ITV Playhouse (Season 2)

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 Daddy Kiss It Better

    Daddy Kiss It Better (Episode 1)

    Writer: Peter Nichols

    Air date: 1968-07-29

  • Poster for Star Quality

    Star Quality (Episode 2)

    Writer: William Marchant

    Air date: 1968-08-08

    Overview: An aspiring playwright is delighted when a famous star agrees to appear in his new play. At first, that is.

  • Poster for Bon Voyage

    Bon Voyage (Episode 3)

    Writer: William Marchant

    Air date: 1968-08-12

  • Poster for A Heritage and Its History

    A Heritage and Its History (Episode 4)

    Air date: 1968-08-19

  • Poster for Funeral Games

    Funeral Games (Episode 5)

    Writer: Joe Orton

    Air date: 1968-08-26

    Overview: Religious cult leader, Pringle, calls in a private investigator, Caulfield, after receiving letters saying that his wife is having an affair. But Caulfield learns that the wife has more than love on her mind.

  • Poster for A Most Unfortunate Accident

    A Most Unfortunate Accident (Episode 6)

    Air date: 1968-08-29

  • Poster for Who Is Sylvia?

    Who Is Sylvia? (Episode 7)

    Writer: Terence Rattigan

    Air date: 1968-09-02

  • Poster for The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe

    The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe (Episode 8)

    Writer: Noël Coward

    Air date: 1968-09-05

  • Poster for There's a Hole in Your Dustbin Delilah

    There's a Hole in Your Dustbin Delilah (Episode 9)

    Writer: Jack Rosenthal

    Air date: 1968-09-09

  • Poster for Number Ten

    Number Ten (Episode 10)

    Writer: Ronald Millar

    Air date: 1968-09-12

  • Poster for The Explorer

    The Explorer (Episode 11)

    Writer: Kenneth Jupp

    Air date: 1968-09-16

  • Poster for The Tigers of Subtopia

    The Tigers of Subtopia (Episode 12)

    Writer: Julian Symons

    Air date: 1968-09-19

  • Poster for The Stealers of Darkness

    The Stealers of Darkness (Episode 13)

    Writer: Jacques Gillies

    Air date: 1968-09-23

  • Poster for Inventory for the Summer

    Inventory for the Summer (Episode 14)

    Writer: John Westgate

    Air date: 1968-09-26

  • Poster for Neutral Ground

    Neutral Ground (Episode 15)

    Writer: Tom Stoppard

    Air date: 1968-09-30

    Overview: An allied agent is sent out into an obscure country to find a Russian Agent who has been thrown out of Russia for defection. He finds a broken man who drowns his days in drink, and feels sympathy for him.

  • Poster for Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar

    Your Name's Not God, It's Edgar (Episode 16)

    Writer: Jack Rosenthal

    Air date: 1968-10-03

    Overview: Edgar Lunt lives his life by scientific principles, that is, for every action there is a reaction. He believes that any pleasure he might have, will mean, somebody will suffer somewhere else. The result is he is not very happy at all, until Trevor, a young student,tries to show him a fresh outlook on life.

  • Poster for If Only the Trains Come

    If Only the Trains Come (Episode 17)

    Air date: 1968-10-07

  • Poster for Camille 68

    Camille 68 (Episode 18)

    Writer: Alexandre Dumas fils

    Air date: 1968-10-10

    Overview: Camille is living in London, working as a prostitute with her friend Nanine. Her life has no happiness until she meets the son of one her customers 'Armand' a Cambridge undergraduate .

  • Poster for Thirteen Thousand and Eighty Three Pounds

    Thirteen Thousand and Eighty Three Pounds (Episode 19)

    Writer: Fay Weldon

    Air date: 1968-10-14

  • Poster for The Best Pair of Legs in the Business

    The Best Pair of Legs in the Business (Episode 20)

    Air date: 1968-10-17

  • Poster for The Tycoon

    The Tycoon (Episode 21)

    Air date: 1968-10-24

  • Poster for Murder: When Robin Was a Boy

    Murder: When Robin Was a Boy (Episode 22)

    Writer: Roger Marshall

    Air date: 1969-03-17

  • Poster for Murder: Return to Yesterday

    Murder: Return to Yesterday (Episode 23)

    Writer: Julian Bond

    Air date: 1969-03-24

  • Poster for Murder: Double Negative

    Murder: Double Negative (Episode 24)

    Writer: John Foster

    Air date: 1969-03-31

  • Poster for Murder: Nobody Knows

    Murder: Nobody Knows (Episode 25)

    Writer: John Foster

    Air date: 1969-04-14

    Overview: Inspector Parker's instinct in trying to nail Pritchard for the horrific murder of a young girl becomes an obsession which puts pressure on both his health and marriage.

