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ITV Playhouse
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 col...
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ITV Playhouse
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About ITV Playhouse
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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Release Year
1967
TMDB Rating
7.0
Available Sources
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Season 1
43 episodes | 1967-09-25
Lady Windemere's Fan
Episode 1Lord 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...
They Said 'Let's Live Together'
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The First Thunder
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The Stories Of D.H. Lawrence: The Prussian Officer
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The Stories Of D.H. Lawrence: The Thorn In The Flesh
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The Stories Of D.H. Lawrence: None Of That
Episode 6Elizabeth 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.
Ten Days That Shook The World
Episode 7Overview not available for this episode yet.
The Waste Spaces
Episode 8A 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.
Children Playing
Episode 9A group of school children arriving at their holiday camp hostel find themselves being challenged by strangers there for leadership of their group.
I Love You Miss Patterson
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The Confession
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Top Of The Ladder
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Day Of The Tortoise
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A Whistle And A Funny Hat
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Seeds Of Destruction
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Lucky For Some
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The Curtis Affair
Episode 17A director has to provide an explanation to a public committee on how his firm made such a huge profit on a government contract.
On Approval
Episode 18Two couples try to discover if they can live together (platonically) and life gets very complicated.
The Photographer
Episode 19Overview not available for this episode yet.
Rogue's Gallery: The Curious Adventures of Miss Jane Rawley
Episode 20Overview not available for this episode yet.
Rogues' Gallery: The Misfortunes of Lucy Hodges
Episode 21A simple country girl arrives in London and finds herself being accused of murder and the threat of extradition to the USA.
Rogues' Gallery: The Lives and Crimes of Jonathan Wild and Jack Sheppard
Episode 22Jack 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?
Rogues' Gallery: The Tale of Lancelot Wishart
Episode 23Overview not available for this episode yet.
The Father
Episode 24Parents struggle over the future of their child, resulting in the mother, using her cunning manipulative skills, subduing and finally destroying the father.
The Judge
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The Detour
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Public and Confidential
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A Matter of Diamonds
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The Brahmin Widow
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Murder: A Professional Job
Episode 30Overview not available for this episode yet.
Murder: The Dancing Man
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The Bonegrinder
Episode 32Potter 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.
Horizontal Hold
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The Retreat
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Murder: The Rest of Our Lives
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Murder: An Even Chance
Episode 36A 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.
Murder: Killer's Odds
Episode 37Overview not available for this episode yet.
Boatman Do Not Tarry
Episode 38Overview not available for this episode yet.
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Episode 39Mr. Sloane is a murderer. But, as both his middle-aged landlady and her homosexual brother quickly notice, he's very handsome.
Countercrime
Episode 40A bustling department store closes for the night, but now amongst the silence and the mannequins, there is an intruder.
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