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Country: United Kingdom · Type: Scripted

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Years: 1955 - 1963

Status: Ended

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ITV Television Playhouse is an anthology series, which featured writers such as Charles Dickens, Ray Bradbury, George Bernard Shaw and Arthur Miller.Numerous actors appeared in the plays including Peter Sellers, Maggie Smith, Peter Cushing, Petula Clark, Ronnie Barker and Jane Asher.

Seasons (9)

Season 1

29 Sep 1955 – 30 Aug 1956 · 46 episodes

1The Haven29 Sep 1955
2A Call on the Widow6 Oct 1955
3The Glorification of Al Toolum13 Oct 1955
4Summer in Normandy20 Oct 1955
5A Garden in the Sea27 Oct 1955
6The End of the Mission3 Nov 1955
7The Inward Eye10 Nov 1955
8Fair Passenger17 Nov 1955
9Area Nine24 Nov 1955
10Lady Must Sell1 Dec 1955
11The General's Mess8 Dec 1955
12Fighting Chance15 Dec 1955
13The Man Who Liked Christmas22 Dec 1955
14Adeline Girard29 Dec 1955
15Yesterday's Mail5 Jan 1956
16The House in Athens12 Sep 1956
17The Guv'Nor19 Jan 1956
18The Sun Divorce26 Jan 1956
20Margaret Moves On9 Feb 1956
21Goodbye Jonah16 Feb 1956
22The Egg23 Feb 1956
23A Case of Pure Fiction1 Mar 1956
24A Trial of Love8 Mar 1956
25To Dorothy, A Son15 Mar 1956
26Viceroy Sarah22 Mar 1956
27Outward Bound29 Mar 1956
28Dark of the Moon5 Apr 1956
29Bonadventure12 Apr 1956
30Ship-Shape19 Apr 1956
31The Burning Glass26 Apr 1956
32The Blood is Strong3 May 1956
33Morning Departure10 May 1956
34Ashes in the Wind17 May 1956
35Boys in Brown24 May 1956
36Mrs Inspector Jones31 May 1956
37World of His Own7 Jun 1956
38Castle in the Air14 Jun 1956
40Woman in a Dressing Gown28 Jun 1956
41A Lady Mislaid5 Jul 1956
42Youth at the Helm12 Jul 1956
44Martine26 Jul 1956
45The Outsider2 Aug 1956
46Ever Since Paradise9 Aug 1956
47Case Dismissed16 Aug 1956
48The Speed Kid23 Aug 1956
49Ticket to Rome / The Bet30 Aug 1956

Season 2

6 Sep 1956 – 29 Aug 1957 · 50 episodes

1The Valley and The Peak6 Sep 1956
2A Piece of Cake13 Sep 1956
3The Man in the Dock20 Sep 1956
4Chance Meeting27 Sep 1956
5The Invaders4 Oct 1956
6Night Was Our Friend11 Oct 1956
7The American18 Oct 1956
8The Man26 Oct 1956
9H.M.S. Drake Will Proceed1 Nov 1956
10Stolen Face8 Nov 1956
11Ladies in Ermine15 Nov 1956
12The Grand Tour22 Nov 1956
13The Young and The Guilty29 Nov 1956
14The Lion's Share One Bright Day6 Dec 1956
15All Correct, Sir13 Dec 1956
16The Bridge20 Dec 1956
17Snowball / The Birdwatcher27 Dec 1956
18Never3 Jan 1957
19Mary Ross10 Jan 1957
20The Great Adventure17 Jan 1957
21No Hero24 Jan 1957
22Guest in the House31 Jan 1957
23The Magpies7 Feb 1957
24The Affair at Assino14 Feb 1957
25The Snare of the Fowler21 Feb 1957
26The Sand Castle28 Feb 1957
27Million-Dollar Smile7 Mar 1957
28The Biggest Thief in Town14 Mar 1957
29The Silver Mask21 Mar 1957
30Dangerous Cargo28 Mar 1957
31Evening in Hochsberg4 Apr 1957
32The Crown of the Road11 Apr 1957
33The Queen's Husband18 Apr 1957
34The King's Bounty2 May 1957
35Dark Summer9 May 1957
36Two Ducks on a Pond16 May 1957
37Saloon Bar23 May 1957
38Naughty Mr. Punch30 May 1957
39Who Killed Kovali?13 Jun 1957
40Chelsea Story20 Jun 1957
41The Father22 Jun 1957
42And So to Bed4 Jul 1957
43The Shadow of a Gunman11 Jul 1957
44The Confidence Man18 Jul 1957
45Desert Patrol25 Jul 1957
46On Approval1 Aug 1957
47When the Wind Blows8 Aug 1957
48My Heart's in the Highlands18 May 1957
49Deadline22 Aug 1957
50Anna Christie29 Aug 1957

