Series
Theatre Night
Drama
A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.
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Seasons & episodes
S1 · 24 epS2 · 21 epS3 · 10 ep
- 1The Bride and the Bachelor21 Jan 1957 · 45mInternalised father issues cause a bride to experience cold feet on her wedding day.
- 2Romanoff and Juliet28 Jan 1957In the smallest country in the world, the daughter of the American ambassador falls in love with the son of the Russian ambassador. Oops.
- 3The Member of the Wedding18 Feb 1957 · 45mA young tomboy named Frankie is forced to face her own immaturity as a result her older brother's wedding.
- 4Subway in the Sky4 Mar 1957 · 45mAn American soldier in West Berlin deserts and goes on the run when faced with false trafficking and murder charges. He takes shelter with a cabaret singer, whom he manages to persuade to help prove his innocence.
- 5Olive Ogilvie18 Mar 1957 · 45m
- 6Sailor Beware31 Mar 1957 · 45mAn imminent wedding is endangered by a domineering matriarch.
- 7Summer of the Seventeenth Doll27 May 1957 · 45mA couple of Australian cane-cutters plan their usual annual holiday of boozing and womanizing; but this year it's different.
- 8The Lovebirds4 Jun 1957 · 45mA newly married couple are given a Budgie as a wedding present. Little do they know that the Budgie is possessed by the spirit of the bride's late first husband.
- 9Zuleika12 Jun 1957 · 45mIn this musical adaptation of Max Beerbohm's 1911 novel, a beautiful young woman visits Oxford, causing all the male students to fall madly in love with her.
- 10Dear Delinqient1 Jul 1957 · 45mAn engaged man begins to fall for another woman. Fortunately, his fiancée is loathsome, making his decision easier, though the audience is left wondering why it takes the entire runtime to decide it, and why he was ever engaged to the undesirable woman in the first place.
- 11Six Months' Grace8 Jul 1957 · 45m
- 12Silver Wedding12 Aug 1957 · 45mSir Robert and Lady Lydia Marlowe have spent many years abroad in the diplomatic service. On their 25th wedding anniversary, she announces they should go their own separate ways. Her gift is a series of love letters Robert had written to different women throughout his career, each of whom Lydia has befriended.
- 13Blood Upon the Rose27 Aug 1957 · 45m
- 14Meet Me by Moonlight2 Sept 1957 · 45mA satirical look at Victorian life, set entirely in the drawing room of Henry Mansfield's house in an English provincial town in 1884.
- 15Nekrassov16 Sept 1957 · 45mIn 1950s Paris, journalist Sibilot works at right-wing publication Soir á Paris, where he pens anti-communist propaganda. His life hits a major turnpoint when he's unable to come up with a great idea, and his boss informa him that he will be fired if no great story comes soon.
- 16The Happiest Millionaire28 Nov 1957 · 45mHappy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant John Lawless lands a job as the butler of unconventional millionaire Anthony J. Drexel Biddle. His daughter Cordelia tires of his unusual antics--especially since the nice young men around town all fear him. Wouldn't you fear a father-in-law that keeps alligators for pets and teaches boxing at his daily Bible courses?
- 17Winter Wonderland12 Jan 1958 · 45m
- 18The Happy Man21 Jan 1958 · 45m
- 19A Touch of the Sun11 Feb 1958 · 45m
- 20Simple Spymen10 Apr 1958 · 45m
- 21Breath of Spring29 Apr 1958 · 45m
- 22Any Other Business15 May 1958 · 45mA routine board meeting of a successful company reveals some facts that a traitor has left the company in a perilous position on the verge of ruin.
- 23Flowering Cherry5 Jun 1958 · 45mJim Cherry has the opportunity to change his life - will he take the risk?
- 24What Shall We Tell Caroline?26 Jun 1958 · 45m
Details
- Created by
- John Vernon
- First aired
- 21 Jan 1957
- Last aired
- 24 Aug 1961
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- BBC Television
- Episodes
- 55
