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(Mainly 60 min. Plays)
Season 4 (1958-59)
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 4 1958-59 ##############
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ITV Network Fridays

4.1 [--] DR. JO
05Sep58 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
(Scottish Television: "Rest in Violence")

4.2 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +REST IN VIOLENCE (BFI)
12Sep58 ITV Fri
production company unknown
Cast:
Patrick McGoohan

4.3 ANNABELLA
19Sep58 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: Zena Walker, Colin Gordon

4.4 HONOUR BRIGHT
26Sep58 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: Betty Marsden


4.5 CHAOS IS COME
03Oct58 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: Cyril Raymond, Laurence Payne, Andrew Criuckshank

4.6 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +The VOYAGERS (BFI) (imdb have as a solo entry)
(10/10/1958)
Granada Television



4.7 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +PARISIENNE (60 min.)
17Oct58 ITV Fri 9:00 pm
production company unknown
[possibly - Associated-Rediffusion production] ITV
Written by Henry Becque
Translated by Ashley Dukes
Directed by Michael Currer-Briggs
designed by John Clements
starring
Greta Gynt ........... Clotilde Dumesnil
Hugh Burden .......... Lafeill
Bryan Coleman ........ Adolphe Dumesnil
Francis Matthews ..... Simson
Sheila Ballantine .... Adele
No one can deny that Clotilde is vastlt attractive, and few
will dispute the skill with which she manoevres the men in her
life. The delightful comedy of manners, set in Paris in 1885,
rings some original and often witty changes on the eternal
triangle.

4.8 BEFORE THE PARTY
24Oct58 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: Sybil Thorndike, Lewis Casson, Valerie Taylor, Robert Flemyng


4.9 STRICTLY FOR THE SPARROWS: 31Oct58


4.10 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +BREAKDOWN (BFI/ITN)
07Nov58 ITV Fri
Granada Television Production


4.11 VARIOUS HEAVENS
14Nov58 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: Robert Harris

4.12 CLOSE QUARTERS
21Nov58 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: Barbara Chilcott, Anthony Newlands

4.13 SPECIAL OCCASION
28Nov58 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: ??


4.14 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +A SENSE OF JUSTICE (BFI) (05/12/1958)

4.15 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +The HEAT OF THE EVENING (BFI) (12/12/1958)

4.16 WHAT SHALL WE TELL CAROLINE?
19Dec58 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Staring: Pamela Brown


4.17 26Dec58 - Boxing Day - possibly no episode



4.18 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: VILLAGE WOOING (60min)
2Jan59 ITV Fri 9pm

4.19 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: THE GIFT (60min)
9Jan59 ITV Fri 9pm


4.20 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +PRIVATE LIVES (60min)
16Jan59 ITV Fri 9pm
ATV production produced by H.M. Tennent
written by Noel Coward
Adapted for Television by Nicholos Palmer
Directed by Lionel Harris
Settings by Paul Mayo
starring
Maxine Audley ......... Amanda Prynne
Peter Gray ............ Elyot Chase
Yolande Turner ........ Sibyl Chase
Gordon Chater ......... Victor Prynne
Bridget Panet ......... Louise, the maid


4.21 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +A GUARDSMAN'S CUP OF TEA (60min)
23Jan59 ITV Fri 9:00 pm
Associated-Rediffusion production
written by Thomas Browne
directed by Roger Jenkins
designer Henry Federer
starring
Michael Craig
Barbara Shelley
Brian Oulton
Margot Graham
Harry Fowler

4.22 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +NO FIXED ABODE [BFI/ITN] (60 min) (imdb have this as a solo entry)
30Jan59 ITV Fri 9:00 pm
Granada Television Production
Written by Clive Exton
Directed James Ormerod
Designed by Darrell Lass
starring
Robin Wentworth ...... The Governor
Wilfrid Brambell ..... Grandpa
Michael Gwynn ........ Lofty
Jack Hedley .......... Corp
Jack Rodney .......... Tich


4.23 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: ROCK-A-BYE BARNIE
6Feb59 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring:
Harry Locke

4.24 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: THE PARAGUAYAN HARP
13Feb59 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring:
Heather Sears


4.25 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN (60 min) (imdb have this as a solo entry)
20Feb59 ITV Friday
Associated-Rediffusion production
Writer: Lester Fuller / Music: Ron Grainer / Design: John Clements /
Director: Robert Tronson
Cast:
Vek..................... EDDIE BYRNE
Ann...................... MARGOT VAN DER BURGH
Newsreader.............. PAUL MARTIN
Madame.................... JOYCE BARBER
Prime Minister.......... MOULTRIE KELSALL
SciFi drama. What is the significance of a mysterious satellite that
appears over London - is it alien or military in origin?


