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(Mainly 60 min. Plays)
Season 3 (1957-58)
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 Television Playhouse ###########
############## season 3 1957-58 ##############
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ITV Thursdays then Fridays

3.1 POISON UNSUSPECT:
05Sep57 ITV Thur 9:15-10:15pm

3.2 OPERATION DIPLOMAT
12Sep57 ITV Thur 9:15-10:15pm


3.3 19 or 20Sep57 - no play Thurs or Fri

3.4 SIX STAYED THE NIGHT
27Sep57 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring:
William Sylvester


3.5 THE LONG WAIT
04Oct57 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Written by Bill MacIllwraith
Starring: John Welsh, Raymond Huntley

3.6 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +THUNDER ON SYCAMORE STREET (BFI/ITN]
11Oct57 ITV Fri
Granada Television Production


3.7 THE WINDS OF LOVE
18Oct57 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Staring: John Robinson, Ursula Howells, Laurence Payne


3.8 25Oct57

3.9 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +THE ROOF GARDEN
ITV tx 1/11/1957 Friday
Cast:
Maxine Audley ......Theresa

3.10 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +The STARING MATCH (BFI) (08/11/1957) Friday
Guest Cast:
Leo McKern .......... Linus Hobbs

3.11 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: ONE OF US
15Nov57 ITV Fri (from www.janetmunro.com)
Associated-Rediffusion production
Cast:
Robert Shaw
Janet Munro* ............ Sally Mathers
Billie Whitelaw ......... Joan Thomas
Roger Gage
Charles Leno
*Note: Janet played Sally Mathers although there is evidence that she took over
the female lead role of Joan Thomas from Billie Whitelaw at the last moment,
due to Whitelaw taking ill. ?


3.12 THE GATHERING DUSK
22Nov57 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: Googie Withers, Michael Hodern


3.13 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +NOT PROVEN (BFI) (29/11/1957) Friday


3.14 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +PICKUP GIRL (BFI)
06Dec57 ITV Fri (from www.janetmunro.com)
Granada Television
Directed by Herbert Wise
Cast:
Janet Munro .......... Elizabeth Collins
Andre Morell
Neil McCallum
Percy Herbert
Liam Gaffney


3.15 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: LOVE HER TO DEATH (60min)
13Dec57 Fri 9-10pm (Networked)
Starring: Peter Wynegarde, Jean Kent, Ralph Michael


3.16 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: INVITATION TO A VOYAGE (60min)
20Dec57 Fri 9-10pm (Networked)
Starring: Dorothy Tutin, William Squire, Kynaston Reeves


3.17 [--] "Cheer The Brave" (Not Networked)
27Dec57 A-R, Fri 9-10pm
Starring: Elsie Randolph, Jack Macnaughton
[--] "Picture Playhouse: Assassin for Hire"
27Dec57 ATV Midlands Fri 9-10pm -
[--] "Ghost Ship"
27Dec57 Granada Fri 9-10pm -
[--] "Old Mother Riley MP"
27Dec57 Scottish TV,Fri 9-10pm -

3.xx [--] Picture Playhouse: "Ghost Ship" starring Hazel Court, Dermot Walsh
03Jan58 A-R, Fri 9-10pm
[--] Picture Playhouse: "Mystery Junction"
03Jan58 ATV Midlands, Fri 9-10pm
[--] "Private Information"
03Jan58 Granda, Fri 9-10pm
[--] Picture Playhouse: "Blind Man's Bluff"
03Jan58 Scottish TV, Fri 9-10pm

3.xx [--] Picture Playhouse: "Assassin for Hire" starring Sydney Tafler & Ronald Howard
10Jan58 A-R London, Fri 9-10pm
[--] Picture Playhouse: "Flannel Foot"
10Jan58 ATV Midlands, Fri 9-10pm
[--] "Mystery Junction" - film thriller
10Jan58 Granada, Fri Fri 9-10pm
[--] Picture Playhouse: "Delavine Affair"
10Jan58 Scottish TV, Fri Fri 9-10pm

3.xx [--] ITV Picture Playhouse: "Hammer the Toff" (details in TV Times)
(edited version of the 1952 feature film "Hammer the Toff")
17Jan58 A-R Fri 9-10pm (60 min)
Produced by Ernest G. Ray
Adapted from the book by John Creasey
Directed by Maclean Rogers
starring
John Bentley
Patricia Dainton

[--] ITV Picture Playhouse: "Johnny on the Spot"
17Jan58 ATV Midlands, Fri 9-10pm

[--] "Shadow of a Man"
17Jan58 Granada, Fri 9-10pm

[--] Picture Playhouse: "The Facts of Life"
17Jan58 Scottish TV, Fri Fri 9-10pm

 
3.21 [--] ITV Picture Playhouse: +LOOK IN ANY WINDOW (BFI) (24/01/1958)
24Jan58 ITV Fri 9pm (Networked)

