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Sunday-Night Play

 (1960)

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Season Four  
The Affair
Episode 51 - 9-15-1963
A young fellow of a Cambridge college is accused of fraud and dismissed. Based on the eighth novel in C.P. Snow's "Strangers and Brothers" series.
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Two by the Sea #2: Wedding Bells
Episode 50 - 9-08-1963
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Two by the Sea #1: See the Pretty Lights
Episode 49 - 9-08-1963
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Plain Jane
Episode 48 - 9-01-1963
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The Greevey Column
Episode 47 - 8-25-1963
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Pig in the Middle
Episode 46 - 8-18-1963
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Night Express
Episode 45 - 8-11-1963
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The Sponge Room
Episode 44 - 8-04-1963
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The Joker
Episode 43 - 7-28-1963
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The Shadow of Mart
Episode 42 - 7-21-1963
About the foolish and lost Gabriel who lives entirely in the shadow of his brother, the brave soldier Mart who died in the war and is continuously immortalised by the dominant mother.
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Take the Plunge
Episode 41 - 7-14-1963
Douglas has fallen in love with an American girl and is perturbed to find, at the same time, that he really must get a job at last.
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You Can't Throw Your Mates
Episode 40 - 7-07-1963
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She's a Free Country
Episode 39 - 6-30-1963
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Dial Rix #7: Skin Deep
Episode 38 - 6-23-1963
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The Full Chatter
Episode 37 - 6-16-1963
An eccentric teacher dreams of finding fame as a novelist; but everything in his life seems to conspire against him.
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Trial Run
Episode 36 - 6-09-1963
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So Long Charlie
Episode 35 - 6-02-1963
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How to Get Rid of Your Wife
Episode 34 - 5-26-1963
Mild-mannered and unassuming, Gerald Swinney has had enough of his nagging, domineering wife. So he resolves, not to kill her, but simply to "get rid" of her.
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The Fly Sham
Episode 33 - 5-19-1963
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I'm Not Stopping
Episode 32 - 5-12-1963
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A Right Crusader
Episode 31 - 5-05-1963
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A Deadly Hush
Episode 30 - 4-28-1963
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A Little Bit of Gold Said 'Jump'
Episode 29 - 4-21-1963
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The Holly Road Rig
Episode 28 - 4-14-1963
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Just You Wait
Episode 27 - 4-07-1963
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The Big Donkey
Episode 26 - 3-31-1963
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Too Late for Mashed Potato
Episode 25 - 3-24-1963
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For Tea on Sunday
Episode 24 - 3-17-1963
Three girls sharing living accommodation invite their boyfriends for tea on Sunday. One of the young men arrives carrying an ax over his shoulder.
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Continuity Man
Episode 23 - 3-10-1963
Don and Roz, a very trendy couple, are expecting a Hollywood film actress as their dinner guest, but find they also have to look after Don's very eccentric and contrary father.
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June Fall
Episode 22 - 3-03-1963
Two lonely, unbeautiful people are brought together by a dating agency, and, against all odds, find love.
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The Prisoner
Episode 21 - 2-24-1963
Not to be confused with the 1967 TV series of the same name (also starring Patrick McGoohan), this adaptation of Bridget Boland's 1954 stage play depicts the conflict between a Cardinal (allegedly inspired by real-life Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty) in an unnamed totalitarian state and the Interrogator who tries to force him into a public abjure of his religious convictions.
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The Fall of Mendel Krick
Episode 20 - 2-17-1963
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The Bergonzi Hand
Episode 19 - 2-10-1963
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The Reward of Silence
Episode 18 - 2-03-1963
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House on Three Floors
Episode 17 - 1-27-1963
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Freya of the Seven Isles
Episode 16 - 1-20-1963
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The Madhouse on Castle Street
Episode 15 - 1-13-1963
A man mysteriously locks himself in a room in a boarding house leaving only a note saying he has decided to "retire from the world". His worried sister and the other boarders then try to discover why.
