ITV Playhouse (Season 13)

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.

  • Poster for Something's Got To Give

    Something's Got To Give (Episode 1)

    Writer: Drew Griffiths

    Air date: 1982-06-19

    Overview: A straight-laced young businessman finds his life is changed when he literally bumps into a clumsy but attractive female while at the library.

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    The Houseboy (Episode 2)

    Writer: Irving Wardle

    Air date: 1982-07-03

    Overview: A gay couple get disturbed by the new boy they hire to work in their hotel.

  • Poster for The Reunion

    The Reunion (Episode 3)

    Air date: 1982-07-10

  • Poster for The Breadwinner

    The Breadwinner (Episode 4)

    Writer: Pat Sandys

    Air date: 1982-07-17

  • Poster for Dogfood Dan And The Carmarthen Cowboy

    Dogfood Dan And The Carmarthen Cowboy (Episode 5)

    Writer: David Nobbs

    Air date: 1982-07-24

    Overview: Dogfood Dan And The Carmarthen Cowboy was a tale of two long-distance dogfood-carrying lorry drivers who, to the other's ignorance, are each having affairs with the other's wife. Although the men meet up on the road, exchange stories of their sexual escapades, and often talk to their wives about their travelling friend, the lies they spin and the false names they invent mean that neither the husbands nor the wives cotton on to the convoluted situation. Aubrey Owen likes to pass himself off as an MP, 'Aneurin', during his visits with Helen, while Dan claims he is carrying top secret 'abnormal' loads when pursuing the passionate Myfanwy.

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    Skirmishes (Episode 6)

    Writer: Catherine Hayes

    Air date: 1982-07-27

  • Poster for The Boxwallah

    The Boxwallah (Episode 7)

    Writer: David Blunt

    Air date: 1982-07-31

  • Poster for Nightlife

    Nightlife (Episode 8)

    Writer: Andrew Payne

    Air date: 1982-08-03

  • Poster for Grandad

    Grandad (Episode 9)

    Writer: Mike Stott

    Air date: 1982-08-07

  • Poster for The Glory Hole

    The Glory Hole (Episode 10)

    Air date: 1982-08-10

ITV Playhouse - Movie poster from The Movie Database (TMDB)