ITV Playhouse (Season 1)

ITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colour and was produced by various companies for the ITV network, a format that would inspire Dramarama. Actors appearing in the series included Leslie Anderson, Gwen Nelson, Ricky Alleyne, Pat Heywood, Michael Elphick, Ian Hendry, Edward Woodward, Margaret Lockwood, Jessie Matthews and Lloyd Peters.

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    Lady Windemere's Fan (Episode 1)

    Writer: Oscar Wilde

    Air date: 1967-09-25

    Overview: Lord Windermere appears to all - including to his young wife Margaret - as the perfect husband. But their happy marriage is placed at risk when Lord Windermere starts spending his afternoons with an adventuress who is working her way through London's high society, Mrs. Erlynne. Worse, Windermere gives her big sums of money. To crown it all he asks his wife to invite the detestable woman to her own birthday party. Upset and outraged, the puritan Lady Windermere decides to leave her husband and goes to Lord Robert Darlington, who has been courting her for some time. Unfortunately she leaves her fan - the one Robert offered her for her birthday - in Robert's house...

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    They Said 'Let's Live Together' (Episode 2)

    Writer: Hugh Forbes

    Air date: 1967-10-02

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    The First Thunder (Episode 3)

    Air date: 1967-10-09

  • Poster for The Stories Of D.H. Lawrence: The Prussian Officer

    The Stories Of D.H. Lawrence: The Prussian Officer (Episode 4)

    Writer: Ken Taylor

    Air date: 1967-10-16

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    The Stories Of D.H. Lawrence: The Thorn In The Flesh (Episode 5)

    Writer: D. H. Lawrence

    Air date: 1967-10-23

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    The Stories Of D.H. Lawrence: None Of That (Episode 6)

    Writer: D. H. Lawrence

    Air date: 1967-10-30

    Overview: Elizabeth Cane arrives in Mexico and starts to take an interest in a bull fighter, but he can find only contempt for this refined American woman and what she represents.

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    Ten Days That Shook The World (Episode 7)

    Air date: 1967-11-06

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    The Waste Spaces (Episode 8)

    Writer: Gerald Vaughan-Hughes

    Air date: 1967-11-13

    Overview: A couple buy a house cheap unbeknown it has a sitting tenant in the form of Daniel Bloch, the wife is soon aware of an evil atmosphere.

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    Children Playing (Episode 9)

    Writer: David Rudkin

    Air date: 1967-11-20

    Overview: A group of school children arriving at their holiday camp hostel find themselves being challenged by strangers there for leadership of their group.

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    I Love You Miss Patterson (Episode 10)

    Writer: John Bowen

    Air date: 1967-11-27

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    The Confession (Episode 11)

    Writer: Maurice McLaughlin

    Air date: 1967-12-04

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    Top Of The Ladder (Episode 12)

    Air date: 1967-12-11

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    Day Of The Tortoise (Episode 13)

    Writer: Julian Bond

    Air date: 1967-12-18

  • Poster for A Whistle And A Funny Hat

    A Whistle And A Funny Hat (Episode 14)

    Writer: John Whitewood

    Air date: 1967-12-25

  • Poster for Seeds Of Destruction

    Seeds Of Destruction (Episode 15)

    Air date: 1968-01-01

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    Lucky For Some (Episode 16)

    Writer: Kevin Laffan

    Air date: 1968-01-01

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    The Curtis Affair (Episode 17)

    Writer: Wilfred Greatorex

    Air date: 1968-01-08

    Overview: A director has to provide an explanation to a public committee on how his firm made such a huge profit on a government contract.

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    On Approval (Episode 18)

    Writer: Stanley Miller

    Air date: 1968-01-15

    Overview: Two couples try to discover if they can live together (platonically) and life gets very complicated.

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    The Photographer (Episode 19)

    Writer: Kenneth Jupp

    Air date: 1968-01-22

  • Poster for Rogue's Gallery: The Curious Adventures of Miss Jane Rawley

    Rogue's Gallery: The Curious Adventures of Miss Jane Rawley (Episode 20)

    Writer: Peter Wildeblood

    Air date: 1968-01-29

  • Poster for Rogues' Gallery: The Misfortunes of Lucy Hodges

    Rogues' Gallery: The Misfortunes of Lucy Hodges (Episode 21)

    Writer: Peter Wildeblood

    Air date: 1968-02-05

    Overview: A simple country girl arrives in London and finds herself being accused of murder and the threat of extradition to the USA.

