Sunday-Night Play - Season Three
1 - A Clean Kill
Air Date: October 1, 1961
2 - Faraway Places
Air Date: October 8, 1961
Kindly, mild mannered clerk Arthur Bruce dreams of traveling to distant lands and reads books about faraway places.
3 - What Every Woman Knows
Air Date: October 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.
4 - The Big Noise
Air Date: October 22, 1961
5 - Hullo Ragtime
Air Date: October 29, 1961
6 - The Test
Air Date: November 5, 1961
Pressure mounts on a group of scientists as they urgently prepare to test a new top secret weapon.
7 - Brian Rix Presents #14: Flat Spin
Air Date: November 12, 1961
8 - Cross of Iron
Air Date: November 19, 1961
9 - She Stoops to Conquer
Air Date: November 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.
10 - Somewhere for the Night
Air Date: December 3, 1961
11 - Centenary Year
Air Date: December 10, 1961
12 - The Judge and His Hangman
Air Date: December 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.
13 - The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Air Date: December 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.
14 - Affair of State
Air Date: December 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.
15 - Means to an End
Air Date: January 7, 1962
16 - Black Limelight
Air Date: January 14, 1962
17 - The Rivals
Air Date: January 21, 1962
18 - The Alderman
Air Date: January 28, 1962
19 - The Happiest Days of Your Life
Air Date: February 4, 1962
Through a clerical error, a boys' school and a girls' school are billeted on the same premises.
20 - I'll Die for You
Air Date: February 11, 1962
21 - The Turning Point
Air Date: February 18, 1962
22 - Sparrow in a Cage
Air Date: March 4, 1962
23 - One for the Pot
Air Date: March 11, 1962
The definition of a trivial subspace and of a nontrivial subspace are provided.
24 - Storm in a Teacup
Air Date: March 18, 1962
25 - Both Ends Meet
Air Date: March 25, 1962
26 - This Happy Breed
Air Date: April 1, 1962
The travails of an ordinary London working-class family over many years.
27 - The High Mountain
Air Date: April 8, 1962
A ruthless business tycoon proposes a merger - between God and Mammon.
28 - So Many Children
Air Date: April 15, 1962
29 - Brian Rix Presents #15: A Clear Case
Air Date: April 22, 1962
30 - Loyalties
Air Date: April 29, 1962
31 - To Whom It May Concern
Air Date: May 6, 1962
32 - The Long Memory
Air Date: 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.
33 - Value for Money
Air Date: May 20, 1962
A self-made Northerner of limited sophistication finds London life a little hectic.
34 - A Child in the House
Air Date: 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.
35 - The Money Machine
Air Date: June 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.
36 - Worm's Eye View
Air Date: June 10, 1962
37 - Undercover Cat
Air Date: June 17, 1962
38 - Member of the Family
Air Date: June 24, 1962
Edwin Carrington has remarried. His staid English family is surprised by his new wife.
39 - Young Timothy
Air Date: July 1, 1962
40 - The Man Who Opted Out
Air Date: July 8, 1962
41 - Up a Gum Tree
Air Date: July 15, 1962
Eccentric goings-on in a far-flung tropical colony.
42 - The Day Before Atlanta
Air Date: July 22, 1962
43 - Sword of Vengeance
Air Date: July 29, 1962
44 - Dial M for Murder
Air Date: August 5, 1962
A London businessman concocts an intricate plan to murder his unfaithful wife for her money.
45 - The Pretender
Air Date: August 12, 1962
When her throne is threatened by a "pretender" based in Venice, Catherine the Great sends Count Orloff to deal with the problem.
46 - The Mortimer Touch
Air Date: August 19, 1962
47 - Dackson's Wharf
Air Date: August 26, 1962
48 - Hedgehog
Air Date: September 2, 1962
49 - What's in It for Walter
Air Date: September 9, 1962
50 - Six Men of Dorset
Air Date: September 16, 1962
The story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, nineteenth-century labourers who formed a union and were transported to Australia.
51 - Charlie Was My Darling
Air Date: September 23, 1962