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The Remarkable Incident at Carson Corners
Episode 14 - 1-06-1963
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Parkin's Primitives
Episode 13 - 12-30-1962
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The Canterville Ghost
Episode 12 - 12-23-1962
The ghost of Sir Simon De Canterville has terrified visitors to his family home for centuries - but when a family of Americans rent the place, he's the one who's terrified.
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Something to Hide
Episode 11 - 12-16-1962
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Behind the Line
Episode 10 - 12-09-1962
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The Sudden Silence
Episode 9 - 12-02-1962
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Libel on a Liar
Episode 8 - 11-25-1962
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The Aspern Papers
Episode 7 - 11-18-1962
A publisher insinuates himself into the mouldering mansion of the centenarian lover of a renowned but long-dead poet in order to find his lost love letter.
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Ruth
Episode 6 - 11-11-1962
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The Big Eat
Episode 5 - 10-28-1962
An eating contest is staged for a new TV show - with fatal results.
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A Suitable Case for Treatment
Episode 4 - 10-21-1962
Heavy-drinking Marxist writer Morgan Delt must hold on to his sanity whilst trying to resolve his marital problems.
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The Slip
Episode 3 - 10-14-1962
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The Stepfather
Episode 2 - 10-07-1962
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The Square Peg
Episode 1 - 9-30-1962
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Charlie Was My Darling
Episode 51 - 9-23-1962
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Six Men of Dorset
Episode 50 - 9-16-1962
The story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, nineteenth-century labourers who formed a union and were transported to Australia.
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What's in It for Walter
Episode 49 - 9-09-1962
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Hedgehog
Episode 48 - 9-02-1962
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Dackson's Wharf
Episode 47 - 8-26-1962
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The Mortimer Touch
Episode 46 - 8-19-1962
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The Pretender
Episode 45 - 8-12-1962
When her throne is threatened by a "pretender" based in Venice, Catherine the Great sends Count Orloff to deal with the problem.
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Dial M for Murder
Episode 44 - 8-05-1962
A London businessman concocts an intricate plan to murder his unfaithful wife for her money.
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Sword of Vengeance
Episode 43 - 7-29-1962
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The Day Before Atlanta
Episode 42 - 7-22-1962
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Up a Gum Tree
Episode 41 - 7-15-1962
Eccentric goings-on in a far-flung tropical colony.
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The Man Who Opted Out
Episode 40 - 7-08-1962
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Young Timothy
Episode 39 - 7-01-1962
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Member of the Family
Episode 38 - 6-24-1962
Edwin Carrington has remarried. His staid English family is surprised by his new wife.
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Undercover Cat
Episode 37 - 6-17-1962
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Worm's Eye View
Episode 36 - 6-10-1962
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The Money Machine
Episode 35 - 6-03-1962
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.
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A Child in the House
Episode 34 - 5-27-1962
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.
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Value for Money
Episode 33 - 5-20-1962
A self-made Northerner of limited sophistication finds London life a little hectic.
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The Long Memory
Episode 32 - 5-13-1962
An embittered man is released from prison, anxious for revenge on those who really perpetrated the crime for which he was convicted.
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To Whom It May Concern
Episode 31 - 5-06-1962
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Loyalties
Episode 30 - 4-29-1962
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Brian Rix Presents #15: A Clear Case
Episode 29 - 4-22-1962
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So Many Children
Episode 28 - 4-15-1962
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The High Mountain
Episode 27 - 4-08-1962
A ruthless business tycoon proposes a merger - between God and Mammon.
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This Happy Breed
Episode 26 - 4-01-1962
The travails of an ordinary London working-class family over many years.
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Both Ends Meet
Episode 25 - 3-25-1962
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Storm in a Teacup
Episode 24 - 3-18-1962
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One for the Pot
Episode 23 - 3-11-1962
The definition of a trivial subspace and of a nontrivial subspace are provided.
