ITV Play of the Week (1955)

Comedy · Drama

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.

IMDb rating: 6.7 (115 votes)
Seasons: 3
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 4 (1958)

7.53 avg 3 episodes 8.2 → 6.8

Declining

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
12	John Gabriel Borkman	8.2	11
29	The Skin of Our Teeth	7.6	30
40	The Square Ring	6.8	18

Season 7 (1961)

7.87 avg 3 episodes 8.3 → 7.4 80 min avg

Declining

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
8	Serjeant Musgrave's Dance	8.3	16
18	Murder in Shorthand	7.9	19
21	You in Your Small Corner	7.4	8

Season 9 (1964)

6.82 avg 5 episodes 7.2 → 6.3 72 min avg

Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
44	A Midsummer Night's Dream	7.2	23
51	A Choice of Coward #1: Present Laughter	6.3	17
52	A Choice of Coward #2: Blithe Spirit	7.5	10
53	A Choice of Coward #3: The Vortex	6.8	13
54	A Choice of Coward #4: Design for Living	6.3	25

ITV Play of the Week (1955)

Seasons

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