ITV Play of the Week (1955)
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ITV Play of the Week (1955)
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Gwen Watford
Silia
Derek Francis
Barry Clarke / Behrend / Charles Kenyon
John Taylor
Foster
Alfred Burke
Captain Bitterger / Dr. James Carroll / Dr. Smithson
Arthur Hewlett
Clive Clarke / Colonial Secretary / Defendant
Peter Wyngarde
Garry Essendine / Gletkin / Guido
Charles Lloyd Pack
Bishop Proudie / Bolshintsov / Father Coronil
John Phillips
Anthony Folland / Cromwell / David Crampton
Laurence Hardy
Bishop of Buenos Aires / Charles Playden. MP / Cutler Walpole
Michael Hordern
Absolon / Andrew Crocker-Harris / George Kettle
Clive Morton
Colonel Shepherd / Colonel Spence / Hartmann
Frederick Pusey
Production Design
Reece Pemberton
Production Design
Michael Wield
Production Design
Vic Symonds
Production Design
Arthur Garratt
Technical Advisor
Peter Graham Scott
Director / Writer
John Jacobs
Director
Quentin Lawrence
Director
Philip Mackie
Producer / Writer
Cecil Clarke
Producer
Norman Kay
Music
Agatha Christie
Story
Eve Martell
Writer
Troy Kennedy Martin
Adaptation
Jacques Gillies
Writer
William Fairchild
Writer
C.P. Snow
Novel
Lally Bowers
Mrs. Gudgeon
Arthur Lawrence
Charles Revere
Hilary Liddell
Jane Hornby
Michael Meacham
Raymond Wilde
Robert Raikes
Terry Webb
Campbell Singer
Robert Campbell
Kevin Stoney
Michael More
Susan Willemen
Ann Gudgeon
Patricia Driscoll
Muriel
Frederick Jaeger
Bequeville
Wilfrid Lawson
Old Man
Anthony Newlands
Steindorf
Marius Goring
Purcell / Lewis Eliot / Charles Norbury / Robert Cosgrove / John Hagerman
Elizabeth Sellars
Anne Norbury
Conrad Phillips
Peter Marriott
Patricia Jessel
Miss Forbes
Meredith Edwards
Inspector Davidson
Michael Bryant
Walter Luke
Lyndon Brook
Martin Eliot
Jennifer Daniel
Irene Eliot
Charles Kay
Eric Sawbridge
Philip Latham
Pearson
Cyril Luckham
Arthur Mounteney
Jack Melford
Thomas Bevill
Geoffrey Russell
Captain Smith
John Savident
Drawbell
Richard Vernon
Sir Hector Rose
Frances White
Norah Luke
Helen Cherry
Linda Cosgrove
Michele Dotrice
Tess Cosgrove
Ian Hendry
Colonel Guzzman
Raymond Byron
Captain Zabalo (as Raymond Byrom)
David Cargill
Pte. Martinez
Hans De Vries
Major Nogues
Carlos Douglas
Gonzales
Adrienne Frame
Cortez (as Adrianne Frame)
Richard Garcia
Lieutenant Sanchez
Achilles Georgiou
Gomez
Peter Jacobou
Pte. Zamora (as Peter Jacovou)
James Luck
Pte. Rodriguez
Peter Myers
Perez
Seraphim Nicola
Cpl. Duarte (as Seraphim Nicolau)
Luis Nicolau
Pte. Padros
David Saire
Pepe
Details.
Release DateSeptember 27, 1955
StatusEnded
Seasons13
Episodes575
Running Time1h 30m
Wiki.
Play of the Week is a 90-minute British television anthology series produced by a variety of companies including Granada Television, Associated-Rediffusion, ATV and Anglia Television.
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