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(Mainly 90 min. Plays)
Season 12 (1966-67)
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)

 ########### ITV Play of the Week #############
############# season 12 1966-67 ##############
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(final season )
ITV Network Mondays then Thursdays

From January 1967 ITV Network Split  - : ATV Midlands - Tuesdays / Rediffusion (London) & Granada (North) - Thursdays

12.1 [--] PLAY OF THE WEEK Plays of Married Life No. 1: A CATCHING COMPLAINT [ITN] (IMDB solo entry)
05Sep66 ITV Mon 9:40pm-10:50pm (75 min slot)
Granada TV Production

12.2 [--] ITV Play of the Week:
Plays of Married Life No. 2: WHERE SHALL I FIND WHAT WILL CHANGE MY LIFE [ITN]
12Sep66 ITV Mon 9:40pm-10:50pm (70 min slot)
Granada Television Production
Producer: Derek Bennett
Written by Ernest Gebler (Hollywood writer)
Director: David Cunliffe
Designer, Michael Grimes
Cast:
Barbara Mitchell
John Cater
Sabina Cunliffe
Christopher Benjamin
Bridget McConnel
Golda Casimer
Vint Graves
Trevor Martin
Peter MacKriel
Polly Mureh
Lorna MacIntyre
Tommy Godfrey
Rita Lester
Paul Gibson
Douglas Clerk
Shirley Stelfox
Thelma Falls - Hand
Leslie Clark
Synopsis
Comedy about Sidney Lucas, a small, manic-depressive pessimist beset by his
doubts and inadequacies. He is attempting to script 'the greatest sex novel
of all time' but grows more and more depressed as he struggles against his
surroundings, the chaotic disorder of the flat where he lives with his wife
and children. His wife, Tessa, tries to inspire Sidney by locking him in the
kitchen when he can't, or even won't work. Writer Ernest Gebler says the plot
involves 'a loving idiot who's trying to write the greatest sex novel in the
history of colossal publishing, who finds he can't sink low enough to achieve
such fame because he has a happy love life with his wife'.
Is Sidney eventually successful? Well he does find fame, but not quite in the way he expected...

12.3 [--] ITV Play of the Week: Plays of Married Life No. 3: THE FAT WOMAN'S TALE
19Sep66 Mon ITV Mon 9:40pm-11:05pm (85 min slot)
Granada TV Production
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Moves from Mondays to Tuesdays
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12.4 [--] [--] ITV Play of the Week: Plays of Married Life No. 4: THE BRIGHT SIDE
27Sep66 Tue 9:10pm-10:35pm (85 min slot) (ATV delayed 30min)
Granada TV Production
Writer: Hugh Forbes
Drama. A newspaper reporter contemplates beginning an affair.
With:- WILLIAM LUCAS / COLETTE O'NEILL / JUDY PARFITT

(28Sep66 Wed -DARE I WEEP, DARE I MOURN - imdb have this as a single entry)


12.5 [--] ITV Play of the Week: HOME AND BEAUTY
04Oct66 ITV Tue 9:15-10:45pm (90 min)
Rediffusion Production
Writer: Stanley Miller / Story: Somerset Maugham / Director: Christopher Hodson
Comedy. A marital mix-up causes problems for a pair of men.
With:- NIGEL DAVENPORT / MAGGIE SMITH / ROBERT STEPHENS / JOAN BENHAM
/ ALISON LEGGATT / REGINALD MARSH / BRIAN OULTO
Synopsis:
Victoria wishes to dispose of her two buffoonish husbands in order to mary the man she loves.

12.6 [--] ITV Play of the Week: A CHOICE OF KINGS
11Oct66 ITV Tue
Rediffusion Production

12.7 [--] ITV Play of the Week: MAJOR BARBARA
18Oct66 ITV Tue
Rediffusion Production

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Friday 21 October 1966 - Aberfan Disaster, South Wales, 85 children killed in landslide at school
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12.8 [--]  ITV Play of the Week: THE CARETAKER
25Oct66 ITV Tue
Rediffusion Production

12.9 [--] ITV Play of the Week: DEAR LIAR [ITN]
Granada Production
01Nov66

12.10 [--] ITV Play of the Week: THE NEW MEN
Anglia Production
08Nov66 ITV Tue
Adapted by Troy Kennedy Martin

12.11 [--] ITV Play of the Week: THE EAST WIND
Anglia Production
15Nov66 ITV Tue

12.12 [--] ITV Play of the Week: END IN TEARS
ATV Production
22Nov66 ITV Tue

12.13 [--] ITV Play of the Week: THE TORMENTORS
ATV Production
29Nov66 ITV Tue
Produced by Cecil Clarke
Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey
Writing credits Brian Phelan (teleplay)
Production Design by Vic Symonds
Cast (in alphabetical order)
Stanley Baker .... John Ellis
James Mason .... Bernard Sholto