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Sparrow in a Cage
Episode 22 - 3-04-1962
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The Turning Point
Episode 21 - 2-18-1962
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I'll Die for You
Episode 20 - 2-11-1962
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The Happiest Days of Your Life
Episode 19 - 2-04-1962
Through a clerical error, a boys' school and a girls' school are billeted on the same premises.
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The Alderman
Episode 18 - 1-28-1962
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The Rivals
Episode 17 - 1-21-1962
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Black Limelight
Episode 16 - 1-14-1962
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Means to an End
Episode 15 - 1-07-1962
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Affair of State
Episode 14 - 12-31-1961
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.
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Episode 13 - 12-24-1961
Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
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The Judge and His Hangman
Episode 12 - 12-17-1961
Inspector Barlach is ruthless in pursuit of an arrest, and doesn't seem to care if anyone else gets hurt along the way.
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Centenary Year
Episode 11 - 12-10-1961
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Somewhere for the Night
Episode 10 - 12-03-1961
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She Stoops to Conquer
Episode 9 - 11-26-1961
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.
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Cross of Iron
Episode 8 - 11-19-1961
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Brian Rix Presents #14: Flat Spin
Episode 7 - 11-12-1961
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The Test
Episode 6 - 11-05-1961
Pressure mounts on a group of scientists as they urgently prepare to test a new top secret weapon.
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Hullo Ragtime
Episode 5 - 10-29-1961
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The Big Noise
Episode 4 - 10-22-1961
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What Every Woman Knows
Episode 3 - 10-15-1961
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.
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Faraway Places
Episode 2 - 10-08-1961
Kindly, mild mannered clerk Arthur Bruce dreams of traveling to distant lands and reads books about faraway places.
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A Clean Kill
Episode 1 - 10-01-1961
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The Hasty Heart
Episode 37 - 9-17-1961
It's 1945, Burma, the day the war is over! For many this means they've survived and will be going home. But not for everyone. A Scottish soldier, Corporal Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan is the victim of a wound to the lower back on this day. He's moved to a M.A.S.H. unit and undergoes surgery. As time goes by he begins to recover and watches, in dismay as soldiers pack up and head for home. The doctors have told him he needs to remain "for observation". The Colonel takes Sister Parker, the unit head nurse, into his confidence and tells her that the real reason.
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Wet Fish
Episode 36 - 9-03-1961
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The Winslow Boy
Episode 35 - 8-20-1961
The Winslow family return from church to their house in South Kensington on a summer morning in 1912 not knowing how their lives will be altered by their son, Ronnie, who has been expelled from Naval College for stealing a five shilling postal order.
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Brian Rix Presents #13: Basinful of the Briny
Episode 34 - 8-06-1961
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Listen James
Episode 33 - 7-23-1961
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That Lady
Episode 32 - 7-09-1961
A one-eyed adventuress at the court of Philip II of Spain becomes embroiled in scandal and intrigue.
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A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
Episode 31 - 6-25-1961
Laye-Parker M.P. and Smith, a Lobby Correspondent, have reached Moscow in their search for Kuprin, a Soviet rocket expert whom they knew at Cambridge and whom they hope to persuade to return to England. Now Laye-Parker has been arrested by the M.V.D. on unspecified charges, and Smith, a reluctant partner in the enterprise, must carry on the search alone.
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A Call on Kuprin: Part 1
Episode 30 - 6-18-1961
After the manned satellite, the armed satellite. Kuprin, the Soviet scientist, is working on a warhead for the Chelovyek. But Laye-Parker M.P. and Smith, a Lobby Correspondent at the House of Commons, remember him at Cambridge before the war as an Anglophile married to an English woman. Can they, by a personal approach, persuade him to return to this country?
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Home at Seven
Episode 29 - 6-04-1961
Mr. Preston always gets home from the office at seven o'clock - but tonight he discovers that a whole day has unaccountably gone missing from his life.
