Sunday Night Theatre
Season 5
195422 episodes
Episode 1
The Gift
Jan 3, 1954
Episode 10
Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure
Mar 7, 1954
Episode 13
Caste
Mar 28, 1954
Episode 16
It Never Rains
Apr 18, 1954
Episode 20
The Comedy of Errors
May 16, 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.
Episode 21
The Promised Years #1: The Liberators
May 23, 1954
Episode 22
Witch Wood
May 30, 1954
Episode 24
The Promised Years #2: The Good Partners
Jun 13, 1954
Episode 26
Three Sisters
Jun 27, 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.
Episode 27
Wilderness of Monkeys
Jul 4, 1954
Episode 28
The Promised Years #3: The Small Victory
Jul 11, 1954
Episode 32
Captain Banner
Aug 8, 1954
Episode 37
The Moon in the Yellow River
Sep 12, 1954
Episode 38
Troilus and Cressida
Sep 19, 1954
During the Trojan War, a Trojan warrior is distraught when his lover takes up with a Greek.
Episode 39
Troilus and Cressida/II
Sep 23, 1954
During the Trojan War, a Trojan warrior is distraught when his lover takes up with a Greek.
Episode 40
The Last of the De Mullins
Oct 3, 1954
Episode 42
Ninety Sail
Oct 17, 1954
Episode 45
The Silent People
Nov 7, 1954
Episode 46
Waiting for Gillian
Nov 14, 1954
The carefully-controlled marriage of James Manning begins to collapse when he realizes his wife is having an affair with a wealthy man.
Episode 49
The Whiteoak Chronicles #1: Young Renny
Dec 5, 1954
Episode 50
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Dec 12, 19541h 53m
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.]
Episode 51
Stand Still Time
Dec 19, 1954