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ITV Play of the Week Season 8

September. 04,1962

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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.

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ITV Play of the Week Season 8 Full Episode Guide

Episode 51 - For King and Country #4: The Enemy

First Aired: August. 27,1963

Episode 50 - For King and Country #3: Tunnel Trench

First Aired: August. 20,1963

Episode 49 - For King and Country #2: The Barricade

First Aired: August. 13,1963

Episode 48 - For King and Country #1: Out There

First Aired: August. 06,1963

Episode 47 - Conspiracy of Silence

First Aired: July. 30,1963

Episode 46 - End of Conflict

First Aired: July. 23,1963

Episode 45 - The Touch of a Dead Hand

First Aired: July. 16,1963

Episode 44 - Double Yolk

First Aired: July. 09,1963

Episode 43 - The Heart of the Country

First Aired: July. 02,1963

Episode 42 - True Love and Limbeck

First Aired: June. 25,1963

Episode 41 - The Eve of St. Mark's

First Aired: June. 18,1963

Episode 40 - The Seventh Wave

First Aired: June. 11,1963

Episode 39 - The Truth About Alan

First Aired: June. 04,1963

Episode 38 - Breakthrough

First Aired: May. 28,1963

Episode 37 - The Rainmaker

First Aired: May. 21,1963

Episode 36 - Girl With a Difference

First Aired: May. 14,1963

Episode 35 - Double Stakes

First Aired: May. 07,1963

Episode 34 - Cunningham

First Aired: April. 30,1963

Episode 33 - Ever Since Paradise

First Aired: April. 23,1963

Episode 32 - The Brimstone Butterfly

First Aired: April. 16,1963

Episode 31 - The Sandcastle

First Aired: April. 09,1963

Episode 30 - The Kidnapping of Mary Smith

First Aired: April. 02,1963

Episode 29 - War and Peace

First Aired: March. 26,1963

Episode 28 - JB Priestley Season #3: Dangerous Corner

First Aired: March. 19,1963

Episode 27 - JB Priestley Season #2: I Can't Bear Violence

First Aired: March. 12,1963

Episode 26 - JB Priestley Season #1: Eden End

First Aired: March. 05,1963

Episode 25 - The Search

First Aired: February. 26,1963

Episode 24 - The Cruel Deadline

First Aired: February. 19,1963

Episode 23 - The Buried Man

First Aired: February. 12,1963

Written by David Mercer. A play about Robert Bailey, a Miner who wants to be happy but ends up breaking down. This was Leonard Rossiter's first television role. This production has been lost from the archives.

Episode 22 - The Tin Whistle Man

First Aired: February. 05,1963

Episode 21 - Time and the Conways

First Aired: January. 29,1963

Episode 20 - Danger Zone

First Aired: January. 22,1963

Episode 19 - Darkness at Noon

First Aired: January. 15,1963

Episode 18 - All Good Children

First Aired: January. 08,1963

Episode 17 - The Rehearsal

First Aired: January. 01,1963

Episode 16 - The Shifting Heart

First Aired: December. 18,1962

Episode 15 - Alida

First Aired: December. 11,1962

Episode 14 - A Letter From the General

First Aired: December. 04,1962

Episode 13 - Haven In Sunset

First Aired: November. 27,1962

Episode 12 - The Typewriter

First Aired: November. 20,1962

Episode 11 - The Applecart

First Aired: November. 13,1962

Episode 10 - Don Juan in Hell

First Aired: November. 06,1962

Episode 9 - Misalliance

First Aired: October. 30,1962

Episode 8 - Major Barbara

First Aired: October. 23,1962

Episode 7 - When the Kissing Had to Stop: Act 1 - The Hammer

First Aired: October. 16,1962

Part 1 of the Play. Part 2 'When the Kissing Had To Stop: Act 2 - The Sickle' was broadcast as part of the Television Playhouse series on ITV. S08E05, broadcast 19/10/1962.