When her throne is threatened by a "pretender" based in Venice, Catherine the Great sends Count Orloff to deal with the problem.

The Pretender

The Mortimer Touch

Dial M for Murder

A Clean Kill

Kindly, mild mannered clerk Arthur Bruce dreams of traveling to distant lands and reads books about faraway places.

Faraway Places

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.

What Every Woman Knows

The Big Noise

Hullo Ragtime

Pressure mounts on a group of scientists as they urgently prepare to test a new top secret weapon.

The Test

Brian Rix Presents #14: Flat Spin

Cross of Iron

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.

She Stoops to Conquer

Somewhere for the Night

Centenary Year

Inspector Barlach is ruthless in pursuit of an arrest, and doesn't seem to care if anyone else gets hurt along the way.

The Judge and His Hangman

Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

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.

Affair of State

Means to an End

Black Limelight

The Rivals

The Alderman

Through a clerical error, a boys' school and a girls' school are billeted on the same premises.

The Happiest Days of Your Life

I'll Die for You

The Turning Point

Sparrow in a Cage

The definition of a trivial subspace and of a nontrivial subspace are provided.

One for the Pot

Storm in a Teacup

Both Ends Meet

The travails of an ordinary London working-class family over many years.

This Happy Breed

A ruthless business tycoon proposes a merger - between God and Mammon.

The High Mountain

So Many Children

Brian Rix Presents #15: A Clear Case

Loyalties

To Whom It May Concern

An embittered man is released from prison, anxious for revenge on those who really perpetrated the crime for which he was convicted.

The Long Memory

A self-made Northerner of limited sophistication finds London life a little hectic.

Value for Money

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.

A Child in the House

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.

The Money Machine

Worm's Eye View

Undercover Cat

Edwin Carrington has remarried. His staid English family is surprised by his new wife.

Member of the Family

Young Timothy

The Man Who Opted Out

Eccentric goings-on in a far-flung tropical colony.

Up a Gum Tree

The Day Before Atlanta

Sword of Vengeance

A London businessman concocts an intricate plan to murder his unfaithful wife for her money.

Dackson's Wharf

Hedgehog

What's in It for Walter

The story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, nineteenth-century labourers who formed a union and were transported to Australia.

Six Men of Dorset

Charlie Was My Darling

BBC anthology drama series that ran over four seasons and replaced the previous BBC Sunday Night Theatre series.

The Pretender

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