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The Best Episodes of Sunday Night Theatre

Every episode of Sunday Night Theatre ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Sunday Night Theatre!

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Sunday Night Theatre was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959. The productions for the first five years or so of the run were re-staged live

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Sunday Night Theatre Season 4 Episode 15 - L'Aiglon
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - L'Aiglon

    S4:E15

    No description available

    Director:Rudolph Cartier
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Sunday Night Theatre Season 9 Episode 45 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
    9.5/10(29 votes)

    #2 - A Midsummer Night's Dream

    S9:E45

    Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Sunday Night Theatre Season 6 Episode 5 - The Creature
    8.5/10(23 votes)

    #3 - The Creature

    S6:E5

    A scientist searches for the Yeti in a Himalayan fastness, and is soon at odds with an adventurer who wants to find the Creature for less exalted reasons.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Sunday Night Theatre Season 10 Episode 49 - Maigret and the Lost Life
    8.4/10(9 votes)

    #4 - Maigret and the Lost Life

    S10:E49

    Maigret, that most human of French detectives, sets out to solve the mystery surrounding the brutal murder of a girl whose body has been found in a street near Place Pigalle in the heart of Paris.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Sunday Night Theatre Season 8 Episode 10 - Twelfth Night
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Twelfth Night

    S8:E10

    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.

    Director:Casper Wrede
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 Episode 50 - Nineteen Eighty-Four
    7.7/10(746 votes)

    #6 - Nineteen Eighty-Four

    S5:E50

    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.]

    Director:Rudolph Cartier
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Sunday Night Theatre Season 10 Episode 14 - The Small Back Room
    7.2/10(14 votes)

    #7 - The Small Back Room

    S10:E14

    Sammy Rice - prevented by an artificial foot from military service in World War II - is instead a "back room boy", a life he finds frustrating in the extreme.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 11 - The Lady's Not for Burning
    6.7/10(35 votes)

    #8 - The Lady's Not for Burning

    S1:E11

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 Episode 20 - The Comedy of Errors
    6.4/10(11 votes)

    #9 - The Comedy of Errors

    S5:E20

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Sunday Night Theatre Season 4 Episode 19 - The Lady From The Sea
    6.1/10(15 votes)

    #10 - The Lady From The Sea

    S4:E19

    A lighthouse keeper's daughter lives her opportunistic marital life, until her past lover re-appears.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 1 - Hindle Wakes
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #11 - Hindle Wakes

    S1:E1

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 2 - Rope
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #12 - Rope

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 3 - Twelfth Night
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #13 - Twelfth Night

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 4 - Cheapside
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #14 - Cheapside

    S1:E4

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 5 - Trespass
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #15 - Trespass

    S1:E5

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 6 - The Scarlet Pimpernel
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #16 - The Scarlet Pimpernel

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 7 - The Indifferent Shepherd
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #17 - The Indifferent Shepherd

    S1:E7

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Peter Ustinov

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  18. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 10 - The Seagull
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #18 - The Seagull

    S1:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 16 - Promise of Tomorrow
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #19 - Promise of Tomorrow

    S1:E16

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 17 - Othello
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #20 - Othello

    S1:E17

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 21 - The Title
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - The Title

    S1:E21

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 22 - The Insect Play
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - The Insect Play

    S1:E22

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 24 - The Admirable Crichton
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - The Admirable Crichton

    S1:E24

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:J.M. Barrie

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  24. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 31 - Adventure Story
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Adventure Story

    S1:E31

    The story of Alexander the Great, a compulsive conqueror.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 33 - The History of Mr. Polly
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - The History of Mr. Polly

    S1:E33

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"L'Aiglon" is the best rated episode of "Sunday Night Theatre". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Rudolph Cartier and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/12/1953. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Midsummer Night's Dream".