ITV Playhouse: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

ITV Playhouse is a British television anthology series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp.

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.

Series details

• Title: ITV Playhouse
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Premiere date: 1967-07-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 1982-08-10
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 63 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 10429
• IMDb ID: tt0298665
• TVDB ID: 252990

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1967-07-03; final listed air date 1968-07-22; episode order: 51.
• Season 2: premiered 1968-07-29; final listed air date 1969-08-25; episode order: 44.
• Season 3: premiered 1969-09-08; final listed air date 1970-09-07; episode order: 33.
• Season 4: premiered 1970-12-15; final listed air date 1971-08-24; episode order: 9.
• Season 5: premiered 1971-10-26; final listed air date 1972-08-28; episode order: 11.
• Season 6: premiered 1972-09-06; final listed air date 1973-05-28; episode order: 12.
• Season 7: premiered 1974-02-05; final listed air date 1974-10-15; episode order: 13.
• Season 8: premiered 1975-08-26; final listed air date 1975-08-26; episode order: 1.
• Season 9: premiered 1977-04-26; final listed air date 1977-07-26; episode order: 13.
• Season 11: premiered 1979-02-27; final listed air date 1979-08-30; episode order: 16.
• Season 14: premiered 1982-06-19; final listed air date 1982-08-10; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from ITV Playhouse on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.