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Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Drama
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A UK anthology series of single plays from major playwrights old and new. It ran from 1955 to 1974, producing about five hundred ninety-minute episodes from Granada Television. Season 1 also incorporates the Plays from the 'H.M. Tennant Globe Theatre' series, some of which were incorporated and labelled in listings as official Play of the Week episodes and some of which were played in place of Play of the Week episodes in alternative ITV regions. All 8 plays have been incorporated into this entry for convenience.
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Season list for ITV Play of the Week
Arthur Lawrence
Charles Revere
Michael Meacham
Raymond Wilde
Campbell Singer
Robert Campbell
Kevin Stoney
Michael More
Patricia Driscoll
Muriel
Frederick Jaeger
Bequeville
Wilfrid Lawson
Old Man
Anthony Newlands
Steindorf
Virginia Maskell
Marius Goring
Purcell, Charles Norbury, Lewis Eliot, Robert Cosgrove, John Hagerman
Jack Hedley
Elizabeth Sellars
Anne Norbury
Conrad Phillips
Peter Marriott
Patricia Jessel
Miss Forbes
Meredith Edwards
Inspector Davidson
Michael Bryant
Walter Luke
Lyndon Brook
Martin Eliot
Jennifer Daniel
Irene Eliot
Charles Kay
Eric Sawbridge
Cyril Luckham
Arthur Mounteney
