Sunday Night Theatre

Season 5

1954 · 22 episodes · 1h 53m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. The Gift

   3 Jan 1954

2. 10

   10. Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure

   7 Mar 1954

3. 13

   13. Caste

   28 Mar 1954

4. 16

   16. It Never Rains

   18 Apr 1954

5. 20

   20. The Comedy of Errors

   16 May 1954

   Two identical twins and their two servants (also identical twins) are separated in a ship-wreck. When, years later, they all show up in the same town, mistaken identities abound.

6. 21

   21. The Promised Years #1: The Liberators

   23 May 1954

7. 22

   22. Witch Wood

   30 May 1954

8. 24

   24. The Promised Years #2: The Good Partners

   13 Jun 1954

9. 26

   26. Three Sisters

   27 Jun 1954

   In a small Russian town at the turn of the century, three sisters (Olga, Irina, and Masha) and their brother Andrei live but dream daily of their return to their former home in Moscow, where life is charming and stimulating meaningful. But for now they exist in a malaise of dissatisfaction. Soldiers from the local military post provide them some companionship and society, but nothing can suffice to replace Moscow in their hopes. Andrei marries a provincial girl, Natasha, and begins to settle into a life of much less meaning than he had hoped. Natasha begins to run the family her way. Masha, though married, yearns for the sophisticated life and begins a dalliance with Vershinin, an army officer with a sick and suicidal wife. Even Irina, the freshest, most optimistic of the sisters, begins to waver in her dreams until, finally, tragedy strikes.

10. 27

    27. Wilderness of Monkeys

    4 Jul 1954

11. 28

    28. The Promised Years #3: The Small Victory

    11 Jul 1954

12. 32

    32. Captain Banner

    8 Aug 1954

13. 37

    37. The Moon in the Yellow River

    12 Sept 1954

14. 38

    38. Troilus and Cressida

    19 Sept 1954

    During the Trojan War, a Trojan warrior is distraught when his lover takes up with a Greek.

15. 39

    39. Troilus and Cressida/II

    23 Sept 1954

    During the Trojan War, a Trojan warrior is distraught when his lover takes up with a Greek.

16. 40

    40. The Last of the De Mullins

    3 Oct 1954

17. 42

    42. Ninety Sail

    17 Oct 1954

18. 45

    45. The Silent People

    7 Nov 1954

19. 46

    46. Waiting for Gillian

    14 Nov 1954

    The carefully-controlled marriage of James Manning begins to collapse when he realizes his wife is having an affair with a wealthy man.

20. 49

    49. The Whiteoak Chronicles #1: Young Renny

    5 Dec 1954

21. 

    50. Nineteen Eighty-Four

    12 Dec 1954 · 113 min

    In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love. [The broadcast caused controversy, with many viewer complaints and questions in Parliament over its supposed subversive nature and horrific content. With time and hindsight, it was ranked 73rd of "The 100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the 20th Century" in an industry poll by the BFI in 2000.]

22. 51

    51. Stand Still Time

    19 Dec 1954