12.14 [--] ITV Play of the Week: A TOT AT THE LOCAL
ATV Production
06Dec66 ITV Tue

12.15 [--] ITV Play of the Week: THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF
ATV Production
13Dec66 ITV Tue

12.16 [--] ITV Play of the Week: COME LAUGHING HOME
ATV Production
20Dec66 ITV Tue

12.17 [--] ITV Play of the Week: JULIE'S GONE
27Dec66 ITV Tue

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From January 1967 ITV Network Split  - : ATV Midlands - Tuesdays / Rediffusion (London) & Granada (North) - Thursdays
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12.18 [--] ITV Play of the Week: ON THE ISLAND (75min slot)
03Jan67 ATV Tues 9:45-11:00pm (NOT A-R/ NOT Granada) / check 05Jan67

12.19 [--] ITV Play of the Week: A ROOF OVER OUR MOUTHS (70min slot)
10Jan67 ATV Tue 9:40-10:50pm (NOT A-R/ NOT Granada) / check 12Jan67
ATV Production
Producer: Cecil Clarke
Writer: Peter Draper
Director: Graham Evans
Cast:-
PETER BARKWORTH / JENNIFER HILARY / MOIRA REDMOND
Drama. Thanks to their infidelities a couple's marriage is on the verge of
collapse.

12.20 [--] ITV Play of the Week: LOVE ON THE DOLE [ITN] (80min slot)
17Jan67 ATV Midlands Tue 9:40-11:00 / 19Jan67 ITV Thur 9:40-11:10pm (A-R/ Granada)
Granada Television Production

12.21 [--] ITV Play of the Week: NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK [BFI] (90min slot)
24Jan67 ATV Midlands Tue 9:40-11:10pm  / 26Jan67 ITV Thur 9:40-11:10pm (A-R/ Granada) [BFI]
Associated-Rediffusion Prod. / 1x75m-e / 1967
Writer: Michael Winder
Design: Fred Pusey
Director: Christoper Hodson
Michael Paterson.....HAIGH, Kenneth
Georgina Paterson....LYNN, Ann
Cecil Boyle.........HARDWICK, Paul
Henry Williams......BIRD, Norman
Frederick Archer.....WILDE, Brian
Shirley Ellis.........NEVE, Suzanne
Kavath................BERNARD, Heinz
Maria................SHEEAN, Ellen
Anthea...............DWYER, Hilary
Cold war Spy drama.
A British agent is released after being held in the East and has trouble adjusting to
his old life once gain.

12.22 [--] ITV Play of the Week: THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC (70 min slot)
31Jan67 ATV Midlands Tue 9:40pm-10:50pm / 02Feb67 ITV Thur 9:40pm-10:50pm (A-R/ Granada)
Starring:
George Cole, Joan Sims, Julia Foaster, Johnny Sekka

12.23 [--] ITV Play of the Week: THE CROSSFIRE [BFI/IMDB] (85 slot)
07Feb67 ATV Midlands Tue 9:40pm-11:05pm / 09Feb67 ITV Thur 9:40pm-11:05pm (A-R/ Granada)
Anglia Television Production
Producer: John Jacobs
Writer: Maurice Edelmann
Cast:-
Dr David Sorel.........PORTMAN, Eric
Dr Si Cada.............DELGADO, Roger
Francesca..............BLAKE, Anne
Eliane de Croissillon........STERKE, Jeannette
Salem...................SIRR, Jeffrey
Hugo de Croissillon..........WYNGARDE, Peter
Dr Marianne Lagny..........RANDALL, Zoe
Paul Du Pre............HENDRY, Ian
Vedoni..................LOCKE, Philip
Maria...................NARDI, Mia
dancer..................MATANIA, Venetia
General Palice...........BARR, Patrick
Lieutenant Vinh.........MORRIS, Wolfe
Armidal................COLES, Michael
President of the Court.......GATLIFF, Frank
first guard...............McREDDIE, Kenneth
Colonel Carnot............CAMPBELL, Lindsay
Drama.
A distinguished physician gets caught up in the Algerian civil war.

12.24 [--] ITV Play of the Week: A DRUG ON THE MARKET (75min slot)
14Feb67 ATV Tue 9:55-11:10pm (NOT A-R/NOT Granada)/ 16Feb67 ITV Thur 9:40pm-10:55pm (A-R/ Granada)

12.25 [--] ITV Play of the Week: CRY BABY BUNTING (90 min slot)
21Feb67 ATV Midlands Tue 9:40-11:10pm  / 23Feb67 ITV Thur 9:40pm-11:10pm (A-R/ Granada)

12.26 [--] ITV Play of the Week: PRESENT LAUGHTER (110min slot)
28Feb67 ATV Midlands Tue 9:40-11:30pm  / (02Mar67 - no tv listings in Times Archive)
ATV Production
Starring:
Peter O'Toole, Honor Blackman

