Sunday-Night Play - Season Three

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A Clean Kill

1 - A Clean Kill

Air Date: October 1, 1961

Faraway Places

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.

What Every Woman Knows

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.

The Big Noise

4 - The Big Noise

Air Date: October 22, 1961

Hullo Ragtime

5 - Hullo Ragtime

Air Date: October 29, 1961

The Test

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.

Brian Rix Presents #14: Flat Spin

7 - Brian Rix Presents #14: Flat Spin

Air Date: November 12, 1961

Cross of Iron

8 - Cross of Iron

Air Date: November 19, 1961

She Stoops to Conquer

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.

Somewhere for the Night

10 - Somewhere for the Night

Air Date: December 3, 1961

Centenary Year

11 - Centenary Year

Air Date: December 10, 1961

The Judge and His Hangman

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.

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

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.

Affair of State

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.

Means to an End

15 - Means to an End

Air Date: January 7, 1962

Black Limelight

16 - Black Limelight

Air Date: January 14, 1962

The Rivals

17 - The Rivals

Air Date: January 21, 1962

The Alderman

18 - The Alderman

Air Date: January 28, 1962

The Happiest Days of Your Life

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.

I'll Die for You

20 - I'll Die for You

Air Date: February 11, 1962

The Turning Point

21 - The Turning Point

Air Date: February 18, 1962

Sparrow in a Cage

22 - Sparrow in a Cage

Air Date: March 4, 1962

One for the Pot

23 - One for the Pot

Air Date: March 11, 1962

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

Storm in a Teacup

24 - Storm in a Teacup

Air Date: March 18, 1962

Both Ends Meet

25 - Both Ends Meet

Air Date: March 25, 1962

This Happy Breed

26 - This Happy Breed

Air Date: April 1, 1962

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

The High Mountain

27 - The High Mountain

Air Date: April 8, 1962

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

So Many Children

28 - So Many Children

Air Date: April 15, 1962

Brian Rix Presents #15: A Clear Case

29 - Brian Rix Presents #15: A Clear Case

Air Date: April 22, 1962

Loyalties

30 - Loyalties

Air Date: April 29, 1962

To Whom It May Concern

31 - To Whom It May Concern

Air Date: May 6, 1962

The Long Memory

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.

Value for Money

33 - Value for Money

Air Date: May 20, 1962

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

A Child in the House

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.

The Money Machine

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.

Worm's Eye View

36 - Worm's Eye View

Air Date: June 10, 1962

Undercover Cat

37 - Undercover Cat

Air Date: June 17, 1962

Member of the Family

38 - Member of the Family

Air Date: June 24, 1962

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

Young Timothy

39 - Young Timothy

Air Date: July 1, 1962

The Man Who Opted Out

40 - The Man Who Opted Out

Air Date: July 8, 1962

Up a Gum Tree

41 - Up a Gum Tree

Air Date: July 15, 1962

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

The Day Before Atlanta

42 - The Day Before Atlanta

Air Date: July 22, 1962

Sword of Vengeance

43 - Sword of Vengeance

Air Date: July 29, 1962

Dial M for Murder

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.

The Pretender

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.

The Mortimer Touch

46 - The Mortimer Touch

Air Date: August 19, 1962

Dackson's Wharf

47 - Dackson's Wharf

Air Date: August 26, 1962

Hedgehog

48 - Hedgehog

Air Date: September 2, 1962

What's in It for Walter

49 - What's in It for Walter

Air Date: September 9, 1962

Six Men of Dorset

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.

Charlie Was My Darling

51 - Charlie Was My Darling

Air Date: September 23, 1962