ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Season 2

1969 · 50 episodes

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Diddled

   6 Sept 1969

2. 2

   2. Episode 2

   13 Sept 1969

3. 3

   3. That Woman Is Wrecking Our Marriage

   20 Sept 1969

4. 4

   4. A Walk Through the Forest

   27 Sept 1969

5. 5

   5. The Undoing

   4 Oct 1969

6. 6

   6. In Another Country

   11 Oct 1969

7. 7

   7. Murder: The Colonel and the Naturalist

   18 Oct 1969

8. 8

   8. Murder: The Blood Relation

   25 Oct 1969

9. 9

   9. It's Called the Sugar Plum

   1 Nov 1969

10. 10

    10. Hester Lilly

    8 Nov 1969

    Muriel Ingram (Faith Brook) takes her friend Beatrice played by (Joan Hickson) into her confidence when she becomes suspicious of her husbands preoccupation with a young innocent looking orphan called Hester Lilly, Hester has arrived from Paris to stay with Robert Ingram the head of a boys boarding school.

11. 11

    11. Aren't We All?

    15 Nov 1969

12. 12

    12. The Full Cheddar

    22 Nov 1969

    A teacher's concentration frequently wanders as he fantasizes about living a different life.

13. 13

    13. The Comic

    29 Nov 1969

    Tod a successful comic, is now being threatened by his own insecurities which are straining the relationships with his wife/writers and his fellow troupe of stooges. It might be about Tony Hancock? but it could be about any comedian.

14. 14

    14. Faith and Henry

    6 Dec 1969

    After the last science lesson of the day at Rivington High School, in St Helens, Lancashire, a young black girl, Faith is joined by a white fellow school pupil, Henry. They strike up a conversation about what they are doing for the evening. Henry persuades Faith to forgo the bus and walk it home instead. They nip to the local shop where Henry picks up his usual weekly order of Lancashire cheese for his family, mum, dad and 3 brothers. What follows is a gentle 1960's ever so innocent multi-racial friendship that was unusual in 1960's St. Helens. They walk around the Sankey canal, get teased by other children with one shouting 'Henry's got a girlfriend' to which Henry comically chases after them before giving up. They climb a local hill where you can see the Welsh hills, Widnes and Bold power station. Henry recites a poem and every feels every so quaint, especially for the industrial north. They return home... new friendships formed.

15. 15

    15. Nora

    13 Dec 1969

16. 16

    16. It Calls for a Great Deal of Love

    20 Dec 1969

    Story of a lonely old woman who falls for a fat crossword puzzle composer.

17. 17

    17. Suffer Little Children

    3 Jan 1970

    The popularity of the Prime Minister (Lee Montague) has reached an all time low. Facing a serious economic crisis and with threats to his position, the former Post Office worker undergoes a breakdown and reverts to childhood.

18. 18

    18. Anniversary

    10 Jan 1970

19. 19

    19. A Doll's House

    17 Jan 1970

    Nora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed lives in fear of her husband's finding out and of the shame such a revelation would bring to his career. But when the truth comes out, Nora is shocked to learn where she really stands in her husband's esteem.

20. 20

    20. Mrs. Mouse, Are You Within?

    24 Jan 1970

21. 21

    21. The Pretenders

    31 Jan 1970

22. 22

    22. Wolly Wenpol, the Complete Works

    7 Feb 1970

23. 23

    23. Wicked Women: Alice Rhodes

    14 Feb 1970

24. 24

    24. Wicked Women: Christiana Edmunds

    21 Feb 1970

25. 25

    25. Wicked Women: Augusta Fullam

    28 Feb 1970

26. 26

    26. Wicked Women: Anne-Maria Moody

    7 Mar 1970

27. 27

    27. Wicked Women: Florence Maybrick

    14 Mar 1970

28. 28

    28. Wicked Women: Madeleine July

    21 Mar 1970

29. 29

    29. The Master and the Mask

    28 Mar 1970

30. 30

    30. The Cork Moustache

    4 Apr 1970

31. 31

    31. Fade Out

    11 Apr 1970

    A TV news executive gets a sensational story concerning a corrupt politician, only to find that his network bosses want to suppress it.

32. 32

    32. The Rococo Bush

    18 Apr 1970

33. 33

    33. Dangerous Corner

    2 May 1970

    An unexpected suicide prompts much speculation about honesty and theft.

34. 34

    34. The Family Is a Vicious Circle

    9 May 1970

35. 35

    35. When Johnny Comes Marching Home

    16 May 1970

36. 36

    36. Lay Down Your Arms

    23 May 1970

    At the time of the 1956 Suez Crisis and the Russian invasion of Hungary, Private Bob Hawk reports to the London Intelligence Office where the strength of Soviet troops is under scrutiny.

37. 37

    37. You See, the Thing Is...

    30 May 1970

38. 38

    38. The Salesman

    30 May 1970

    A door-to-door salesman is selling nothing tangible, but something far more worrying.

39. 39

    39. Married Alive

    6 Jun 1970

    "Married Alive was a television play written by John Mortimer, that was broadcast on NBC in 1970. "The Colonel" (Robert Culp) is a man claiming to be Liz Jardine's (Diana Rigg) long lost husband who returns after many years and moves into her life.

40. 40

    40. Playing with Fire

    13 Jun 1970

41. 41

    41. Slattery's Mounted Foot

    20 Jun 1970

    The intrigues, gossip and prejudices of a close-knit Irish clan living in the north of England.

42. 42

    42. Hands with the Magic Touch

    27 Jun 1970

43. 43

    43. The Gingham Dog

    4 Jul 1970

44. 44

    44. Twelfth Night

    11 Jul 1970

    After a shipwreck, believing her brother has been killed, Viola disguises herself as a boy named Cesario and becomes a courtier to Orsino, who sends her to deliver a message of his love to Olivia, but she falls for the messenger instead.

45. 45

    45. Skyscrapers

    18 Jul 1970

46. 46

    46. The Insider

    25 Jul 1970

47. 47

    47. Dear Janet Rosenberg... Dear Mr. Kooning

    1 Aug 1970

48. 48

    48. Act of Separation

    8 Aug 1970

49. 49

    49. Honour and Offer

    15 Aug 1970

50. 50

    50. Hodinott Veiling

    22 Aug 1970