ITV Playhouse

6.5

1967

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.

Seasons

43 Episodes • Premiered 1967

1. Lady Windemere's Fan

2. They Said 'Let's Live Together'

3. The First Thunder

4. The Stories Of D.H. Lawrence: The Prussian Officer

5. The Stories Of D.H. Lawrence: The Thorn In The Flesh

6. The Stories Of D.H. Lawrence: None Of That

7. Ten Days That Shook The World

8. The Waste Spaces

9. Children Playing

10. I Love You Miss Patterson

11. The Confession

12. Top Of The Ladder

13. Day Of The Tortoise

14. A Whistle And A Funny Hat

15. Seeds Of Destruction

16. Lucky For Some

17. The Curtis Affair

18. On Approval

19. The Photographer

20. Rogue's Gallery: The Curious Adventures of Miss Jane Rawley

21. Rogues' Gallery: The Misfortunes of Lucy Hodges

22. Rogues' Gallery: The Lives and Crimes of Jonathan Wild and Jack Sheppard

23. Rogues' Gallery: The Tale of Lancelot Wishart

24. The Father

25. The Judge

26. The Detour

27. Public and Confidential

28. A Matter of Diamonds

29. The Brahmin Widow

30. Murder: A Professional Job

31. Murder: The Dancing Man

32. The Bonegrinder

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.