BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
Sunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959. The productions for the first five years or so of the run were re-staged live the following Thursday, partly because of technical limitations in this era, and the theatrical basis of early television drama. Some of the earliest collaborations between Rudolph Cartier and Nigel Neale were produced for this series, including Arrow to the Heart and Nineteen Eighty-Four. The Sunday night drama slot was subsequently renamed The Sunday-Night Play which ran for four seasons between 1960 and 1963. ITV transmitted its own unrelated run of Sunday Night Theatre between 1971 and 1974.
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Season 6
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The Creature
A scientist searches for the Yeti in a Himalayan fastness, and is soon at odds with an adventurer who wants to find the Creature for less exalted reasons.
Jan 30, 1955 -
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E8
Candida
The idealist Reverend Morell tries to unite Socialism and Christianity.
Feb 20, 1955 -
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E11
The Merchant of Venice
A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange will: only the man that picks the correct casket out of three (silver, gold, and lead) can marry her. Bassanio, unfortunately, is strapped for cash with which to go wooing, and Antonio wants to help, so Antonio borrows the money from Shylock, the money-lender. But Shylock has been nursing a grudge against Antonio's insults, and makes unusual terms to the loan. And when Antonio's business fails, those terms threaten his life, and it's up to Bassanio and Portia to save him.
Mar 13, 1955 -
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E12
The Merchant of Venice/II
A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange will: only the man that picks the correct casket out of three (silver, gold, and lead) can marry her. Bassanio, unfortunately, is strapped for cash with which to go wooing, and Antonio wants to help, so Antonio borrows the money from Shylock, the money-lender. But Shylock has been nursing a grudge against Antonio's insults, and makes unusual terms to the loan. And when Antonio's business fails, those terms threaten his life, and it's up to Bassanio and Portia to save him.
Mar 17, 1955 -
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E16
Midsummer Fire
Apr 17, 1955 -
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E18
It Could Happen Only in Paris
May 1, 1955 -
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E21
Romeo and Juliet
In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.
May 22, 1955 -
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E23
The Legend of Pepito
Jun 5, 1955 -
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E24
Holiday for Simon
Jun 12, 1955 -
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E33
The Powder Magazine
Aug 14, 1955 -
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E35
A Life in the Sun
Aug 28, 1955 -
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E38
The Scarlet Pimpernel
A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.
Sep 18, 1955 -
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E42
The Makepeace Story #1: The Ruthless Destiny
Oct 16, 1955 -
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E43
The Makepeace Story #2: A New Generation
Oct 23, 1955 -
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E44
The Makepeace Story #3: Family Business
Oct 30, 1955 -
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E47
Idiot's Delight
A group of disparate travelers are caught are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.
Nov 20, 1955 -
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E50
The Devil Came from Dublin
Dec 11, 1955 -
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E51
The Devil's General
A veteran hero of the German army finds himself at odds with the Nazi regime.
Dec 18, 1955