3.22 [--] ITV Picture Playhouse: +CRY SILENCE (BFI) (31/01/1958)
31Jan58 ITV Fri 9pm

 3.23 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: TEST OF TRUTH
07Feb58 ITV Fri 9-10pm
Written by Hugh Ross Williams

3.24 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +SO CLOSE TO THE TOP
14Feb58 ITV Fri 9pm
production company unknown
produced and directed by Lionel Harris
written by Rex Reinits
based on a short story by Stewart Howard
starring
Bill Kerr
Lloyd Lamble
Trader Faulkner
George Pravda

3.25 [--] ITV Television Playhouse:+ LACE ON HER PETTICOAT
ITV 21Feb58 (from www.janetmunro.com)
Associated-Rediffusion production
Directed by Tania Lieven
Cast:
Janet Munro ......... Elspeth McNairn (12 yEAR OLD)
Duncan Lamont
Noelle Middleton


3.26 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: ONE OF OUR MEN IS GUILTY (75 min)
28Feb58 ITV Fri 9pm
Canadian Broadcating Company (CBC)
starring
Lloyd Bochner


3.27 [--] THE MACROPULOS SECRET
ITV 7Mar58 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: Eva Bartok

[--] 10Mar58 Monday 8:30pm - "Doomsday for Dyson" (60 min) - Granada Prod - (imdb solo entry)
(details in Scottish TV's "TV Guide")

3.28 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: + DO AS I DO (75 min???)(60 min on STV)
14Mar58 ITV Fri 9pm
production company unknown
play written by Peter Rosser
produced and directed by Peter Wood
starring
Alan Webb
Mary Hinton
Christine Silver
Ernest Thesiger
(full details in TV Times - Scottish edition)

3.29 [--] FLOWERS FOR THE QUEEN
21Mar58
Starring: Tony Wright, Zena Walker, Mervyn Johns


3.30 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +DON'T LISTEN LADIES (BFI)
28Mar58 ITV Fri
Music, Larry Adler


3.31 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +2000 MINUS 60 (imdb have this as solo entry)
4Apr58 ITV Fri
Granada
Writer: James Workman / Director: Peter Graham-Scott
Cast:-
ERIC LANDER as Devlin
JUNE THORNBURN as Lucy
CAMPBELL SINGER as Sinclair
CHARLES LLOYD PACK as Professor James
JOHN ROBINSON as General Trent
Scifi drama. A runaway rocket is on a direct collision course for London.


3.32 THE CRADLE SONG
11Apr58 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring:
Nora Swinburne, Beatrix Lehmann

3.33 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +THE FOURPOSTER
18Apr58 ITV Fri
Cast:
Mai Zetterling ...... Agnes


3.34 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +NOW BARABBAS ... (BFI)
25Apr58 ITV Fri

3.35 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +YOU CANT HAVE EVERYTHING
2May58
Written by Jack Pulman


3.36 BLOOD ON WHOSE HOUSE?
9May58 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm

3.37 DARK PASTURES
16May58 ITV Fri 9:30-10:30pm
Starring: Mervyn Johns

3.38 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +The PONYMAN [incomplete] (BFI) (23/05/1958)


3.39 POET'S CORNER
30May58 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: Harry Green

3.40 THE TOUCH OF FEAR
6Jun58 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: Elizabeth Sellars, Richard Pasco, Ernest Thesiger, Ernest Clark

3.41 TWO DOZEN RED ROSES
13Jun58 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: Derek Farr


3.42 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +The BROWNING VERSION (BFI) (20/06/1958)

3.43 THIRD PARTY RISK
27Jun58 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: Michael Gough

3.44 THE VISIT TO PARADISE BUILDINGS
4Jul58 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: Peggy Mount

3.45 MISS EM
11Jul58 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: ??


3.46 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +CORNELIUS [BFI/ITN]
18Jul58 ITV Fri
Granada Television Production [ITN - correct]
Associated-Rediffusion production [BFI - wrong?]
Writer - J B PRIESTLEY
Director - WARREN JENKINS
with:
Rita Webb as Mrs Robert

3.47 TONY DRAWS A HORSE
25Jul58 ITV Fri 8:00-9:00pm (one hour early because of Boxing)
Starring:
Evelyn Laye, Adrienne Corri, Ronald Adam

3.48 DEATH HANGS ON A WORD
1Aug58 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: ??

3.49 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +FATE AND MISTER BROWNE (08/08/1958)

3.50 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +HIGH TENSION (15/08/1958)

3.51 BADGER'S GREEN
22Aug58 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: ??

3.52 BLOOD ON THE SNOW
29Aug58 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm

 

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