Sunday-Night Play

Sunday-Night Play Season 1

TV Show

Season 1 Episodes

1. A Walk in the Desert

September 25th, 1960

2. The Unplayed Part

October 2nd, 1960

3. The Ruffians

October 9th, 1960

4. Twentieth Century Theatre: Man and Superman

January 24th, 1960

5. Twentieth Century Theatre: The White Guard

January 31st, 1960

It is November 1918 and the scene is the city of Kiev in the Ukraine, lately garrisoned by the German Army of Occupation but now threatened by the approach of a large well-equipped army of Cossacks. There's no ammunition and food is desperately short in the city. But still attempts are made to raise an army of citizens to repel the invaders. Describing the impact of the collapse of the Tsarist Empire on a family of officers, this play centres on Alexei Turbin, Colonel of the White Guard, responsible for defending Kiev, and on his beautiful sister Helena, deserted by her husband and in love with a young lieutenant, Leonid Schervinsky.

6. Twentieth Century Theatre: Our Betters

February 7th, 1960

7. Twentieth Century Theatre: MacAdam and Eve

February 14th, 1960

8. Brian Rix Presents: Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?

February 21st, 1960

9. Twentieth Century Theatre: The Conquering Hero

February 28th, 1960

10. Twentieth Century Theatre: Journey's End

March 6th, 1960

11. Twentieth Century Theatre: The Fanatics

March 13th, 1960

12. Twentieth Century Theatre: Young Woodley

March 20th, 1960

13. Twentieth Century Theatre: I Have Been Here Before

March 27th, 1960

14. Twentieth Century Theatre: The Price of Freedom

April 3rd, 1960

15. Twentieth Century Theatre: Glorious Morning

April 10th, 1960

16. Twentieth Century Theatre: The Queen Came By

April 17th, 1960

17. Twentieth Century Theatre: Love on the Dole

April 24th, 1960

18. Twentieth Century Theatre: The Vortex

May 1st, 1960

19. Twentieth Century Theatre: Judgment Day

May 8th, 1960

20. Twentieth Century Theatre: Aren't We All

May 15th, 1960

21. Twentieth Century Theatre: The Elder Statesman

May 22nd, 1960

22. Twentieth Century Theatre: The Assassin

May 29th, 1960

23. Twentieth Century Theatre: Doctor in the House

June 5th, 1960

24. Twentieth Century Theatre: Mr. Gillie

June 12th, 1960

25. Twentieth Century Theatre: The Insect Play

June 19th, 1960

26. Twentieth Century Theatre: Musical Chairs

June 26th, 1960

27. Playhouse 90: A Town Has Turned to Dust

July 3rd, 1960

28. Summer Theatre: June Evening

July 10th, 1960

29. Summer Theatre: You're a Long Time Dead

July 17th, 1960

30. Summer Theatre: My Flesh, My Blood

July 24th, 1960

31. Summer Theatre: The Critical Point

July 31st, 1960

Dr. Gage, involved in cryogenics, volunteers to be the first frozen man after murdering his wife. Dr. Mortimer discovers who killed his wife and ponders whether he should play judge and jury by switching Dr. Gage's freezing machine off?

32. Summer Theatre: A Dream of Treason

August 7th, 1960

Lambert, a government official, is required to leak a secret document - which may have serious consequences.

33. Summer Theatre: The Devil's General

August 14th, 1960

General Harras, a hero of the First World War, finds himself increasingly at odds with the new Germany of Adolf Hitler.

34. Summer Theatre: The Liberators

August 21st, 1960

35. Summer Theatre: The Small Victory

August 28th, 1960

36. Summer Theatre: Death of a Guest

September 4th, 1960

37. Brian Rix Presents: Reluctant Heroes

September 11th, 1960

38. Summer Theatre: An English Summer

September 18th, 1960

39. A Walk in the Desert

September 25th, 1960

40. The Unplayed Part

October 2nd, 1960

41. The Ruffians

October 9th, 1960

42. Pay Day

October 16th, 1960

81. Affair of State

December 31st, 1961

Philip is much older than his wife, who is, he discovers, having an affair with his friend George. When he introduces George to a young woman, he has an ulterior motive.

82. The Barretts of Wimpole Street

December 24th, 1961

Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.

83. The Judge and His Hangman

December 17th, 1961

Inspector Barlach is ruthless in pursuit of an arrest, and doesn't seem to care if anyone else gets hurt along the way.

84. Centenary Year

December 10th, 1961

85. Somewhere for the Night

December 3rd, 1961

86. She Stoops to Conquer

November 26th, 1961

Hardcastle, a man of substance, looks forward to acquainting his daughter with his old pal's son with a view to marriage. But thanks to playboy Lumpkin, he's mistaken by his prospective son-in-law Marlow for an innkeeper, his daughter for the local barmaid. The good news is, while Marlow can barely speak to a woman of quality he's a charmer with those of a different stamp.

87. Cross of Iron

November 19th, 1961

88. Brian Rix Presents #14: Flat Spin

November 12th, 1961

89. The Test

November 5th, 1961

Pressure mounts on a group of scientists as they urgently prepare to test a new top secret weapon.

90. Hello Ragtime

October 29th, 1961

91. The Big Noise

October 22nd, 1961

92. What Every Woman Knows

October 15th, 1961

Maggie Wylie isn't very beautiful. She isn't even very young any more. But fortunately there is more to Maggie than meets the eye.

All Seasons

Season Four

Season Four

Sep 30, 1962
Season Three

Season Three

Oct 1, 1961
Season Two

Season Two

Oct 23, 1960
Season 1

Season 1

Sep 25, 1960