Sunday-Night Play
Sunday-Night Play: Season 3

Air Date

October 1, 1961

Episodes

51 episodes

Sunday-Night Play

Season 3

Episodes

1. A Clean Kill

October 1, 1961

2. Faraway Places

October 8, 1961

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

3. What Every Woman Knows

October 15, 1961

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.

4. The Big Noise

October 22, 1961

5. Hullo Ragtime

October 29, 1961

6. The Test

November 5, 1961

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

7. Brian Rix Presents #14: Flat Spin

November 12, 1961

8. Cross of Iron

November 19, 1961

9. She Stoops to Conquer

November 26, 1961

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.

10. Somewhere for the Night

December 3, 1961

11. Centenary Year

December 10, 1961

12. The Judge and His Hangman

December 17, 1961

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

13. The Barretts of Wimpole Street

December 24, 1961

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

14. Affair of State

December 31, 1961

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.

15. Means to an End

January 7, 1962

16. Black Limelight

January 14, 1962

17. The Rivals

January 21, 1962

18. The Alderman

January 28, 1962

19. The Happiest Days of Your Life

February 4, 1962

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

20. I'll Die for You

February 11, 1962

21. The Turning Point

February 18, 1962

22. Sparrow in a Cage

March 4, 1962

23. One for the Pot

March 11, 1962

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

24. Storm in a Teacup

March 18, 1962

25. Both Ends Meet

March 25, 1962

26. This Happy Breed

April 1, 1962

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

27. The High Mountain

April 8, 1962

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

28. So Many Children

April 15, 1962

29. Brian Rix Presents #15: A Clear Case

April 22, 1962

30. Loyalties

April 29, 1962

31. To Whom It May Concern

May 6, 1962

32. The Long Memory

May 13, 1962

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

33. Value for Money

May 20, 1962

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

34. A Child in the House

May 27, 1962

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.

35. The Money Machine

June 3, 1962

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.

36. Worm's Eye View

June 10, 1962

37. Undercover Cat

June 17, 1962

38. Member of the Family

June 24, 1962

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

39. Young Timothy

July 1, 1962

40. The Man Who Opted Out

July 8, 1962

41. Up a Gum Tree

July 15, 1962

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

42. The Day Before Atlanta

July 22, 1962

43. Sword of Vengeance

July 29, 1962

44. Dial M for Murder

August 5, 1962

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

45. The Pretender

August 12, 1962

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

46. The Mortimer Touch

August 19, 1962

47. Dackson's Wharf

August 26, 1962

48. Hedgehog

September 2, 1962

49. What's in It for Walter

September 9, 1962

50. Six Men of Dorset

September 16, 1962

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

51. Charlie Was My Darling

September 23, 1962
No cast information available