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Brian Rix Presents #12: Wolf's Clothing
Episode 28 - 5-21-1961
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Marriage Lines
Episode 27 - 5-14-1961
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Scene of the Accident
Episode 26 - 4-30-1961
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Charley's Aunt
Episode 25 - 4-16-1961
Lord Fancourt Babberley is required, much against his will, to impersonate the wealthy aunt of his friend Charley.
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Brian Rix Presents #11: A Fair Cop
Episode 24 - 4-02-1961
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Fury in Petticoats
Episode 23 - 3-26-1961
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The Wrong Side of the Park
Episode 22 - 3-19-1961
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Old Mick Mack
Episode 21 - 3-12-1961
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A Reason for Staying
Episode 20 - 3-05-1961
An Eastern European general who has fled his native country dreams of returning home - and of gaining military power there.
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The Mather Story
Episode 19 - 2-26-1961
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An Inspector Calls
Episode 18 - 2-19-1961
The comfortable lives of the wealthy Birling family are disrupted when an inspector calls on them to ask awkward questions about a girl who has committed suicide.
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The Intervener
Episode 17 - 2-12-1961
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The Final Result
Episode 16 - 2-05-1961
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A Kind of Strength
Episode 15 - 1-29-1961
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Off Centre
Episode 14 - 1-22-1961
Joe Hunter must face up to the reality of his existence, and stop having false ideas about himself and his own importance.
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A Woman Comes Home
Episode 13 - 1-15-1961
Will home be the sanctuary Bobbie James needs it to be?
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Venus Brown
Episode 12 - 1-08-1961
Jack Brown is devoted to his much younger wife, Venus; but she's not the goddess he thinks she is.
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Nearer to Heaven
Episode 11 - 1-01-1961
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Tuppence in the Gods
Episode 10 - 12-25-1960
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A Time to Fight
Episode 9 - 12-18-1960
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The Song of a March Hare
Episode 8 - 12-11-1960
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The Assassins
Episode 7 - 12-04-1960
Ruthless assassins take over an ordinary suburban home in order to commit a political murder - but where do they come from?
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The Nightwalkers
Episode 6 - 11-27-1960
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The Squeeze
Episode 5 - 11-20-1960
Big Tom, a Welsh coal miner, has always been in control of his life; but he finds himself increasingly at odds with his growing son, and even begins to wonder if his wife still loves him.
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The Wind and the Sun
Episode 4 - 11-13-1960
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A Subject of Scandal and Concern
Episode 3 - 11-06-1960
A dramatized account of a Victorian cause celebre, written by John Osborne and concerning the true story of the last person in England to be tried for blasphemy. Richard Burton plays John George Holyoake, a social reformer who goes on trial for speaking in public about his atheist views. Rachel Roberts plays his wife, and the programme is introduced by Face to Face inquisitor John Freeman.
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Looking for Garrow
Episode 2 - 10-30-1960
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The Chopping Block
Episode 1 - 10-23-1960
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Tuppence in the Gods
Episode 130 - 12-25-1960
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A Time to Fight
Episode 129 - 12-18-1960
Housewife Ellen Manders had no reason to suspect that this evening was going to be any different from any other until her husband arrived home late with his shoes and brief-case covered in mud.
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The Song of a March Hare
Episode 128 - 12-11-1960
Crumble is convinced that he was born for success in business. All he needs is a chance to prove it, and this comes with an unexpected legacy.
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The Assassins
Episode 127 - 12-04-1960
A quiet evening at home for a normal fairly prosperous middle-class family is suddenly disrupted by the arrival of two strangers - two men with a mission, fanatical and ruthless, prepared to kill if necessary; but these men are not criminals-they would be described by some as patriots.
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The Nightwalkers
Episode 126 - 11-27-1960
A young British student wandering through France today becomes involved with remnants of a former French Resistance group.
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The Squeeze
Episode 125 - 11-20-1960
Should Big Tom, a colliery face repairer, confronted by the onset of middle age, continue with his work at the risk of his life, or settle for something safer at the risk of his self-respect?