Season 3

5 Sep 1957 – 29 Aug 1958 · 49 episodes

1Poison Unsuspect5 Sep 1957
2Operation Diplomat12 Sep 1957
3Six Stayed the Night27 Sep 1957
4The Long Wait4 Oct 1957
5Thunder on Sycamore Street11 Oct 1957
6The Winds of Love18 Oct 1957
8The Roof Garden1 Nov 1957
9The Staring Match8 Nov 1957
10One of Us15 Nov 1957
11The Gathering Dusk22 Nov 1957
13Pickup Girl6 Dec 1957
14Love Her to Death13 Dec 1957
15Invitation to a Voyage20 Dec 1957
16Cheer the Brave27 Dec 1957
17Ghost Ship3 Jan 1958
18Assassin for Hire10 Jan 1958
19Hammer the Toff17 Jan 1958
20Look in Any Window24 Jan 1958
21Cry Silence31 Jan 1958
22Test of Truth7 Feb 1958
23So Close to the Top14 Feb 1958
24Lace on Her Petticoat21 Feb 1958
25One of Our Men is Guilty28 Feb 1958
26The Macropulos Secret7 Mar 1958
27Do as I Do14 Mar 1958
28Flowers for the Queen21 Mar 1958
29Don't Listen Ladies28 Mar 1958
302000 Minus 604 Apr 1958
31The Cradle Song11 Apr 1958
32The Fourposter18 Apr 1958
33Now Barabbas25 Apr 1958
34You Can't Have Everything2 May 1958
35Blood on Whose House?9 May 1958
36Dark Pastures16 May 1958
37The Ponyman23 May 1958
38Poet's Corner30 May 1958
39The Touch of Fear6 Jun 1958
40Two Dozen Red Roses13 Jun 1958
41The Browning Version20 Jun 1958
42Third Party Risk27 Jun 1958
43The Visit to Paradise Buildings4 Jul 1958
44Miss Em11 Jul 1958
45Cornelius18 Jul 1958
46Tony Draws a Horse25 Jul 1958
47Death Hangs on a Word1 Aug 1958
48Fate and Mister Browne8 Aug 1958
49High Tension15 Aug 1958
50Badger's Green22 Aug 1958
51Blood on the Snow29 Aug 1958

Season 4

5 Sep 1958 – 28 Aug 1959 · 51 episodes

1Dr. Jo5 Sep 1958
2Rest in Violence12 Sep 1958
3Annabella19 Sep 1958
4Honour Bright26 Sep 1958
5Chaos is Come3 Oct 1958
6The Voyagers10 Oct 1958
7Parisienne17 Oct 1958
8Before the Party24 Oct 1958
9Strictly for the Sparrows31 Oct 1958
10Breakdown7 Nov 1958
11Various Heavens14 Nov 1958
12Close Quarters21 Nov 1958
13Special Occasion28 Nov 1958
14A Sense of Justice5 Dec 1958
15The Heat of the Evening12 Dec 1958
16What Shall We Tell Caroline?19 Dec 1958
17Village Wooing2 Jan 1959
18The Gift9 Jan 1959
19Private Lives16 Jan 1959
20A Guardsman's Cup of Tea23 Jan 1959
21No FIxed Abode30 Jan 1959
22Rock-a-Bye Barnie6 Feb 1959
23The Paraguayan Harp13 Feb 1959
24Before the Sun Goes Down20 Feb 1959
25A Memory of Two Mondays27 Feb 1959
26The House Next Door6 Mar 1959
27Sunday Out of Season13 Mar 1959
28Notes for a Love Song20 Mar 1959
29To Keep Our Way of Life27 Mar 1959
30All God's Chillun Got Wings3 Apr 1959
31Odd Man In10 Apr 1959
32The Jukebox17 Apr 1959
33A Bit of Happiness24 Apr 1959
34The Breaking Point1 May 1959
35A Phoenix Too Frequent8 May 1959
36Bellweather Nine15 May 1959
37Promenade22 May 1959
38Broken Journey29 May 1959
39The Haven5 Jun 1959
40A Kind of Freedom12 Jun 1959
41Men Don't Make Passes19 Jun 1959
42Summer Pavilion26 Jun 1959
43The White Sheep of the Family3 Jul 1959
44Mr. Browne Comes Home10 Jul 1959
45Longitude 4917 Jul 1959
46The Extra Grave24 Jul 1959
47At Your Door31 Jul 1959
48My Side of the Story7 Aug 1959
49Queen's Corporal14 Aug 1959
50The Midnight Family21 Aug 1959
51One a Penny, Two a Penny28 Aug 1959

