Tattoo
21
The Glass Menagerie
22
Camino Real
23
Marching Song
24
Uncle Selwyn
25
I Can Walk Where I Like Can't I?
26
The Guilty Party
27
A Case of Character
28
The Rose Garden
29
Shadow in the Sun
30
Devil in the Wind
31
Where Are They Now?
32
Finger on the Balance
33
Flight From Reality
34
Jacko at War
35
A Question of Happiness #1: A Question About Hell
36
A Question of Happiness #2: Another Port. Another Town
37
A Question of Happiness #3: Watch Me I'm A Bird
38
A Question of Happiness #4: Fred
39
A Tricycle Made for Two
40
Celebration Dinner
41
The Bastow Affair
42
Valentina
43
A Midsummer Night's Dream
44
A Spanner in the Grass Roots
45
Samson By Moonshine
46
The Lovers of Florence
47
The Witnesses
48
Gina
49
The Offence
50
A Choice of Coward #1: Present Laughter
51
A Choice of Coward #2: Blithe Spirit
52
A Choice of Coward #3: The Vortex
53
A Choice of Coward #4: Design For Living
SEASON 10
01
The Other Man
02
The Wife of Knightsbridge
03
The Man in the Panama Hat
04
Find Yourself a Mug
05
Goodnight to Heroes
06
Undercurrent
07
A Really Good Jazz Piano
08
The Sound of Murder
A tape-recording plays a vital part in a cunning murder plot.
09
Crime and Punishment
10
The Bachelors
11
Tarnish on a Golden Boy
12
The Rules that Jack Made
13
Drill Pig
14
Deep and Crisp and Stolen
15
The Rise and Fall of Nellie Brown
16
Blood & Thunder: The Changeling
17
Blood & Thunder: Women Beware Women
18
A Tank of Fish
19
The Image
20
Giants on Saturday
21
No Baby, No Baby At All
22
The Rules of the Game
23
An Aspidistra in Babylon
24
The Fall of the Sparrow
25
Come Back Little Sheba
26
A Fearful Thing
27
I Remember the Battle
28
Finesse in Diamonds
29
Thick as Old Timber
30
We Thought You'd Like to be Caesar
31
Goodbye Johnny
32
The Edwardians #1: The Walls of Jericho
33
The Edwardians #2: Mid Channel
34
The Edwardians #3: Olive Latimer's Husband
35
The Edwardians #4: The Madras House
36
John Paddington
37
Beautiful Forever
38
A Couple of Dry Martinis
39
The Misunderstanding
40
The Death of Bessie Smith
41
The American Dream
42
Winter in Ischia
43
Between The Two Of Us
44
As The Crow Flies
45
When The Wind Blows
46
Helen and Edward and Henry
47
The Way of all Flesh
48
Their Obedient Servants
SEASON 11
01
Strife
02
The Successor
03
The Winds of Green Monday
04
Four of Hearts #1: Tilt
05
Four of Hearts #2: Please Love My Wife
06
Four of Hearts #3: This Year's Girl
07
Four of Hearts #4: Summertime Ends Tonight
08
Breaking Point
09
Four Days to the Fireworks
10
The Corsican Brothers
11
Mr. Fowlds
12
Point of Order
13
Finder's Keepers
14
My Father's Keeper
15
The Cabbage Tree Hat Boys
16
Solo for the Banker
17
The Stories of DH Lawrence #1: White Stocking
18
The Stories of DH Lawrence #2: Daughters of the Vicar
19
The Stories of DH Lawrence #3: New Eve and Old Adam
20
The Stories of DH Lawrence #4: Samson and Delilah
21
The Stories of DH Lawrence #5: Tickets Please/Monkey Nuts
22
The Stories of DH Lawrence #6: The Blind Man
23
The Stories of DH Lawrence #7: Jimmy and the Desperate Woman
24
The Stories of DH Lawrence #8: Two Blue Birds/In Love
25
The Reluctant Debutante
26
The Dance of Death
27
Nelson - A Study in Miniature
28
Ivanov
29
All My Loving
30
A View from the Bridge
31
The First Thunder
32
Variation on a Theme
33
The Browning Version
34
The Move after Checkmate
35
Seven Deadly Sins #1: My Friend Corby
36
Seven Deadly Sins #2: File on Harry Jordan
37
Seven Deadly Sins #3: A Cold Heart
38
Seven Deadly Sins #4: A Temporary Typist
39
Seven Deadly Sins #5: In The Night
40
Seven Deadly Sins #6: A Lion In His Way
41
Seven Deadly Sins #7: The Erphinham Camp
42
The Cretan
43
Blue as his Eyes, The Tin Helmet he Wore
44
An Experience of Evil
45
The Climbers
46
Convalescence
47
You'll Know Me by the Stars in My Eyes
SEASON 12
01
Plays of Married Life #1: A Catching Complaint
02
Plays of Married Life No. 2: Where Shall I Find What Will Change My Life?
