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Season guide

ITV Playhouse: Season 5

11 episodes Premiered Oct 6, 1971
Previously on ITV Playhouse

Season 5 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 Playhouse Season 4.
  • ⚡ 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 5 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 5: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (8): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S5·E4 Core

Funny

Nov 16, 1971

Tom and Phyl travel down to Wales to stay with friends Huw and Teg, a couple they hung around with in London some years back. Culturally the couples have their differences, and aft

S5·E8 Core

The Greeks and Their Gifts

Jun 20, 1972

A man makes an unexpected appearance at his younger brother's house in the middle of the night. He needs somewhere to stay and convinces his brother and his wife that he is trouble

S5·E11 Mytharc

Lament of an Unmarried Father

Aug 28, 1972

A young man who likes to cause a stir meets an older woman who refuses to rise to his bait.

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