  • Poster for Rogues' Gallery: The Lives and Crimes of Jonathan Wild and Jack Sheppard

    Rogues' Gallery: The Lives and Crimes of Jonathan Wild and Jack Sheppard (Episode 22)

    Writer: Peter Wildeblood

    Air date: 1968-02-12

    Overview: Jack Sheppard is a working-class thief, whilst Jonathan Wild is thief-taker to the crown, the country's most senior law-enforcement officer. But which one is the greater criminal?

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    Rogues' Gallery: The Tale of Lancelot Wishart (Episode 23)

    Writer: Peter Wildeblood

    Air date: 1968-02-19

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    The Father (Episode 24)

    Writer: August Strindberg

    Air date: 1968-02-26

    Overview: Parents struggle over the future of their child, resulting in the mother, using her cunning manipulative skills, subduing and finally destroying the father.

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    The Judge (Episode 25)

    Writer: John Mortimer

    Air date: 1968-03-04

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    The Detour (Episode 26)

    Writer: Martin Walser

    Air date: 1968-03-11

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    Public and Confidential (Episode 27)

    Writer: Benn W. Levy

    Air date: 1968-03-18

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    A Matter of Diamonds (Episode 28)

    Air date: 1968-03-25

  • Poster for The Brahmin Widow

    The Brahmin Widow (Episode 29)

    Writer: John Mitchell

    Air date: 1968-04-01

  • Poster for Murder: A Professional Job

    Murder: A Professional Job (Episode 30)

    Writer: Marc Brandel

    Air date: 1968-04-15

  • Poster for Murder: The Dancing Man

    Murder: The Dancing Man (Episode 31)

    Writer: Marc Brandel

    Air date: 1968-04-22

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    The Bonegrinder (Episode 32)

    Writer: Dennis Potter

    Air date: 1968-05-06

    Runtime: 78 min

    Overview: Potter contrasted the fading heritage of the British empire with new American values, embodying national traits in his central characters proper British businessman George King, a London suburbanite, who encounters loud and crass sailor Sam Adams, an American who is disrespectful of British culture and traditions.

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    Horizontal Hold (Episode 33)

    Writer: Stanley Price

    Air date: 1968-05-20

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    The Retreat (Episode 34)

    Writer: John Hale

    Air date: 1968-06-03

  • Poster for Murder: The Rest of Our Lives

    Murder: The Rest of Our Lives (Episode 35)

    Writer: Marc Brandel

    Air date: 1968-06-10

  • Poster for Murder: An Even Chance

    Murder: An Even Chance (Episode 36)

    Writer: Marc Brandel

    Air date: 1968-06-17

    Overview: A young white couple visiting a friend's flat in Harlem NY find themselves marooned there just as race riots start. The empty flat could be their only sanctuary during the mayhem... but then the flat has more visitors.

  • Poster for Murder: Killer's Odds

    Murder: Killer's Odds (Episode 37)

    Writer: Marc Brandel

    Air date: 1968-06-24

  • Poster for Boatman Do Not Tarry

    Boatman Do Not Tarry (Episode 38)

    Writer: John D. Stewart

    Air date: 1968-07-01

  • Poster for Entertaining Mr. Sloane

    Entertaining Mr. Sloane (Episode 39)

    Writer: Joe Orton

    Air date: 1968-07-08

    Overview: Mr. Sloane is a murderer. But, as both his middle-aged landlady and her homosexual brother quickly notice, he's very handsome.

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    Countercrime (Episode 40)

    Writer: Stanley Clayton

    Air date: 1968-07-15

    Overview: A bustling department store closes for the night, but now amongst the silence and the mannequins, there is an intruder.

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    delete (Episode 41)

    Air date: 1968-05-13

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    delete (Episode 42)

    Air date: 1968-05-27

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    delete (Episode 43)

    Air date: 1967-12-28

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