ITV Play of the Week
1h 30min

Drama

Comedy

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

Cast

1. A Month in the Country

1h 30min

27th Sep 1955

2. The Pay Off

29th Oct 1955

3. The Salt Land

8th Nov 1955

4. No Other Verdict

23rd Nov 1955

5. The Green of the Year

5th Dec 1955

6. Captain Carvallo

2nd Jan 1956

7. Favonia

16th Jan 1956

8. Ignace

30th Jan 1956

9. The Anatomist

6th Feb 1956

10. We the Living

13th Feb 1956

11. Both Ends Meet

20th Feb 1956

12. Hamlet

27th Feb 1956

13. Message for Margaret

5th Mar 1956

14. George and Margaret

12th Mar 1956

15. Uncle Harry

19th Mar 1956

16. Misalliance

28th Mar 1956

17. Skylark

9th Apr 1956

18. One

16th Apr 1956

19. The Living Room

23rd Apr 1956

20. The Golden Cuckoo

30th Apr 1956

21. Seagulls Over Sorrento

7th May 1956

22. Ten Minute Alibi

14th May 1956

23. The Comedy of Errors

21st May 1956

24. Pink Strings and Sealing Wax

28th May 1956

25. Come Read Me a Riddle

4th Jun 1956

26. I Killed the Count

11th Jun 1956

27. Dear Charles

18th Jun 1956

28. MacAdam and Eve

25th Jun 1956

29. The Innocents

2nd Jul 1956

30. Rain on the Just

9th Jul 1956

31. Rebecca

16th Jul 1956

32. Golden Fleece

16th Jul 1956

33. Down Came a Blackbird

23rd Jul 1956

34. The Golden Entry

30th Jul 1956

35. The Adding Machine