CTVA UK - "ABC ArmchairTheatre" (ITV) Season 1 (1956-57)

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UK Taped/Live Drama series
ITV Play of the Week (1955-67)  -  ITV Television Playhouse (1956-67)   -  ITV Playhouse (1967-83)
ABC Armchair Theatre (1956-68)     ATV Theatre 70 (1960) / Drama '61 -'67 (1960-67)
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(Mainly 60 min. Plays)
Season 1 (ITV) (1956-57)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
references:
TV Times / The Viewer / BFI / ITN
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
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[--] ABC Armchair Theatre: THE OUTSIDER (1st pilot)
8Jul56
starring
David Kossoff
Adrienne Corri

[--] THE HANDSHAKE/ BID FOR FAME (2nd pilot)
12Aug56

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ITV  Sundays

[01] ABC Armchair Theatre: TEARS IN THE WIND (live)
16Sep56
based on Andre Gide's 'Symphonie Pastorale'
Written by Millicent George
Directed by Dennis Vance
staring
Joan Greenwood
Andre Morell
Barbara Mullen
Ian Bannen

[--] FLASH POINT
23Sep56

[--] BLACK LIMELIGHT
30Sep56

[--] ABC Armchair Theatre: THE HOLLOW CROWN (90 min)
07Oct1956
Cast:
Ronald Lewis
Margaretta Scott
Drama. When their is a coup, a King faces an uncertain future.


[--] IT'S AN ILL WIND
14Oct56

[--] THE MOTHER
28Oct56

[--] THE COMMON MAN
11Nov56


[--] THE RIGHT THING
25Nov56

[--] THE FACE OF A STRANGER
02Dec56

[--] THE SAME SKY
09Dec56

[--] THREE O'CLOCK DEADLINE / THE GREAT HEALER ???
16Dec56

[--] MISS JULIE
23Dec56

[--] RING OUT THE OLD
30Dec56

[--] MICHAEL AND MARY
13Jan57

[--] THE NECKLACE
20Jan57

[--] THE LAST FLIGHT
27Jan57

[--] QUAY SOUTH
03Feb57

[--] IT THIS BE TREASON
10Feb57

[--] THE KING OF ICELAND
17Feb57

[--] THE WITNESS
24Feb57

[--] THIS WAS A WOMAN
10Mar57

[--] THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO
17Mar57

[--] CATCH A FALLING STAR
24Mar57

[--] HILDA MORGAN
07Apr57

[--] THE CONSTANT STRANGER
14Apr57

[--] AUTUMN
21Apr57

[--] THE HEIRESS
05May57

[--] RAPPAPORT ALWAYS PAYS
12May57

[--] POSSESSION
19May57

[--] DEAR MURDERER
02Jun57

[--] ABC Armchair Theatre: ESCAPE TO HAPPINESS aka INTERMEZZO
09Jun57
Director: Dennis Vance
Cast:
Ronald Howard
Adelaide Vandermoost
Drama about a violinist who falls in love.

[--] START FROM SCRATCH
16Jun57

[--] ABC Armchair Theatre: IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
30Jun57 ITV Sun
Cast:
Catherine Boyle (TV Times Cover)



[--] THE WHITEHEADED BOY
14Jul57


[--] WHILE PARENTS SLEEP
28Jul57


[--] BED, BOARD AND ROMANCE
11Aug57

[--] THE WOMEN HAVE THEIR WAY
25Aug57


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