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BBC Sunday-Night Theatre

 (1950)

Streaming Episode Guide

Season 10 | Season 9 | Season 8 | Season 7 | Season 6 | Season 5
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Season 10  
Maigret and the Lost Life
Episode 49 - 4-12-1959
Maigret, that most human of French detectives, sets out to solve the mystery surrounding the brutal murder of a girl whose body has been found in a street near Place Pigalle in the heart of Paris.
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Farewell My City
Episode 28 - 7-12-1959
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The Fortrose Incident
Episode 19 - 5-10-1959
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The Fortrose Incident
Season 9  
The Laughing Woman
Episode 50 - 12-14-1958
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Season 8  
The Magnificent Egotist
Episode 28 - 7-14-1957
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Episode 26 - 6-30-1957
Before becoming one of America's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln had a long career as a businessman, lawyer, government official and elected representative for the state of Illinois. This film looks at the rise of this self-educated statesman, including his famous series of public debates with rival Stephen Douglas. A glimpse is also shown of some of the more personal aspects of his Lincoln's life, including the early romance and heartbreak he experienced with Ann Rutledge.
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The Lass of Richmond Hill
Episode 23 - 6-09-1957
The Prince of Wales, contrary to strict royal protocol, falls in love with a commoner, Maria Fitzherbert, and plans to marry her.
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Requiem for a Heavyweight
Episode 13 - 3-31-1957
An over-the-hill heavyweight boxing champion who suffers from the ravages of years of head trauma is exploited by his manager, despite the efforts of a compassionate young woman who tries to help him recover his self-respect.
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Twelfth Night
Episode 10 - 3-10-1957
Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. Orsino sends her to help him woo the Lady Olivia, who doesn't want the Duke, but finds that she likes the new messenger the Duke's sending. Then, of course, Viola's brother shows up, and merry hell breaks loose. Meanwhile, Olivia's uncle and his cohorts are trying to find some way to get back at Olivia's officious majordomo, Malvolio.
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Season 7  
Clive of India
Episode 53 - 12-30-1956
A portrayal of the life of the eighteenth century soldier and politician, particularly focusing on his victory at the Battle of Plassey.
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One Morning Near Troodos
Episode 40 - 9-30-1956
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The Cold Light
Episode 31 - 7-29-1956
1h 45m
Crystof Wolters is German born but working in and owing allegiance to Britain. The play is concerned with how and why he betrays that allegiance, and how, after a tense cat-and mouse-game, he is led to reveal his betrayal.
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The Fugitive
Episode 27 - 7-01-1956
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Desert Duel
Episode 24 - 6-10-1956
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Shout Aloud Salvation (II)
Episode 20 - 5-13-1956
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The Mayerling Affair
Episode 11 - 3-11-1956
The Austro-Hungarian empire is rocked by scandal when Crown Prince Rudolf and his mistress Mare Vetsera are found dead at the Mayerling hunting lodge.
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The Mayerling Affair
The White Falcon
Episode 6 - 2-05-1956
1h 32m
An examination of the fatal romance between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.
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The White Falcon
Season 6  
The Devil's General
Episode 51 - 12-18-1955
A veteran hero of the German army finds himself at odds with the Nazi regime.
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The Devils General
The Makepeace Story #3: Family Business
Episode 44 - 10-30-1955
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The Makepeace Story 3 Family Business
The Makepeace Story #2: A New Generation
Episode 43 - 10-23-1955
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The Makepeace Story 2 A New Generation
A Life in the Sun
Episode 35 - 8-28-1955
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Romeo and Juliet
Episode 21 - 5-22-1955
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.
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It Could Happen Only in Paris
Episode 18 - 5-01-1955
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The Merchant of Venice/II
Episode 12 - 3-17-1955
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.
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The Merchant of Venice
Episode 11 - 3-13-1955
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.
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Candida
Episode 8 - 2-20-1955
The idealist Reverend Morell tries to unite Socialism and Christianity.
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Candida
Season 5  
7.7
Stand Still Time
Episode 51 - 12-19-1954
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Stand Still Time
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Episode 50 - 12-12-1954
1h 54m
In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
 7.7/10
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The Silent People
Episode 45 - 11-07-1954
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Ninety Sail
Episode 42 - 10-17-1954
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Troilus and Cressida/II
Episode 39 - 9-23-1954
During the Trojan War, a Trojan warrior is distraught when his lover takes up with a Greek.
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Troilus and Cressida
Episode 38 - 9-19-1954
During the Trojan War, a Trojan warrior is distraught when his lover takes up with a Greek.
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Captain Banner
Episode 32 - 8-08-1954
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The Promised Years #3: The Small Victory
Episode 28 - 7-11-1954
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Season 4  
Sounding Brass
Episode 32 - 8-09-1953
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L'Aiglon
Episode 15 - 4-12-1953
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As You Like It/II
Episode 12 - 3-19-1953
After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing.
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As You Like It
Episode 11 - 3-15-1953
After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing.
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Our Marie
Episode 6 - 2-08-1953
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Our Marie
Season 3  
No Cross, No Crown
Episode 47 - 11-23-1952
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
Episode 46 - 11-16-1952
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Strange Orchestra
Episode 40 - 10-05-1952
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Arrow to the Heart (I)
Episode 29 - 7-20-1952
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Mourning Becomes Elektra
Episode 13 - 3-30-1952
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The Wild Duck
Episode 9 - 3-02-1952
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The Wanderer
Episode 8 - 2-24-1952
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The Wanderer
Season 2  
6.8
The Silent Village
Episode 31 - 8-05-1951
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The Life of Henry V (Part Two)
Episode 17 - 4-29-1951
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
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The Life of King Henry V (Part One)
Episode 16 - 4-22-1951
2h 13m
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
 6.8/10
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The Voysey Inheritance
Episode 13 - 4-01-1951
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Julius Caesar/II
Episode 9 - 3-01-1951
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
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Julius Caesar
Episode 8 - 2-25-1951
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
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The Skin Game
Episode 6 - 2-03-1951
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
Episode 2 - 1-14-1951
During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the little Dauphin.
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Season 1  
Party Manners
Episode 40 - 10-01-1950
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Party Manners
Vanity Fair
Episode 36 - 9-03-1950
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Vanity Fair
Adventure Story
Episode 31 - 7-30-1950
The story of Alexander the Great, a compulsive conqueror.
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Othello
Episode 17 - 4-23-1950
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Promise of Tomorrow
Episode 16 - 4-16-1950
Marius Goring stars as Tommy Savidge, a crippled poet who longs to compose verse dramas but is forced to write trashy plays for dingy provincial repertory companies to make a living.
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The Lady's Not for Burning
Episode 11 - 3-12-1950
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The Seagull
Episode 10 - 3-05-1950
This quintessential Chekhov drama--his first success--is both comic and tragic. A group of friends and relations gather at a country estate to see the first performance of an experimental play written and staged by the young man of the house, Konstantin, an aspiring writer who dreams of bringing new forms to the theatre.
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The Indifferent Shepherd
Episode 7 - 2-12-1950
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
Episode 6 - 2-05-1950
A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.
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Cheapside
Episode 4 - 1-22-1950
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Hindle Wakes
Episode 1 - 1-01-1950
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
Episode 50 - 12-12-1954
1h 54m
In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
 7.7/10
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Nineteen EightyFour
The Life of King Henry V (Part One)
Episode 16 - 4-22-1951
2h 13m
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
 6.8/10
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The Life of King Henry V Part One
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