Sunday Night Theatre(1950–)

Hindle Wakes

Rope

Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime.

Twelfth Night

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.

Cheapside

Trespass

The Scarlet Pimpernel

A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.

The Indifferent Shepherd

The Seagull

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.

The Lady's Not for Burning

Promise of Tomorrow

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.

Othello

The Title

The Admirable Crichton

A group of people are shipwrecked when their yacht runs around on a South Pacific island. The usable hierarchy in a upper-class British family breaks down quickly when it becomes apparent that only the servant Crichton is capable of surviving on his own and he becomes the communities leader.

Dark Tribute

Adventure Story

The story of Alexander the Great, a compulsive conqueror.

The History of Mr. Polly

Vanity Fair

Party Manners

The Secret Sharer

A ship's captain must conceal a stowaway from his crew.

A Phoenix Too Frequent

The Scarlet Pimpernel

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.

David Garrick

Release

Counsellor at Law

Successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns his wife has been unfaithful.

The Skin Game

Two forces battle over the future of an English village. On one side, a factory owner wants to move out the locals and turn it into a factory town. On the other, a member of the community wants to preserve the village as it is.

Julius Caesar

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.

Julius Caesar/II

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.

The Voysey Inheritance

Shout Aloud Salvation

The Life of King Henry V (Part One)

In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

The Life of Henry V (Part Two)

In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

The Silent Village

Albert

A group of Allied prisoners of war use a dummy to cover their attempts to escape a German camp.

The Prisoner

The Wanderer

The Wild Duck

A loving family's world is shattered by an old friend's arrival, carrying a dark secret.

Dial M for Murder

A London businessman concocts an intricate plan to murder his unfaithful wife for her money.

Mourning Becomes Elektra

Love and Mr. Lewisham

Martine

Arrow to the Heart (I)

Her Royal Highness

The Same Sky

The theme of Romeo and Juliet reworked in an orthodox Jewish household where Jeff who is a Christian falls in love with Juliet. Both families bitterly oppose the relationship. The story is set in wartime, in the East End of London.

Strange Orchestra

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Number Three

A group of nuclear scientists face a moral dilemma when they discover that as well as making electricity, their government also wants to make nuclear bombs with their products.

Our Marie

The Hero

As You Like It

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.

As You Like It/II

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.

L'Aiglon

Moonshine

Take Away the Lady

The Lady From The Sea

A lighthouse keeper's daughter lives her opportunistic marital life, until her past lover re-appears.

The Duenna

Sounding Brass

The Confidential Clerk

A young man becomes confidential clerk to a rich financier - who may be his father.

The Return of Peggy Atherton

The Bridge

Myself a Stranger

Twelfth Night

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.

Requiem for a Heavyweight

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.

The Lass of Richmond Hill

The Prince of Wales, contrary to strict royal protocol, falls in love with a commoner, Maria Fitzherbert, and plans to marry her.

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

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.

The Magnificent Egotist

The Mulberry Bush

The Trial of Mary LaFarge

The Gift

Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure

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.

The Weeping Madonna

The White Falcon

An examination of the fatal romance between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.

The Mayerling Affair

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.

The Seat of the Scornful

Shout Aloud Salvation (II)

Epitaph

Desert Duel

The Fugitive

The Cold Light

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.

Siding 273

You Touched Me

When Hadrian seeks permission to marry, is it for love or for an inheritance?

Henry Irving

One Morning Near Troodos

The Stone Ship

The Fortrose Incident

Irving Berlin

The Great Adventure

View Friendship and Marriage

Statue of David

The Shadow of Doubt

The Lady from the Sea (II)

The End of the Equation

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.

The Lower Depths

In a Russian slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.