Philco Television Playhouse
An Inspector Calls
TV Flash files “An Inspector Calls” as hour 8 of 256 in the TV Flash guide — Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1955) on NBC, season 1, episode 8, aired 1948-11-21, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E08: listed hour 8 of 256 in the Philco Television Playhouse guide, hour 8 of 45 in season 1. It aired 1948-11-21 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Camille” (S01E07). Next is “I Like It Here” (S01E09).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
When Inspector Goole calls unexpectedly on the prosperous Birling family, his startling revelations not only shatter the very foundations of their lives, but challenge us all to examine our consciences.
Viewer FAQ
Where does An Inspector Calls sit in the Philco Television Playhouse guide?
S01E08 is listed hour 8 of 256 — hour 8 of 45 in season 1, season 1 episode 8.
When did Philco Television Playhouse S01E08 air?
An Inspector Calls aired 1948-11-21 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Start with Marty (May 24, 1953, Rod Steiger) — the teleplay that became the anthology-to-Oscar dream — then sample other surviving Coe/Mann hours.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Philco Television Playhouse is Chayefsky's kitchen-sink live plays: ordinary lives, extraordinary telecasts, Marty with Rod Steiger before the Oscar film. Watch it now as the rise of intimate realist TV drama — Fred Coe's shop, Delbert Mann, and the anthology-to-Hollywood dream in one sponsor's title.
The close-up is a butcher's loneliness, not a gown — kitchen-sink light, live cameras, ordinary lives getting extraordinary writing. NBC's *Philco Television Playhouse* (1948–1955), 256 episodes across seven seasons, Fred Coe's shop, directors like Delbert Mann, Paddy Chayefsky's *Marty* telecast May 24, 1953 with Rod Steiger. A kitchen sink as an Oscar machine. The Philco/Goodyear tandem nights made anthology drama a dual-sponsor prestige ritual. The timeline can call domestic realism mid. The silhouette was a…