12.27 [--] ITV Play of the Week: THE INVESTIGATION [ITN] (100min slot) [verified - The Viewer]
07Mar67 ATV Midlands Tue 9:40-11:20pm / 09Mar67 ITV Thur 9:40pm-11:20pm (A-R/ Granada/ Tyne-Tees)
Granada Television Production
Produced by Derek Bennett
Written by Peter Weiss
Counsel for Prosecution: Peter Copley
The Judge: Alan Webb
Counsel for Defence: John Paul
"The Investigation" is the trial of eighteen men, apprehended after twenty years and accused of mass murder

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Most after this are 60m in
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12.28 [--] DR. DE WALDO'S THERAPY (60 min slot)
14Mar67 ATV Tue 9:40-10:40pm

[--] UNCLE CHARLES-MRS SLUDGE (60 min slot)
16Mar67 A-R/Granada Thur 9:40-10:40pm


12.29 [--] ITV Play of the Week: PERSON UNKNOWN (85 min slot)
21Mar67 ATV Midlands Tue 9:40-11:05pm / 23Mar67 A-R/Granada, Thur 9:40-11:05pm
Anglia Television Production
(Note: 23Mar67


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12.30 [--] Seven Deadly Virtues #1 : IT'S YOUR MOVE (60 min)
27Mar67 ATV Easter Monday 10:10-11:10pm / 30Mar67 A-R Thur 9:40-10:40pm
Starring: Colin Blakely, Avis Bunnage

12.31 [--] Seven Deadly Virtues #2 : THE GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT (60 min)
04Apr67 ATV Tue 9:40-10:40pm / 06Apr67 A-R Thur 9:40-10:40pm

12.32 [--] Seven Deadly Virtues #3 : SURFACE OF INNOCENT (60 min)
11Apr67 ATV Tue 9:40-10:40pm / 13Apr67 A-R Thur 9:40-10:40pm

12.33 [--] Seven Deadly Virtues #4 : THE MAN WITH TWO HEADS (60 min)
18Apr67 ATV Tue 9:40-10:40pm / 20Apr67 A-R Thur 9:40-10:40pm

12.34 [--] Seven Deadly Virtues #5 : THE WHOLE TRUTH (60 min)
26Apr67 ATV Wed 9:40-10:40pm (moved from Tuesday because of British Film Awards)/ 27Apr67 A-R Thur 9:40-10:40pm

12.35 [--] Seven Deadly Virtues #6 : A PAIN IN THE NECK (60 min)
02May67 ATV Tue 9:40-10:40pm / 04May67 A-R Thur 9:40-10:40pm

12.36 [--] Seven Deadly Virtues #7 : ARE YOU BY YOURSELF? (60 min)
09May67 ATV Tue 9:40-10:40pm / 11May67 A-R Thur 9:40-10:40pm
Starring: Kathearine Blake, David Langton

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12.37 [--] ITV Play of the Week: LITTLE MOON OF ALBAN (85 min slot)
16May67 ATV Tue 9:40-11:05pm / 18May67 A-R/Granada Thur 9:40-11:05pm
Anglia Television Production
Producer: John Jacobs
Writer: James Costigan
Cast:
Brigid Mary................. VALERIE GEARON
Lt Kenneth Boyd............. DAVID BUCK
father Curran............... LIAM REDMOND
Dennis....................... DONAL McCANN
Period drama. A young nun working in a hospital falls for a wounded soldier.

12.38 [--] ITV Play of the Week: THE DIVISION (90min slot)
23May67 ATV Midlands Tue 9:40-11:10pm / 25May67 A-R/Granada Thur 9:40-11:10pm
Granada Television
Cast:
Peter Craze ... Dolman
Ivor Dean ... 'Jildy' Teague RM
Margaret John ... Doris Kerslake
Alan MacNaughton ... Captain Bean
Roddy McMillan ... Lt.Commander Kerslake

12.39 [--] ITV Play of the Week: THE TRIAL AND ERROR OF COLONEL WINCHIP (75min slot)
30May67 ATV Midlands Tue 9:40-10:55pm / 1Jun67 A-R/Granada Thur 9:40-10:55pm
Granada Television

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12.40 [--] 06-Jun-67 Tue [--] The Stories of D.H. Lawrence #9: STRIKE Pay [ITN Source have 08-Jun-1967 Thursday]
12.41 [--] 13-Jun-67 Tue [--] The Stories of D.H. Lawrence #10: BLUE MOCCASINS [ITN Source have 15-Jun-1967 Thursday]
12.42 [--] 20-Jun-67 Tue [--] The Stories of D.H. Lawrence #11 : MOTHER AND DAUGHTER [ITN Source have 22-Jun-1967 Thursday]
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12.43 [--] ITV Play of the Week: THE NEW ASSISTANT
27Jun67 ATV Midlands Tue 9:40-11:00pm / 29Jun67 A-R/Granada Thur 9:40-11:00pm
Starring: Ronald Fraser
(final episode of "Play of the Week")

########### ITV Play Of The Week #############
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