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.
ITV Play of the Week (Season 2)
The Last Enemy (Episode 1)
Air date: 1956-09-10
Runtime: 90 min
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (Episode 2)
Writer: Peter Graham Scott
Air date: 1956-09-19
Runtime: 90 min
Second Threshold (Episode 3)
Air date: 1956-09-26
Corinth House (Episode 4)
Air date: 1956-10-03
The Seagull (Episode 5)
Air date: 1956-10-10
Traveller's Joy (Episode 6)
Air date: 1956-10-17
Yellow Jack (Episode 7)
Air date: 1956-10-24
Shooting Star (Episode 8)
Air date: 1956-10-31
Act of Madness (Episode 9)
Air date: 1956-11-07
Waters of the Moon (Episode 10)
Air date: 1956-11-14
The Silver Cord (Episode 11)
Air date: 1956-11-21
Look Back in Anger (Episode 12)
Air date: 1956-11-28
A Time to be Born (Episode 13)
Air date: 1956-12-05
The Doctor's Dilemma (Episode 14)
Air date: 1956-12-12
The White Carnation (Episode 15)
Air date: 1956-12-19
Action for Slander (Episode 16)
Air date: 1956-12-26
The Giconda (Episode 17)
Air date: 1957-01-02
The Two Headed Eagle (Episode 18)
Air date: 1957-01-09
Another Part of the Forest (Episode 19)
Air date: 1957-01-16
Tomorrow We Live (Episode 20)
Air date: 1957-01-23
The Wild Duck (Episode 21)
Air date: 1957-01-30
A Man About the House (Episode 22)
Air date: 1957-02-06
Gertie Maude (Episode 23)
Air date: 1957-02-13
Home of the Brave (Episode 24)
Air date: 1957-02-20
The Day of the Monkey (Episode 25)
Air date: 1957-02-27
Heaven and Earth (Episode 26)
Air date: 1957-03-06
Adam's Apple (Episode 27)
Air date: 1957-03-13
An Enemy of the People (Episode 28)
Air date: 1957-03-20
Dead on Nine (Episode 29)
Air date: 1957-03-27
Time Remembered (Episode 30)
Air date: 1957-04-03
Dear Brutus (Episode 31)
Air date: 1957-04-10
The Shop at Sly Corner (Episode 32)
Air date: 1957-04-17
Granite Peak (Episode 33)
Air date: 1957-04-24
The Scandalous Affair of Mr. Kettle and Mrs. Moon (Episode 34)
Air date: 1957-05-01
The Age of Abandon (Episode 35)
Air date: 1957-05-08
Accolade (Episode 36)
Air date: 1957-05-15
Venus Observed (Episode 37)
Air date: 1957-05-22
Hedda Gabler (Episode 38)
Air date: 1957-05-29
The Druid's Rest (Episode 39)
Air date: 1957-06-05
Boy Meets Girl (Episode 40)
Air date: 1957-06-12
His and Hers (Episode 41)
Air date: 1957-06-19
Victoria Regina (Episode 42)
Air date: 1957-06-26
The Breath of Fools (Episode 43)
Air date: 1957-07-03
The Glass Cage (Episode 44)
Air date: 1957-07-10
Late Love (Episode 45)
Air date: 1957-07-17
Mr. Bolfry (Episode 46)
Air date: 1957-07-24
Summertime (Episode 47)
Air date: 1957-07-31
The Tigress on the Hearth (Episode 48)
Air date: 1957-08-14
Morning's at Seven (Episode 49)
Air date: 1957-08-21
The Play's the Thing (Episode 50)
Air date: 1957-08-28
