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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!

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

    S1:E11

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    S1:E1

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    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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  4. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 3 - Twelfth Night
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    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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  5. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 4 - Cheapside
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E4

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    S1:E5

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

    S1:E7

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Peter Ustinov

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

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

    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
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E17

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    S1:E21

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    S1:E22

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

    S1:E31

    The story of Alexander the Great, a compulsive conqueror.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    S1:E33

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 36 - Vanity Fair
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E36

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 40 - Party Manners
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E40

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 48 - The Secret Sharer
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S1:E48

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Sunday Night Theatre Season 1 Episode 49 - An Enemy of the People
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    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

"The Lady's Not for Burning" is the best rated episode of "Sunday Night Theatre" season 1. It scored 6.7/10 based on 35 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/12/1950. This episode is rated 6.7 points higher than the second-best, "Hindle Wakes".