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The Best Episodes of Sunday Night Theatre Season 1

Every episode of Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Sunday Night Theatre Season 1!

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
    Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 1 - Hindle Wakes
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    #1 - Hindle Wakes

    S1:E1

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 2 - Rope
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    #2 - 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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  3. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 3 - Twelfth Night
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    #3 - 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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  4. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 4 - Cheapside
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    #4 - Cheapside

    S1:E4

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 5 - Trespass
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    #5 - Trespass

    S1:E5

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 6 - The Scarlet Pimpernel
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    #6 - 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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  7. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 7 - The Indifferent Shepherd
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    #7 - The Indifferent Shepherd

    S1:E7

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Peter Ustinov

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  8. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 10 - The Seagull
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    #8 - 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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  9. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 11 - The Lady's Not for Burning
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    #9 - The Lady's Not for Burning

    S1:E11

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 16 - Promise of Tomorrow
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    #10 - 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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  11. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 17 - Othello
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    #11 - Othello

    S1:E17

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 21 - The Title
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    #12 - The Title

    S1:E21

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 24 - The Admirable Crichton
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    #13 - 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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  14. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 31 - Adventure Story
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    #14 - Adventure Story

    S1:E31

    The story of Alexander the Great, a compulsive conqueror.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 33 - The History of Mr. Polly
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    #15 - The History of Mr. Polly

    S1:E33

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 36 - Vanity Fair
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    #16 - Vanity Fair

    S1:E36

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 40 - Party Manners
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    #17 - Party Manners

    S1:E40

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 48 - The Secret Sharer
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    #18 - The Secret Sharer

    S1:E48

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 49 - An Enemy of the People
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    #19 - An Enemy of the People

    S1:E49

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Hindle Wakes" is the best rated episode of "Sunday Night Theatre" season 1. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/1/1950. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Rope".