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ITV Playhouse

7.0·14 seasons·255 episodes

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
Lady Windemere's FanUp next
Sep 25, 1967

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'
They Said 'Let's Live Together'
Oct 2, 1967
03
The First Thunder
The First Thunder
Oct 9, 1967
04
The Stories Of D.H. Lawrence: The Prussian Officer
The Stories Of D.H. Lawrence: The Prussian Officer
Oct 16, 1967
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The Stories Of D.H. Lawrence: The Thorn In The Flesh
The Stories Of D.H. Lawrence: The Thorn In The Flesh
Oct 23, 1967
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The Stories Of D.H. Lawrence: None Of That
The Stories Of D.H. Lawrence: None Of That
Oct 30, 1967

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
Ten Days That Shook The World
Nov 6, 1967
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The Waste Spaces
The Waste Spaces
Nov 13, 1967

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.

09
Children Playing
Children Playing
Nov 20, 1967

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

10
I Love You Miss Patterson
I Love You Miss Patterson
Nov 27, 1967
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The Confession
The Confession
Dec 4, 1967
12
Top Of The Ladder
Top Of The Ladder
Dec 11, 1967
13
Day Of The Tortoise
Day Of The Tortoise
Dec 18, 1967
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A Whistle And A Funny Hat
A Whistle And A Funny Hat
Dec 25, 1967
15
Seeds Of Destruction
Seeds Of Destruction
Jan 1, 1968
16
Lucky For Some
Lucky For Some
Jan 1, 1968
17
The Curtis Affair
The Curtis Affair
Jan 8, 1968

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

18
On Approval
On Approval
Jan 15, 1968

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

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The Photographer
The Photographer
Jan 22, 1968
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Rogue's Gallery: The Curious Adventures of Miss Jane Rawley
Rogue's Gallery: The Curious Adventures of Miss Jane Rawley
Jan 29, 1968
21
Rogues' Gallery: The Misfortunes of Lucy Hodges
Rogues' Gallery: The Misfortunes of Lucy Hodges
Feb 5, 1968

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

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Rogues' Gallery: The Lives and Crimes of Jonathan Wild and Jack Sheppard
Rogues' Gallery: The Lives and Crimes of Jonathan Wild and Jack Sheppard
Feb 12, 1968

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?

23
Rogues' Gallery: The Tale of Lancelot Wishart
Rogues' Gallery: The Tale of Lancelot Wishart
Feb 19, 1968
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The Father
The Father
Feb 26, 1968

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
The Judge
Mar 4, 1968
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The Detour
The Detour
Mar 11, 1968
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Public and Confidential
Public and Confidential
Mar 18, 1968
28
A Matter of Diamonds
A Matter of Diamonds
Mar 25, 1968
29
The Brahmin Widow
The Brahmin Widow
Apr 1, 1968
30
Murder: A Professional Job
Murder: A Professional Job
Apr 15, 1968
31
Murder: The Dancing Man
Murder: The Dancing Man
Apr 22, 1968
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The Bonegrinder
The Bonegrinder
May 6, 1968

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
Horizontal Hold
May 20, 1968
34
The Retreat
The Retreat
Jun 3, 1968
35
Murder: The Rest of Our Lives
Murder: The Rest of Our Lives
Jun 10, 1968
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Murder: An Even Chance
Murder: An Even Chance
Jun 17, 1968

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.

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Murder: Killer's Odds
Murder: Killer's Odds
Jun 24, 1968
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Boatman Do Not Tarry
Boatman Do Not Tarry
Jul 1, 1968
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Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
Jul 8, 1968

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
Countercrime
Jul 15, 1968

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

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May 13, 1968
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May 27, 1968
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Dec 28, 1967

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