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Theatre Night

TV·1957–1961·3 seasons, 55 episodes·BBC Television·Drama·45m·Created by John Vernon

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A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.

Episodes by season

Season0124Episodes1957–58AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01The Bride and the BachelorJanuary 21, 1957Internalised father issues cause a bride to experience cold feet on her wedding day.
  2. S01E02Romanoff and JulietJanuary 28, 1957In the smallest country in the world, the daughter of the American ambassador falls in love with the son of the Russian ambassador. Oops.
  3. S01E03The Member of the WeddingFebruary 18, 1957A young tomboy named Frankie is forced to face her own immaturity as a result her older brother's wedding.
  4. S01E04Subway in the SkyMarch 4, 1957An American soldier in West Berlin deserts and goes on the run when faced with false trafficking and murder charges. He takes shelter with a
  5. S01E05Olive OgilvieMarch 18, 1957
  6. S01E06Sailor BewareMarch 31, 1957An imminent wedding is endangered by a domineering matriarch.
  7. S01E07Summer of the Seventeenth DollMay 27, 1957A couple of Australian cane-cutters plan their usual annual holiday of boozing and womanizing; but this year it's different.
  8. S01E08The LovebirdsJune 4, 1957A 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'
  9. S01E09ZuleikaJune 12, 1957In this musical adaptation of Max Beerbohm's 1911 novel, a beautiful young woman visits Oxford, causing all the male students to fall madly
  10. S01E10Dear DelinqientJuly 1, 1957An engaged man begins to fall for another woman. Fortunately, his fiancée is loathsome, making his decision easier, though the audience is l
  11. S01E11Six Months' GraceJuly 8, 1957
  12. S01E12Silver WeddingAugust 12, 1957Sir Robert and Lady Lydia Marlowe have spent many years abroad in the diplomatic service. On their 25th wedding anniversary, she announces t
  13. S01E13Blood Upon the RoseAugust 27, 1957
  14. S01E14Meet Me by MoonlightSeptember 2, 1957A satirical look at Victorian life, set entirely in the drawing room of Henry Mansfield's house in an English provincial town in 1884.
  15. S01E15NekrassovSeptember 16, 1957In 1950s Paris, journalist Sibilot works at right-wing publication Soir á Paris, where he pens anti-communist propaganda. His life hits a ma
  16. S01E16The Happiest MillionaireNovember 28, 1957Happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant John Lawless lands a job as the butler of unconventional millionaire Anthony J. Drexel Bi
  17. S01E17Winter WonderlandJanuary 12, 1958
  18. S01E18The Happy ManJanuary 21, 1958
  19. S01E19A Touch of the SunFebruary 11, 1958
  20. S01E20Simple SpymenApril 10, 1958
  21. S01E21Breath of SpringApril 29, 1958
  22. S01E22Any Other BusinessMay 15, 1958A routine board meeting of a successful company reveals some facts that a traitor has left the company in a perilous position on the verge o
  23. S01E23Flowering CherryJune 5, 1958Jim Cherry has the opportunity to change his life - will he take the risk?
  24. S01E24What Shall We Tell Caroline?June 26, 1958

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season0221Episodes1958–60AiredSeason avg
  1. S02E01BrouhahaSeptember 18, 1958An extract from a current West End theatre production, a farcical comedy set in a far-off country.
  2. S02E02The Heart's a WonderSeptember 30, 1958A Man comes into a pub and boasts that he has just killed his father. Instead of condemning him for the crime, the locals revel in his story
  3. S02E03Living for PleasureNovember 18, 1958
  4. S02E04Expresso BongoDecember 11, 1958An unscrupulous small-time promoter discovers a young singer and determines to make him a star.
  5. S02E05Not in the BookDecember 16, 1958
  6. S02E06Eighty in the ShadeJanuary 29, 1959
  7. S02E07Hook, Line and SinkerFebruary 12, 1959
  8. S02E08A Day in the Life of...March 5, 1959
  9. S02E09The Long and the Short and the TallApril 9, 1959Psychological drama about a British patrol in the Burmese jungle who fall out among themselves.
  10. S02E10Fool's ParadiseMay 25, 1959
  11. S02E11How Say You?May 28, 1959
  12. S02E12Let Them Eat CakeJune 2, 1959
  13. S02E13Gilt and GingerbreadJune 7, 1959
  14. S02E14Caught NappingAugust 11, 1959
  15. S02E15The Ring of TruthSeptember 15, 1959
  16. S02E16The Grass Is GreenerSeptember 29, 1959A handsome stranger disturbs the marriage of the Earl and Countess of Rhyall.
  17. S02E17RolloNovember 10, 1959
  18. S02E18And Suddenly It's SpringDecember 1, 1959
  19. S02E19The Amourous PrawnJanuary 20, 1960A general's wife turns his official home into a hotel for wealthy Americans.
  20. S02E20The More the MerrierFebruary 17, 1960
  21. S02E21A Clean KillMarch 16, 1960

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season0310Episodes1960–61AiredSeason avg
  1. S03E01Watch It, Sailor!July 26, 1960
  2. S03E02The Brides of MarchAugust 23, 1960
  3. S03E03The GazeboSeptember 20, 1960
  4. S03E04Billy LiarNovember 1, 1960
  5. S03E05The Bride Comes BackNovember 29, 1960
  6. S03E06The Tiger and the HorseJanuary 26, 1961
  7. S03E07OndineApril 11, 1961
  8. S03E08What a RacketJuly 7, 1961
  9. S03E09CelebrationAugust 3, 1961
  10. S03E10Goodnight Mrs PuffinAugust 24, 1961

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

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