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.
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...
They Said 'Let's Live Together'E2 · 45 min
The First ThunderE3 · 45 min
The Stories Of D.H. Lawrence: The Prussian OfficerE4 · 45 min
The Stories Of D.H. Lawrence: The Thorn In The FleshE5 · 45 min
The Stories Of D.H. Lawrence: None Of ThatE6 · 45 min
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.
Ten Days That Shook The WorldE7 · 45 min
The Waste SpacesE8 · 45 min
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.
Children PlayingE9 · 45 min
A group of school children arriving at their holiday camp hostel find themselves being challenged by strangers there for leadership of their group.
I Love You Miss PattersonE10 · 45 min
The ConfessionE11 · 45 min
Top Of The LadderE12 · 45 min
Day Of The TortoiseE13 · 45 min
A Whistle And A Funny HatE14 · 45 min
Seeds Of DestructionE15 · 45 min
Lucky For SomeE16 · 45 min
The Curtis AffairE17 · 45 min
A director has to provide an explanation to a public committee on how his firm made such a huge profit on a government contract.
On ApprovalE18 · 45 min
Two couples try to discover if they can live together (platonically) and life gets very complicated.
The PhotographerE19 · 45 min
Rogue's Gallery: The Curious Adventures of Miss Jane RawleyE20 · 45 min
Rogues' Gallery: The Misfortunes of Lucy HodgesE21 · 45 min
A simple country girl arrives in London and finds herself being accused of murder and the threat of extradition to the USA.
Rogues' Gallery: The Lives and Crimes of Jonathan Wild and Jack SheppardE22 · 45 min
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?
Rogues' Gallery: The Tale of Lancelot WishartE23 · 45 min
The FatherE24 · 45 min
Parents struggle over the future of their child, resulting in the mother, using her cunning manipulative skills, subduing and finally destroying the father.
The JudgeE25 · 45 min
The DetourE26 · 45 min
Public and ConfidentialE27 · 45 min
A Matter of DiamondsE28 · 45 min
The Brahmin WidowE29 · 45 min
Murder: A Professional JobE30 · 45 min
Murder: The Dancing ManE31 · 45 min
The BonegrinderE32 · 78 min
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.
Horizontal HoldE33 · 45 min
The RetreatE34 · 45 min
Murder: The Rest of Our LivesE35 · 45 min
Murder: An Even ChanceE36 · 45 min
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.
Murder: Killer's OddsE37 · 45 min
Boatman Do Not TarryE38 · 45 min
Entertaining Mr. SloaneE39 · 45 min
Mr. Sloane is a murderer. But, as both his middle-aged landlady and her homosexual brother quickly notice, he's very handsome.
CountercrimeE40 · 45 min
A bustling department store closes for the night, but now amongst the silence and the mannequins, there is an intruder.
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