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The Wind and the Sun
Episode 124 - 11-13-1960
Ruth and Lewis Miller's marriage is almost at breaking point. The result upon their two children of the tension created by this situation is revealed in the play as an important question in modern life. The play is not regarded as suitable for viewing by children.
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A Subject of Scandal and Concern
Episode 123 - 11-06-1960
In 1842, a rebel in Cheltenham and Gloucester imprisoned for his beliefs and for the right to express them.
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Looking for Garrow
Episode 122 - 10-30-1960
American business woman Clarissa comes to England seeking one J.S. Garrow - author of an alarmingly frank new novel. But it looks as though her teenage daughter has already found Garrow - and he is franker and more alarming than his book!
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The Chopping Block
Episode 121 - 10-23-1960
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Nearer to Heaven
Episode 120 - 1-01-1961
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Venus Brown
Episode 119 - 1-08-1961
For Jack Brown, his wife Venus is a goddess in more than name. But she is not a goddess, she is a human being, and it is dangerous to worship human beings.
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A Woman Comes Home
Episode 118 - 1-15-1961
Home has many meanings; a refuge from strain, the start of 'growing up'; the source of compassion and understanding. When these are lost there is desolation, but if they are fought for, no matter with what human frailty, life may grow again out of a new wisdom.
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Off Centre
Episode 117 - 1-22-1961
Joe Hunter is a scientist living two lives: one as he sees himself, and the other as the world, sees him. The story spans the years from 1917, when he was a young pilot in the Royal Flying Corps, to the present day - when the man and his ideas come into headlong collision.
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A Kind of Strength
Episode 116 - 1-29-1961
Two men, both trapped in the world of commerce, struggle for freedom. In facing the truth about themselves, the decisions they have to make need a rare kind of strength.
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The Final Result
Episode 115 - 2-05-1961
John Horner's father, mother, and sister are waiting to hear the result of his degree examination. He is the only one who is not surprised: it is what he expected it to be. It is this result, and the action John takes as a consequence, which reveals, nakedly, the conflict within this family group.
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The Intervener
Episode 114 - 2-12-1961
Jeremy Penlove is a London solicitor and a confirmed bachelor. His life is placid and uncomplicated until, one fine summer's day, a new client, Lily Forrester, walks into his office to turn his world upside down.
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An Inspector Calls
Episode 113 - 2-19-1961
Spring, 1912 - for the wealthy a time of good living, gaiety, and a belief in the unshakability of the status quo. Mr. and Mrs. Birling are celebrating the engagement of their daughter Sheila to Gerald Croft, heir to a title; it is the pinnacle of Mr. Birling's successful rise in society.....
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The Mather Story
Episode 112 - 2-26-1961
A serious accusation by a famous artist about the work of another gives John Ramsay a chance to 'get something into the paper' and perhaps to keep his job on the Sunday Herald. But rapidly the story becomes a challenge-to his skill, and to his responsibility.
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A Reason for Staying
Episode 111 - 3-05-1961
A group of Eastern European emigres, now living in England, still hope that they will one day return to their home-land in authority. But one of them, a general, has a reason for staying.....
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Old Mick Mack
Episode 110 - 3-12-1961
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The Wrong Side of the Park
Episode 109 - 3-19-1961
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Fury in Petticoats
Episode 108 - 3-26-1961
It is 1837 and we are in the home of the Rev. William Dill, the vicar of a small parish in England. Life there is peaceful and leisurely until one day the vicar welcomes into his household a native girl brought from Tierra del Fuego by a Mr. Charles Darwin....
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Brian Rix presents: A Fair Cop
Episode 107 - 4-02-1961
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Charley's Aunt
Episode 106 - 4-16-1961
I'm Charley's Aunt from Brazil - where the nuts come from.
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Scene of the Accident
Episode 105 - 4-30-1961
When a prominent Q.C. is knocked down and killed by a car, the driver's Insurance Company is faced with paying out on a very substantial claim. Briefed to investigate possible grounds for disputing liability, Sam Holford unearths a delicate and intriguing situation.