4.26 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +A MEMORY OF TWO MONDAYS [BFI/ITN] (imdb have solo entry)
27Feb59 ITV Fri (27Nov59 according to Drama Research Guide -WRONG?)
Granada Television Production

4.27 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR
06Mar59 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
(no cast details)

4.28 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: SUNDAY OUT OF SEASON
13Mar59 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: Alec McCowen, Maggie Smith

4.29 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: NOTES FOR A LOVE SONG
20Mar59 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring:
Robert Beatty


4.30 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +TO KEEP OUR WAY OF LIFE (BFI) (27/03/1959)

(02Apr59 Thur - A-R "Salute The Toff")

4.31 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +ALL GOD'S CHILLUN GOT WINGS
3Apr59 ITV Fri 9:00 pm
Associated-Rediffusion production
Written by Eugene O'Neill
Directed by John Kemp-Welch
settings designed by Henry Federer
starring
Pat Sandys ........... Ella
Lloyd Reckord ........ Jim
with
Ida Sheley ........... Hattie
also
Igor Tamarin ......... Shorty
Johnnie Sekka ........ Joe
Tom Busby ............ Mickey
Connie Smith ......... Mrs. Harris
Ella had no one in the world but Jim - so what strange power
drove her to destroy him?

4.32 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: ODD MAN IN
10Apr59 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Written by Claude Magnier
Starring: Donald Sinden

4.33 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +The JUKEBOX (BFI) (17/04/1959)

4.34 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +A BIT OF HAPPINESS [BFI/ITN] (24/04/1959)
Granada Television Production
24Apr59 ITV Fri

4.35 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: THE BREAKING POINT
1May59 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: Griffith Jones

4.36 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: A PHOENIX TOO FREQUENT
8May59 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: George Cole, Maggie Smith, Wendy Williams

4.37 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +BELLWEATHER NINE (60 min) (imdb have this as a solo entry)
15May59 ITV Fri
Associated-Rediffusion production
Writer: A.P. Dearsley / Design: Frank Gillman
Director: John Rhodes
Cast:-
CHARLES LLOYD PACK as Humphrey Bellweather
JOYCE CAREY as Amanda Pryce-Pryce
PETER MYERS as Monty
JOSE READ as Doris
ANTHONY SHARP as Fingle
SciFi drama. A scatty professor plans to beat the government into the
space race.

4.38 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +PROMENADE (BFI) (22/05/1959)

4.39 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: BROKEN JOURNEY
29May59 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: Sylvia Syms


4.40 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: THE HAVEN
5Jun59 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: Gerry Jedd


4.41 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: A KIND OF FREEDOM
12Jun59 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: Anthony Oliver


4.42 [--] MEN DON'T MAKE PASSES [Times Archive]
19Jun59 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm

4.43 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: SUMMER PAVILION
26Jun59 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Starring: Mary Ellis

4.44 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: THE WHITE SHEEP OF THE FAMILY
03Jul59 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm

4.45 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +MR. BROWNE COMES HOME (BFI) (10/07/1959)

4.46 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: LONGITUDE 49 (60 min) [ITN] (clash)
17Jul59 ITV Fri [verified Times Archive - NOT 19Jun59 - possibly postponed)
Granada Television Production
Writer : HERB TANK
Adapter : JED PURCELL
Director : ROBERT KNIGHT

4.47 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: THE EXTRA GRAVE
24Jul59 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm
Written by Leslie Winslow
Starring; Isobel Dean

4.48 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +AT YOUR DOOR
31Jul59 ITV Fri 9:0pm
ATV Production H.M. Tennent
starring
Heather Sears

4.49 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: +MY SIDE OF THE STORY (BFI) (07/08/1959)


4.50 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: QUEEN'S CORPORAL [ITN]
14Aug59 ITV Fri
Granada Television Production
Writer - GRAEME KENT
Director - JAMES ORMEROD
Cast:
Daniel Moynihan - Sgt. Vale
Warren Mitchell - Sgt. Milligan
Peter Welch - Staff Sgt. Bell
David Andrews
Sam Kydd
Synopsis:
A drama set in a small army camp in Korea just after the fighting has ended.
Sgt.Vale, a National Service man gets his first posting to the camp and
is made unhappy by the atmosphere of tension and ill feeling. He begins to
understand what is at the root of the trouble when he is caught up in the
results of a mysterious accident. [ITN]

4.51 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: THE MIDNIGHT FAMILY
21Aug59 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm

4.52 [--] ITV Television Playhouse: ONE A PENNY, TWO A PENNY
28Aug59 ITV Fri 9:00-10:00pm

######### ITV Television Playhouse ###########
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