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Season guide
ITV Play of the Week: Season 8
51 episodes
Premiered Sep 4, 1962 Updated Sep 28, 2026
Previously on ITV Play of the Week
Season 8 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of ITV Play of the Week Season 7.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 8 Episodes
Episode Guide
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S8·E7
Core
When the Kissing Had to Stop: Act 1 - The Hammer
Oct 16, 1962
Part 1 of the Play. Part 2 'When the Kissing Had To Stop: Act 2 - The Sickle' was broadcast as part of the Television Playhouse series on ITV. S08E05, broadcast 19/10/1962.
S8·E23
Core
The Buried Man
Feb 12, 1963
Written by David Mercer. A play about Robert Bailey, a Miner who wants to be happy but ends up breaking down. This was Leonard Rossiter's first television role. This production h