ITV Television Playhouse - Season 8

Season 8

Episodes

Peace with Terror

The Jokers

A Choice of Weapons

Linda Came Today

When the Kissing Had to Stop: Act 2: The Sickle

A Free Weekend

Until You Are Dead

Nuncle

The Morning After

The Road to Anywhere

When Silver Drinks

The Pinkness of It All

No Cause for Alarm

Fiddlers All

The Interview

The Ordeal of Dr. Shannon
Robert Shannon is lecturing under Professor Usher but spends his spare time on research to discover a vaccine that will kill a destructive flu virus. Usher is implacably opposed to this and warns his younger colleague not to go ahead with the research.

Adam's Apple

The Paleto Confession

East of Christmas

The Interview

There's No Room for You Here for a Start

A Builder by Trade

The Wedding Dress

A Hero with a Past

Exits and Entrances

There Could Be a Knighthood in It

Ben Again

Along Came a Spider

Too Old for Donkeys

The Two-Seater Bachelor Days

A Cosy Little Arrangement

The Reading Room

Return of the Regiment

Beachhead

31 Backyards

The Outcasts

The Hard Case

A Sickening Thud

Money With Menaces

The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl

The Lads

In Confidence

Collect Your Hand Baggage
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