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Marriage Lines
Episode 104 - 5-14-1961
A comedy of marriage, set in the secure partnership of two mature and worldly people, examines what happens when an envious free-lance tries to rock the boat.
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Brian Rix presents: Wolf's Clothing
Episode 103 - 5-21-1961
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Home at Seven
Episode 102 - 6-04-1961
Home at seven as usual after just another Monday at the office - or that is what Mr. Preston thought. But in fact it is Tuesday and he has no recollection of the past twenty-four hours. It soon becomes vital to fill this gap in his memory.
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A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
Episode 101 - 6-25-1961
Laye-Parker, M.P., and Smith, a Lobby Correspondent, have reached Moscow in their search for Kuprin, a Soviet rocket expert whom they knew at Cambridge and whom they hope to persuade to return to England. Now Laye-Parker has been arrested by the M.V.D. on unspecified charges, and Smith, a reluctant partner in the enterprise, must carry on the search alone.
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A Call on Kuprin: Part 1
Episode 100 - 6-18-1961
After the manned satellite, the armed satellite. Kuprin, the Soviet scientist, is working on a warhead for the Chelovyek. But Laye-Parker, M.P., and Smith, a Lobby Correspondent at the House of Commons, remember him at Cambridge before the war as an Anglophile married to an English woman. Can they, by a personal approach, persuade him to return to this country?
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That Lady
Episode 99 - 7-09-1961
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Brian Rix presents: Basinful of the Briny
Episode 98 - 8-06-1961
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The Winslow Boy
Episode 97 - 8-20-1961
The Winslow family return from church to their house in South Kensington on a summer morning in 1912 not knowing how their lives will be altered by their son, Ronnie, who has been expelled from Naval College for stealing a five shilling postal order.
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Wet Fish
Episode 96 - 9-03-1961
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The Hasty Heart
Episode 95 - 9-17-1961
It's 1945, Burma, the day the war is over! For many this means they've survived and will be going home. But not for everyone. A Scottish soldier, Corporal Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan is the victim of a wound to the lower back on this day. He's moved to a M.A.S.H. unit and undergoes surgery. As time goes by he begins to recover and watches, in dismay as soldiers pack up and head for home.
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A Clean Kill
Episode 94 - 10-01-1961
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Faraway Places
Episode 93 - 10-08-1961
Kindly, mild mannered clerk Arthur Bruce dreams of traveling to distant lands and reads books about faraway places.
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What Every Woman Knows
Episode 92 - 10-15-1961
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.
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The Big Noise
Episode 91 - 10-22-1961
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Hello Ragtime
Episode 90 - 10-29-1961
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The Test
Episode 89 - 11-05-1961
Pressure mounts on a group of scientists as they urgently prepare to test a new top secret weapon.
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Brian Rix Presents #14: Flat Spin
Episode 88 - 11-12-1961
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Cross of Iron
Episode 87 - 11-19-1961
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She Stoops to Conquer
Episode 86 - 11-26-1961
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.
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Somewhere for the Night
Episode 85 - 12-03-1961
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Centenary Year
Episode 84 - 12-10-1961
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The Judge and His Hangman
Episode 83 - 12-17-1961
Inspector Barlach is ruthless in pursuit of an arrest, and doesn't seem to care if anyone else gets hurt along the way.
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Episode 82 - 12-24-1961
Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
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Affair of State
Episode 81 - 12-31-1961
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.
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Pay Day
Episode 42 - 10-16-1960
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The Ruffians
Episode 41 - 10-09-1960
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The Unplayed Part
Episode 40 - 10-02-1960
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A Walk in the Desert
Episode 39 - 9-25-1960
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Summer Theatre: An English Summer
Episode 38 - 9-18-1960
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Brian Rix Presents: Reluctant Heroes
Episode 37 - 9-11-1960
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Summer Theatre: Death of a Guest
Episode 36 - 9-04-1960
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Summer Theatre: The Small Victory
Episode 35 - 8-28-1960
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Summer Theatre: The Liberators
Episode 34 - 8-21-1960
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Summer Theatre: The Devil's General
Episode 33 - 8-14-1960
General Harras, a hero of the First World War, finds himself increasingly at odds with the new Germany of Adolf Hitler.