Season 5

1 Sep 1959 – 25 Aug 1960 · 51 episodes

1Our Best for Harry1 Sep 1959
2The Silk Purse11 Sep 1959
3The Trouble Raiser18 Sep 1959
4Clutterbuck25 Sep 1959
5The Lean Years2 Oct 1959
6The Blood Fight9 Oct 1959
7Someone We Know16 Oct 1959
8A Card From Alison23 Oct 1959
9Movement of Troops30 Oct 1959
10Ticket for Tomorrow6 Nov 1959
11Oggie13 Nov 1959
12Our Miss Hammond20 Nov 1959
13The Manor of Northstead27 Nov 1959
14Shadow and Substance4 Dec 1959
15The Advocate11 Dec 1959
16The Christmas Card18 Dec 1959
17The Small Servant1 Jan 1960
18The Man Who Could Find Things8 Jan 1960
19Other People's Houses15 Jan 1960
20Incident22 Jan 1960
21The Bush and The Tree29 Jan 1960
22The English Captain5 Feb 1960
23A Holiday Abroad21 Feb 1960
24The Song of Louise in the Morning19 Feb 1960
25Fiddler's Four26 Feb 1960
26Breakaway4 Mar 1960
27A Stop on the Way11 Mar 1960
28At Home18 Mar 1960
29Act of Terror25 Mar 1960
30Once a Crook1 Apr 1960
31Missing From Home8 Apr 1960
32Each Wind That Blows15 Apr 1960
33Think of the Day22 Apr 1960
34Bridge of Sighs29 Apr 1960
35The Big Night6 May 1960
36A Moment in the Sun13 May 1960
37Private and Confidential20 May 1960
38The Ostrich27 May 1960
39The Unquiet Spirit3 Jun 1960
40Margaret Moves On10 Jun 1960
41Place of My Own17 Jun 1960
42The Moment of Milo24 Jun 1960
43Night Run to the West30 Jun 1960
44After the Party7 Jul 1960
45Country Cousins14 Jul 1960
46Night School21 Jul 1960
47The Barber of Stamford Hill28 Jul 1960
48The Mirror Maze4 Aug 1960
49The Queen's Peace11 Aug 1960
50A Young Lady of Property18 Aug 1960
51The Out-of-Towners25 Aug 1960

Season 6

1 Sep 1960 – 31 Aug 1961 · 50 episodes

1The Problem of Girl Friends1 Sep 1960
2The Harsh World8 Sep 1960
3The New Man15 Sep 1960
4Tomorrow29 Sep 1960
5Penelope6 Oct 1960
6Murder Stamp13 Oct 1960
7Changing Values20 Oct 1960
8Reprise27 Oct 1960
9Independent Means3 Nov 1960
10Who's Owen Stephens ...?10 Nov 1960
11The Essay Prize17 Nov 1960
12The End of the Tether24 Nov 1960
13The Honeymooners1 Dec 1960
14Mr. Krane8 Dec 1960
15Poor Sidney15 Dec 1960
16The Two Wise Virgins of Hove22 Dec 1960
17The Boy Next Door29 Dec 1960
18Not Many Mansions5 Jan 1961
19The Zoo Story12 Jan 1961
20The Debt Collector19 Jan 1961
21Nannie26 Jan 1961
22Witness - The Night2 Feb 1961
23The Savages9 Feb 1961
24Hi Diddle Diddle16 Feb 1961
25Ben Spray23 Feb 1961
26The Serpent's Tooth2 Mar 1961
27The Summer's Pride9 Mar 1961
28The Balance of Her Mind16 Mar 1961
29The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd23 Mar 1961
30A Blow to the Head30 Mar 1961
31Private Potter6 Apr 1961
32The Skint Boys13 Apr 1961
33Marking Time20 Apr 1961
34The Demands of Love27 Apr 1961
35A Diabolic Liberty4 May 1961
36The Collection11 May 1961
37The Reception18 May 1961
38Johnny Dark25 May 1961
39The Portrait1 Jun 1961
40Death by Choice8 Jun 1961
41A Walk on the Water15 Jun 1961
42The Island22 Jun 1961
43Boule de Suif29 Jun 1961
44The Different Drum6 Jul 1961
45Paris Round the Corner13 Jul 1961
46The Bad One27 Jul 1961
47The Dumb Waiter10 Aug 1961
48I Having Dreamt, Awoke17 Aug 1961
49Fly by Night24 Aug 1961
50Once More My Love31 Aug 1961

