ITV Play of the Week (1955)
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

John Taylor
Foster

Derek Francis
Barry Clarke

Alfred Burke
Captain Bitterger

Arthur Hewlett
Clive Clarke

Charles Lloyd Pack
Bishop Proudie

John Phillips
Anthony Folland

Laurence Hardy
Bishop of Buenos Aires

Michael Hordern
Absolon

Clive Morton
Colonel Shepherd

Frederick Pusey
Production Design

Vic Symonds
Production Design

Reece Pemberton
Production Design

Michael Wield
Production Design

Arthur Garratt
Technical Advisor

John Jacobs
Director

Peter Graham Scott
Director / Writer

Quentin Lawrence
Director

Mario Prizek
Director

Philip Mackie
Producer / Writer

Cecil Clarke
Producer

Norman Kay
Music

Troy Kennedy Martin
Adaptation

Eve Martell
Writer

Julien Green
Writer

C.P. Snow
Novel

Jacques Gillies
Writer

William Fairchild
Writer

Agatha Christie
Story

Gerald Savory
Adaptation

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 / John Hagerman / Robert Cosgrove / Charles Norbury

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

Maria Warburg
Lieutenant Santamaria

Brian Worth
General Santos

Graham Rigby
Jim Heeler

Christine Hargreaves
Alice Hobson

June Barry
Vickey Hobson

Patricia Routledge
Maggie Hobson

Cameron Hall
Tubby Wadlow

Michael Caine
Willie Mossop

John Laurie
Doctor Macfarlane

James Falkland
Albert Prosser

Ron Falk
Freddie Beenstock

Louise Jervis
Ada Figgins

Peter Wyngarde
Lt Jan Wicziewsky

Bessie Love
Mrs Strong

Graydon Gould
Eric MacClure

Helena Hughes
Regina

Barbara Assoon
Eliza

Juliet Cooke
Miss Priolleau

Noel Dyson
Laura Priolleau

Karal Gardner
Angelina Broderick

Alan Gifford
Edward Broderick

Karl Lanchbury
Jimmy Broderick
Details.
Release DateSeptember 27, 1955
StatusEnded
Seasons13
Episodes575
Running Time1h 30m
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
Scripted
Wiki.
Play of the Week is a 90-minute British television anthology series produced for the ITV network by a variety of companies including Granada Television, Associated-Rediffusion, ATV and Anglia Television.
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