  • Poster for Murder: Mr Buchanan

    Murder: Mr Buchanan (Episode 26)

    Writer: Joseph Green

    Air date: 1969-04-21

  • Poster for Murder: Identikit

    Murder: Identikit (Episode 27)

    Writer: Eric Coltart

    Air date: 1969-04-28

  • Poster for Double Agent

    Double Agent (Episode 28)

    Writer: Anthony Steven

    Air date: 1969-05-12

  • Poster for Public Face

    Public Face (Episode 29)

    Writer: David Ambrose

    Air date: 1969-05-19

  • Poster for Uncle Jonathan

    Uncle Jonathan (Episode 30)

    Air date: 1969-06-02

  • Poster for Square on the Hypotenuse

    Square on the Hypotenuse (Episode 31)

    Writer: Anthony Skene

    Air date: 1969-06-09

  • Poster for Colombe

    Colombe (Episode 32)

    Writer: Jean Anouilh

    Air date: 1969-06-16

  • Poster for The Friendly Persuaders

    The Friendly Persuaders (Episode 33)

    Writer: Paul Wheeler

    Air date: 1969-06-23

    Overview: A delegation from the planet Taran is made welcome by almost everyone in Britain. They talk of their planet as a promised land and a new beginning...but not everyone is convinced and decides to investigate further.

  • Poster for Beast in the Jungle

    Beast in the Jungle (Episode 34)

    Writer: James Saunders

    Air date: 1969-06-30

    Overview: May and John had met years earlier by an act of fate. They had gone their separate ways but then bump into each other again by another act of fate. John seems to have forgotten much of the earlier encounter but May remembers every detail and reminds him that the young John had been alarmed about a premonition he had of a tragic event that would happen to him in later life.

  • Poster for The Marrying Kind

    The Marrying Kind (Episode 35)

    Writer: David Reid

    Air date: 1969-07-07

    Overview: The history of an old four poster bed and its various occupants.

  • Poster for Justice Is a Woman

    Justice Is a Woman (Episode 36)

    Writer: Stanley Miller

    Air date: 1969-07-14

    Overview: This drama inspired long running series Justice about a successful lady barrister.Here Julia Stafford is asked to defend a posh youth,an outsider in a conservative Scottish town, who is accused of murdering a girl.

  • Poster for End of Story

    End of Story (Episode 37)

    Writer: Leo Lehmann

    Air date: 1969-07-21

  • Poster for Remember the Germans

    Remember the Germans (Episode 38)

    Writer: Leo Lehmann

    Air date: 1969-07-28

  • Poster for The John Hilarian Salt Exhibition and Numerous Illustrated Slides

    The John Hilarian Salt Exhibition and Numerous Illustrated Slides (Episode 39)

    Writer: Roy Clarke

    Air date: 1969-08-04

  • Poster for Stables Theatre Company #1: In a Cottage Hospital

    Stables Theatre Company #1: In a Cottage Hospital (Episode 40)

    Writer: Carey Harrison

    Air date: 1969-08-11

    Overview: A man is suffering memory loss after slowly recovering from a car crash. Does fate offer a chance to re-invent himself and forget the past? - or is he doomed to make the same mistakes and have the same disappointments as he has always had?

  • Poster for Stables Theatre Company #2: Wedding Night

    Stables Theatre Company #2: Wedding Night (Episode 41)

    Writer: Carey Harrison

    Air date: 1969-08-18

  • Poster for The Ha Ha

    The Ha Ha (Episode 42)

    Writer: Jennifer Lawson

    Air date: 1969-08-25

    Overview: A young woman experiences a mental breakdown.

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