03
Plays of Married Life No. 3: The Fat Woman's Tale
04
Plays of Married Life No. 4: The Bright Side
05
Home and Beauty
06
A Choice of Kings
07
Major Barbara
08
The Caretaker
09
Dear Liar
10
The New Men
11
The East Wind
12
End In Tears
13
The Tormentors
14
A Tot At The Local
15
The First Thing You Think Of
16
Come Laughing Home
17
Julie's Gone
18
On The Island
Set on an island off the coast of South America, Robert Cosgrove (Marius Goring) is a writer and Nobel Prize winner. His wife, Linda (Helen…
19
A Roof Over Our Mouths
20
Love On The Dole
21
Nice To Have You Back
22
That Old Black Magic
23
The Crossfire
24
A Drug on the Market
25
Cry Baby Bunting
26
Present Laughter
27
The Investigation
28
Dr. De Waldo's Therapy
29
Person Unknown
30
Seven Deadly Virtues #1: It's Your Move
31
Seven Deadly Virtues #2: The Good and Faithful Servant
32
Seven Deadly Virtues #3: Surface of Innocent
33
Seven Deadly Virtues #4: The Man with Two Heads
34
Seven Deadly Virtues #5: The Whole Truth
35
Seven Deadly Virtues #6: A Pain in the Neck
36
Seven Deadly Virtues #7: Are You By Yourself?
37
Little Moon of Alban
38
The Division
39
The Trial and Error of Colonel Winchip
40
The Stories of DH Lawrence #9: Strike Pay
41
The Stories of DH Lawrence #10: Blue Moccasins
42
The Stories of DH Lawrence #11: Mother and Daughter
43
The New Assistant
SEASON 13
01
ITV Summer Playhouse #1: The Sleeping Partner
02
ITV Summer Playhouse #2: The English Climate
03
ITV Summer Playhouse #3: Death By Misadventure
04
ITV Summer Playhouse #4: Difference of Opinion
05
ITV Summer Playhouse #5: The Big Killing
06
ITV Summer Playhouse #6: The Small Rebellion of Jess Calvert
07
ITV Summer Playhouse #7: A Brand New Scrubbing Brush
08
ITV Summer Playhouse #8: One Fat Englishman
09
ITV Summer Playhouse #9: The Voysey Inheritance
10
ITV Summer Playhouse #10: Travelling Light
11
ITV Summer Playhouse #11: The Man Who Understood Women
SERIES INFO
13
Seasons
575
Episodes
90 min/ep
Per Episode
Ended
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is ITV Play of the Week about?
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.
How many seasons does ITV Play of the Week have?
ITV Play of the Week has 13 seasons with 575 episodes total.
What is the rating of ITV Play of the Week?
ITV Play of the Week has a rating of 4.0 out of 10 based on 5 votes on TMDB.
Is ITV Play of the Week still running?
ITV Play of the Week has ended. The final episode aired on .
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