Hopefully incomplete list of surviving episodes of "BBC Sunday-Night Play" (24 episodes)

by Thor-Delta | created - 06 Feb 2013 | updated - 06 Feb 2013 | Public

Compiled using lostshows.com

As you are likely already aware, much of BBC's 1960s-era TV output is lost. This is a list of episodes of "Sunday-Night Play" that are reported to still exist.

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1. BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)

60 min | Drama

BBC Sunday-Night Play is the anthology drama series which replaced Sunday Night Theatre in 1960.

Stars: Brian Rix, Joby Blanshard, Cyril Luckham, John Bennett

Votes: 131

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2. BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
Episode: Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe (1960)

Drama

Todays theme: Twentieth Century Theatre: Colombe.

Director: Naomi Capon | Stars: Françoise Rosay, Dorothy Tutin, Freda Jackson, Sean Connery

Votes: 23

9. BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
Episode: Summer Theatre: The Critical Point (1960)

80 min | Drama

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?

Director: George R. Foa | Stars: Mervyn Johns, Owen Holder, Neil Wilson, Kay Hawtrey

10. BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
Episode: Summer Theatre: A Dream of Treason (1960)

Drama

Lambert, a government official, is required to leak a secret document - which may have serious consequences.

Stars: Tony Britton, Andrew Cruickshank, Judith Stott, Ernest Clark

14. BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
Episode: A Subject of Scandal and Concern (1960)

65 min | Drama

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 ... See full summary »

Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Richard Burton, Rachel Roberts, George Howe, Colin Douglas

Votes: 48

19. BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
Episode: A Call on Kuprin: Part 1 (1961)

Drama

Russia's Space Race success is mainly due to a brilliant rocket scientist, Kuprin. But a journalist and a politician in London remember him as a fervent Anglophile who had to leave Britain under duress. Can he be persuaded to return?

Stars: Eric Portman, John Gregson, Marius Goring, Martita Hunt

20. BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
Episode: A Call on Kuprin: Part 2 (1961)

Drama

Smith and Laye-Parker meet Kuprin and find he is less anxious to leave Russia than they supposed.

Stars: Eric Portman, John Gregson, Marius Goring, Martita Hunt

25. BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960–1963)
Episode: Something to Hide (1962)

Drama

Karen Holt's bad driving leads to the death of a young girl. Her husband hides the body but Insp. Davies asks about a missing girl, Judy Grant who was also Howard's mistress. The pair decide to keep it secret but then get a blackmail note.

Stars: Ann Castle, Anthony Bate, Glyn Owen, Susan Burnet



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