Sunday-Night Play

Season Three

51 episodes · Oct 1, 1961

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  • S3E1

    A Clean Kill

    Oct 1, 1961
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  • S3E2

    Faraway Places

    Oct 8, 1961

    Kindly, mild mannered clerk Arthur Bruce dreams of traveling to distant lands and reads books about faraway places.

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  • S3E3

    What Every Woman Knows

    Oct 15, 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.

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  • S3E4

    The Big Noise

    Oct 22, 1961
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  • S3E5

    Hullo Ragtime

    Oct 29, 1961
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  • S3E6

    The Test

    Nov 5, 1961

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

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  • S3E7

    Brian Rix Presents #14: Flat Spin

    Nov 12, 1961
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  • S3E8

    Cross of Iron

    Nov 19, 1961
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  • S3E9

    She Stoops to Conquer

    Nov 26, 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. And so, as Hardcastle's indignation intensifies, Miss Hardcastle's appreciation for her misguided suitor soars. Misdemeanours multiply, love blossoms, mayhem ensues.

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  • S3E10

    Somewhere for the Night

    Dec 3, 1961
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  • S3E11

    Centenary Year

    Dec 10, 1961
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  • S3E12

    The Judge and His Hangman

    Dec 17, 1961

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

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  • S3E13

    The Barretts of Wimpole Street

    Dec 24, 1961

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

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  • S3E14

    Affair of State

    Dec 31, 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.

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  • S3E15

    Means to an End

    Jan 7, 1962
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  • S3E16

    Black Limelight

    Jan 14, 1962
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  • S3E17

    The Rivals

    Jan 21, 1962
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  • S3E18

    The Alderman

    Jan 28, 1962
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  • S3E19

    The Happiest Days of Your Life

    Feb 4, 1962

    Through a clerical error, a boys' school and a girls' school are billeted on the same premises.

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  • S3E20

    I'll Die for You

    Feb 11, 1962
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  • S3E21

    The Turning Point

    Feb 18, 1962
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  • S3E22

    Sparrow in a Cage

    Mar 4, 1962
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  • S3E23

    One for the Pot

    Mar 11, 1962

    The definition of a trivial subspace and of a nontrivial subspace are provided.

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  • S3E24

    Storm in a Teacup

    Mar 18, 1962
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  • S3E25

    Both Ends Meet

    Mar 25, 1962
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  • S3E26

    This Happy Breed

    Apr 1, 1962

    The travails of an ordinary London working-class family over many years.

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  • S3E27

    The High Mountain

    Apr 8, 1962

    A ruthless business tycoon proposes a merger - between God and Mammon.

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  • S3E28

    So Many Children

    Apr 15, 1962
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  • S3E29

    Brian Rix Presents #15: A Clear Case

    Apr 22, 1962
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  • S3E30

    Loyalties

    Apr 29, 1962
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  • S3E31

    To Whom It May Concern

    May 6, 1962
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  • S3E32

    The Long Memory

    May 13, 1962

    An embittered man is released from prison, anxious for revenge on those who really perpetrated the crime for which he was convicted.

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  • S3E33

    Value for Money

    May 20, 1962

    A self-made Northerner of limited sophistication finds London life a little hectic.

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  • S3E34

    A Child in the House

    May 27, 1962

    With her mother in hospital and her father mysteriously away, Elisabeth is sent to an unknown uncle and aunt in Belfast. The play deals with the conflict aroused in the child's conscience when she is placed in unfamiliar surroundings.

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  • S3E35

    The Money Machine

    Jun 3, 1962

    Alastair Moncrieff designs a banknote counter and he takes it to Olagem Ltd. Director John Lock realises that the counter can make a fortune, and determines that the fortune shall go to Olagem.

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  • S3E36

    Worm's Eye View

    Jun 10, 1962
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  • S3E37

    Undercover Cat

    Jun 17, 1962
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  • S3E38

    Member of the Family

    Jun 24, 1962

    Edwin Carrington has remarried. His staid English family is surprised by his new wife.

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  • S3E39

    Young Timothy

    Jul 1, 1962
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  • S3E40

    The Man Who Opted Out

    Jul 8, 1962
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  • S3E41

    Up a Gum Tree

    Jul 15, 1962

    Eccentric goings-on in a far-flung tropical colony.

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  • S3E42

    The Day Before Atlanta

    Jul 22, 1962
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  • S3E43

    Sword of Vengeance

    Jul 29, 1962
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  • S3E44

    Dial M for Murder

    Aug 5, 1962

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

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  • S3E45

    The Pretender

    Aug 12, 1962

    When her throne is threatened by a "pretender" based in Venice, Catherine the Great sends Count Orloff to deal with the problem.

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  • S3E46

    The Mortimer Touch

    Aug 19, 1962
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  • S3E47

    Dackson's Wharf

    Aug 26, 1962
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  • S3E48

    Hedgehog

    Sep 2, 1962
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  • S3E49

    What's in It for Walter

    Sep 9, 1962
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  • S3E50

    Six Men of Dorset

    Sep 16, 1962

    The story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, nineteenth-century labourers who formed a union and were transported to Australia.

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  • S3E51

    Charlie Was My Darling

    Sep 23, 1962
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