ITV Television Playhouse: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

ITV Television Playhouse is an anthology series, which featured writers such as Charles Dickens, Ray Bradbury, George Bernard Shaw and Arthur Miller.

Numerous actors appeared in the plays including Peter Sellers, Maggie Smith, Peter Cushing, Petula Clark, Ronnie Barker and Jane Asher.

Series details

• Title: ITV Television Playhouse
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Premiere date: 1955-09-29
• Final broadcast date listed: 1963-12-27
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 62906
• IMDb ID: tt0441950
• TVDB ID: 420055

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1955-09-29; final listed air date 1956-08-30; episode order: 49.
• Season 2: premiered 1956-09-06; final listed air date 1957-08-29; episode order: 50.
• Season 3: premiered 1957-09-05; final listed air date 1958-08-29; episode order: 51.
• Season 4: premiered 1958-09-05; final listed air date 1959-08-28; episode order: 51.
• Season 5: premiered 1959-09-01; final listed air date 1960-08-25; episode order: 51.
• Season 6: premiered 1960-09-01; final listed air date 1961-08-31; episode order: 50.
• Season 7: premiered 1961-09-07; final listed air date 1961-12-28; episode order: 16.
• Season 8: premiered 1962-09-21; final listed air date 1963-08-29; episode order: 43.
• Season 9: premiered 1963-09-05; final listed air date 1963-12-27; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

Adapted from ITV Television 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.