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Sunday-Night Play

Sunday-Night Play Season Four

Season Four Episodes

1. The Square Peg

September 30th, 1962

2. The Stepfather

October 7th, 1962

3. The Slip

October 14th, 1962

4. A Suitable Case for Treatment

October 21st, 1962

Heavy-drinking Marxist writer Morgan Delt must hold on to his sanity whilst trying to resolve his marital problems.

5. The Big Eat

October 28th, 1962

An eating contest is staged for a new TV show - with fatal results.

6. Ruth

November 11th, 1962

7. The Aspern Papers

November 18th, 1962

A publisher insinuates himself into the mouldering mansion of the centenarian lover of a renowned but long-dead poet in order to find his lost love letter.

8. Libel on a Liar

November 25th, 1962

9. The Sudden Silence

December 2nd, 1962

10. Behind the Line

December 9th, 1962

11. Something to Hide

December 16th, 1962

12. The Canterville Ghost

December 23rd, 1962

The ghost of Sir Simon De Canterville has terrified visitors to his family home for centuries - but when a family of Americans rent the place, he's the one who's terrified.

13. Parkin's Primitives

December 30th, 1962

14. The Remarkable Incident at Carson Corners

January 6th, 1963

15. The Madhouse on Castle Street

January 13th, 1963

A man mysteriously locks himself in a room in a boarding house leaving only a note saying he has decided to "retire from the world". His worried sister and the other boarders then try to discover why.

16. Freya of the Seven Isles

January 20th, 1963

17. House on Three Floors

January 27th, 1963

18. The Reward of Silence

February 3rd, 1963

19. The Bergonzi Hand

February 10th, 1963

20. The Fall of Mendel Krick

February 17th, 1963

21. The Prisoner

February 24th, 1963

Not to be confused with the 1967 TV series of the same name (also starring Patrick McGoohan), this adaptation of Bridget Boland's 1954 stage play depicts the conflict between a Cardinal (allegedly inspired by real-life Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty) in an unnamed totalitarian state and the Interrogator who tries to force him into a public abjure of his religious convictions.

22. June Fall

March 3rd, 1963

Two lonely, unbeautiful people are brought together by a dating agency, and, against all odds, find love.

23. Continuity Man

March 10th, 1963

Don and Roz, a very trendy couple, are expecting a Hollywood film actress as their dinner guest, but find they also have to look after Don's very eccentric and contrary father.

24. For Tea on Sunday

March 17th, 1963

Three girls sharing living accommodation invite their boyfriends for tea on Sunday. One of the young men arrives carrying an ax over his shoulder.

25. Too Late for Mashed Potato

March 24th, 1963

26. The Big Donkey

March 31st, 1963

27. Just You Wait

April 7th, 1963

28. The Holly Road Rig

April 14th, 1963

29. A Little Bit of Gold Said 'Jump'

April 21st, 1963

30. A Deadly Hush

April 28th, 1963

31. A Right Crusader

May 5th, 1963

32. I'm Not Stopping

May 12th, 1963

33. The Fly Sham

May 19th, 1963

34. How to Get Rid of Your Wife

May 26th, 1963

Mild-mannered and unassuming, Gerald Swinney has had enough of his nagging, domineering wife. So he resolves, not to kill her, but simply to "get rid" of her.

35. So Long Charlie

June 2nd, 1963

36. Trial Run

June 9th, 1963

37. The Full Chatter

June 16th, 1963

An eccentric teacher dreams of finding fame as a novelist; but everything in his life seems to conspire against him.

38. Dial Rix #7: Skin Deep

June 23rd, 1963

39. She's a Free Country

June 30th, 1963

40. You Can't Throw Your Mates

July 7th, 1963

41. Take the Plunge

July 14th, 1963

Douglas has fallen in love with an American girl and is perturbed to find, at the same time, that he really must get a job at last.

42. The Shadow of Mart

July 21st, 1963

About the foolish and lost Gabriel who lives entirely in the shadow of his brother, the brave soldier Mart who died in the war and is continuously immortalised by the dominant mother.

43. The Joker

July 28th, 1963

44. The Sponge Room

August 4th, 1963

45. Night Express

August 11th, 1963

46. Pig in the Middle

August 18th, 1963

47. The Greevey Column

August 25th, 1963

48. Plain Jane

September 1st, 1963

49. Two by the Sea #1: See the Pretty Lights

September 8th, 1963

50. Two by the Sea #2: Wedding Bells

September 8th, 1963

51. The Affair

September 15th, 1963

A young fellow of a Cambridge college is accused of fraud and dismissed. Based on the eighth novel in C.P. Snow's "Strangers and Brothers" series.

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