Season 1

Episode 1

Hindle Wakes

Jan 1, 1950

Episode 2

Rope

Jan 8, 1950

Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime.

Episode 3

Twelfth Night

Jan 15, 1950

Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. Orsino sends her to help him woo the Lady Olivia, who doesn't want the Duke, but finds that she likes the new messenger the Duke's sending. Then, of course, Viola's brother shows up, and merry hell breaks loose. Meanwhile, Olivia's uncle and his cohorts are trying to find some way to get back at Olivia's officious majordomo, Malvolio.

Episode 4

Cheapside

Jan 22, 1950

Episode 5

Trespass

Jan 29, 1950

Episode 6

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Feb 5, 1950

A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.

Episode 7

The Indifferent Shepherd

Feb 12, 1950

Episode 10

The Seagull

Mar 5, 1950

This quintessential Chekhov drama--his first success--is both comic and tragic. A group of friends and relations gather at a country estate to see the first performance of an experimental play written and staged by the young man of the house, Konstantin, an aspiring writer who dreams of bringing new forms to the theatre.

Episode 11

The Lady's Not for Burning

Mar 12, 1950

Episode 16

Promise of Tomorrow

Apr 16, 1950

Marius Goring stars as Tommy Savidge, a crippled poet who longs to compose verse dramas but is forced to write trashy plays for dingy provincial repertory companies to make a living.

Episode 17

Othello

Apr 23, 1950

Episode 21

The Title

May 21, 1950

Episode 22

The Insect Play

May 28, 1950

Episode 24

The Admirable Crichton

Jun 11, 1950

A group of people are shipwrecked when their yacht runs around on a South Pacific island. The usable hierarchy in a upper-class British family breaks down quickly when it becomes apparent that only the servant Crichton is capable of surviving on his own and he becomes the communities leader.

Episode 30

Dark Tribute

Air date not announced

Episode 31

Adventure Story

Jul 30, 1950

The story of Alexander the Great, a compulsive conqueror.

Episode 33

The History of Mr. Polly

Aug 13, 1950

Episode 36

Vanity Fair

Sep 3, 1950

Episode 40

Party Manners

Oct 1, 1950

Episode 48

The Secret Sharer

Nov 26, 1950

A ship's captain must conceal a stowaway from his crew.

Episode 49

An Enemy of the People

Dec 3, 1950

A scientist stands against an entire town when he discovers their medicinal spa is polluted.