Season 7

7 Sep 1961 – 28 Dec 1961 · 16 episodes

1The Square7 Sep 1961
2The Missing Links14 Sep 1961
3Take a Fellow Like Me21 Sep 1961
4Mr. Cole and the Middle Kingdom28 Sep 1961
5The Room5 Oct 1961
6God and Tony Lockwood12 Oct 1961
7The Jackpot Question19 Oct 1961
8Children of the Sun26 Oct 1961
9The Gold Hunter2 Nov 1961
10Flight 447 Delayed9 Nov 1961
11The Gentle Shade16 Nov 1961
12To Keep Our Way of Life23 Nov 1961
13A Resounding Tinkle30 Nov 1961
14Heir for a Shoestring7 Dec 1961
15The Prizewinner21 Dec 1961
16Winner Takes the Lady28 Dec 1961

Season 8

21 Sep 1962 – 29 Aug 1963 · 43 episodes

1Peace with Terror21 Sep 1962
2The Jokers28 Sep 1962
3A Choice of Weapons5 Oct 1962
4Linda Came Today12 Oct 1962
5When the Kissing Had to Stop: Act 2: The Sickle19 Oct 1962
6A Free Weekend26 Oct 1962
7Until You Are Dead2 Nov 1962
8Nuncle9 Nov 1962
9The Morning After16 Nov 1962
10The Road to Anywhere23 Nov 1962
11When Silver Drinks30 Nov 1962
12The Pinkness of It All7 Dec 1962
13No Cause for Alarm14 Dec 1962
14Fiddlers All21 Dec 1962
15The Interview28 Dec 1962
16The Ordeal of Dr. Shannon4 Jan 1963
17Adam's Apple18 Jan 1963
18The Paleto Confession25 Jan 1963
19East of Christmas1 Feb 1963
20The Interview28 Dec 1962
21There's No Room for You Here for a Start8 Feb 1963
22A Builder by Trade15 Feb 1963
23The Wedding Dress22 Feb 1963
24A Hero with a Past1 Mar 1963
25Exits and Entrances8 Mar 1963
26There Could Be a Knighthood in It15 Mar 1963
27Ben Again22 Mar 1963
28Along Came a Spider29 Mar 1963
29Too Old for Donkeys4 Apr 1963
30The Two-Seater Bachelor Days11 Apr 1963
31A Cosy Little Arrangement18 Apr 1963
32The Reading Room25 Apr 1963
33Return of the Regiment2 May 1963
34Beachhead9 May 1963
3531 Backyards16 May 1963
36The Outcasts23 May 1963
37The Hard Case6 Jun 1963
38A Sickening Thud13 Jun 1963
39Money With Menaces1 Aug 1963
40The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl8 Aug 1963
41The Lads15 Aug 1963
42In Confidence22 Aug 1963
43Collect Your Hand Baggage29 Aug 1963

Season 9

5 Sep 1963 – 27 Dec 1963 · 5 episodes

1The Night of the Reckoning5 Sep 1963
2To Bury Caesar12 Sep 1963
3Girl in the Office5 Dec 1963
4December Child24 Dec 1963
5They Don't Make Summers Like They Used To27 Dec 1963

Cast

Alan MacNaughtan

Anthony Newlands

Arthur Lovegrove

Donald Pleasence

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