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Summer Theatre: A Dream of Treason
Episode 32 - 8-07-1960
Lambert, a government official, is required to leak a secret document - which may have serious consequences.
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Summer Theatre: The Critical Point
Episode 31 - 7-31-1960
Dr. Gage, involved in cryogenics, volunteers to be the first frozen man after murdering his wife. Dr. Mortimer discovers who killed his wife and ponders whether he should play judge and jury by switching Dr. Gage's freezing machine off?
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Summer Theatre: My Flesh, My Blood
Episode 30 - 7-24-1960
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Summer Theatre: You're a Long Time Dead
Episode 29 - 7-17-1960
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Summer Theatre: June Evening
Episode 28 - 7-10-1960
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Playhouse 90: A Town Has Turned to Dust
Episode 27 - 7-03-1960
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Twentieth Century Theatre: Musical Chairs
Episode 26 - 6-26-1960
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Twentieth Century Theatre: The Insect Play
Episode 25 - 6-19-1960
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Twentieth Century Theatre: Mr. Gillie
Episode 24 - 6-12-1960
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Twentieth Century Theatre: Doctor in the House
Episode 23 - 6-05-1960
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Twentieth Century Theatre: The Assassin
Episode 22 - 5-29-1960
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Twentieth Century Theatre: The Elder Statesman
Episode 21 - 5-22-1960
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Twentieth Century Theatre: Aren't We All
Episode 20 - 5-15-1960
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Twentieth Century Theatre: Judgment Day
Episode 19 - 5-08-1960
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Twentieth Century Theatre: The Vortex
Episode 18 - 5-01-1960
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Twentieth Century Theatre: Love on the Dole
Episode 17 - 4-24-1960
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Twentieth Century Theatre: The Queen Came By
Episode 16 - 4-17-1960
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Twentieth Century Theatre: Glorious Morning
Episode 15 - 4-10-1960
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Twentieth Century Theatre: The Price of Freedom
Episode 14 - 4-03-1960
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Twentieth Century Theatre: I Have Been Here Before
Episode 13 - 3-27-1960
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Twentieth Century Theatre: Young Woodley
Episode 12 - 3-20-1960
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Twentieth Century Theatre: The Fanatics
Episode 11 - 3-13-1960
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Twentieth Century Theatre: Journey's End
Episode 10 - 3-06-1960
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Twentieth Century Theatre: The Conquering Hero
Episode 9 - 2-28-1960
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Brian Rix Presents: Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?
Episode 8 - 2-21-1960
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Twentieth Century Theatre: MacAdam and Eve
Episode 7 - 2-14-1960
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Twentieth Century Theatre: Our Betters
Episode 6 - 2-07-1960
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Twentieth Century Theatre: The White Guard
Episode 5 - 1-31-1960
It is November 1918 and the scene is the city of Kiev in the Ukraine, lately garrisoned by the German Army of Occupation but now threatened by the approach of a large well-equipped army of Cossacks. There's no ammunition and food is desperately short in the city. But still attempts are made to raise an army of citizens to repel the invaders. Describing the impact of the collapse of the Tsarist Empire on a family of officers, this play centres on Alexei Turbin, Colonel of the White Guard, responsible for defending Kiev, and on his beautiful sister Helena, deserted by her husband and in love with a young lieutenant, Leonid Schervinsky.
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Twentieth Century Theatre: Man and Superman
Episode 4 - 1-24-1960
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The Ruffians
Episode 3 - 10-09-1960
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The Unplayed Part
Episode 2 - 10-02-1960
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A Walk in the Desert
Episode 1 - 9-25-1960
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