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The Best Episodes of Sunday Night Theatre Season 5

Every episode of Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Sunday Night Theatre Season 5!

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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 5 Episode 50 - Nineteen Eighty-Four
    7.7/10(747 votes)

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

    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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  3. Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 Episode 1 - The Gift
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E1

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    Director:Barry Learoyd
    Writer:C.E. Webber

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  4. Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 Episode 10 - Ambrose Applejohn's Adventure
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 Episode 13 - Caste
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E13

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 Episode 16 - It Never Rains
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E16

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 Episode 21 - The Promised Years #1: The Liberators
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E21

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 Episode 22 - Witch Wood
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E22

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    Director:Chloe Gibson
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 Episode 24 - The Promised Years #2: The Good Partners
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E24

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 Episode 26 - Three Sisters
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E26

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 Episode 27 - Wilderness of Monkeys
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E27

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    Director:Chloe Gibson
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 Episode 28 - The Promised Years #3: The Small Victory
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E28

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 Episode 32 - Captain Banner
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E32

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 Episode 37 - The Moon in the Yellow River
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E37

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 Episode 38 - Troilus and Cressida
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E38

    During the Trojan War, a Trojan warrior is distraught when his lover takes up with a Greek.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 Episode 39 - Troilus and Cressida/II
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E39

    During the Trojan War, a Trojan warrior is distraught when his lover takes up with a Greek.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 Episode 40 - The Last of the De Mullins
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E40

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 Episode 42 - Ninety Sail
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E42

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 Episode 45 - The Silent People
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E45

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 Episode 46 - Waiting for Gillian
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E46

    The carefully-controlled marriage of James Manning begins to collapse when he realizes his wife is having an affair with a wealthy man.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 Episode 49 - The Whiteoak Chronicles #1: Young Renny
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E49

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Sunday Night Theatre Season 5 Episode 51 - Stand Still Time
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E51

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Nineteen Eighty-Four" is the best rated episode of "Sunday Night Theatre" season 5. It scored 7.7/10 based on 747 votes. Directed by Rudolph Cartier and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/12/1954. This episode is rated 1.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Comedy of Errors".