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Season 3

Sunday-Night Play Season 3

October. 01,1961
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5.5
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BBC anthology drama series that ran over four seasons and replaced the previous BBC Sunday Night Theatre series.

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Sunday-Night Play Season 3 Full Episode Guide

Episode 51 - Charlie Was My Darling
First Aired: September. 23,1962

Episode 50 - Six Men of Dorset
First Aired: September. 16,1962

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

Episode 49 - What's in It for Walter
First Aired: September. 09,1962

Episode 48 - Hedgehog
First Aired: September. 02,1962

Episode 47 - Dackson's Wharf
First Aired: August. 26,1962

Episode 46 - The Mortimer Touch
First Aired: August. 19,1962

Episode 45 - The Pretender
First Aired: 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.

Episode 44 - Dial M for Murder
First Aired: August. 05,1962

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

Episode 43 - Sword of Vengeance
First Aired: July. 29,1962

Episode 42 - The Day Before Atlanta
First Aired: July. 22,1962

Episode 41 - Up a Gum Tree
First Aired: July. 15,1962

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

Episode 40 - The Man Who Opted Out
First Aired: July. 08,1962

Episode 39 - Young Timothy
First Aired: July. 01,1962

Episode 38 - Member of the Family
First Aired: June. 24,1962

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

Episode 37 - Undercover Cat
First Aired: June. 17,1962

Episode 36 - Worm's Eye View
First Aired: June. 10,1962

Episode 35 - The Money Machine
First Aired: June. 03,1962

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.

Episode 34 - A Child in the House
First Aired: 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.

Episode 33 - Value for Money
First Aired: May. 20,1962

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

Episode 32 - The Long Memory
First Aired: 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.

Episode 31 - To Whom It May Concern
First Aired: May. 06,1962

Episode 30 - Loyalties
First Aired: April. 29,1962

Episode 29 - Brian Rix Presents #15: A Clear Case
First Aired: April. 22,1962

Episode 28 - So Many Children
First Aired: April. 15,1962

Episode 27 - The High Mountain
First Aired: April. 08,1962

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

Episode 26 - This Happy Breed
First Aired: April. 01,1962

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

Episode 25 - Both Ends Meet
First Aired: March. 25,1962

Episode 24 - Storm in a Teacup
First Aired: March. 18,1962

Episode 23 - One for the Pot
First Aired: March. 11,1962

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

Episode 22 - Sparrow in a Cage
First Aired: March. 04,1962

Episode 21 - The Turning Point
First Aired: February. 18,1962

Episode 20 - I'll Die for You
First Aired: February. 11,1962

Episode 19 - The Happiest Days of Your Life
First Aired: February. 04,1962

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

Episode 18 - The Alderman
First Aired: January. 28,1962

Episode 17 - The Rivals
First Aired: January. 21,1962

Episode 16 - Black Limelight
First Aired: January. 14,1962

Episode 15 - Means to an End
First Aired: January. 07,1962

Episode 14 - Affair of State
First Aired: 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.

Episode 13 - The Barretts of Wimpole Street
First Aired: 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.

Episode 12 - The Judge and His Hangman
First Aired: 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.

Episode 11 - Centenary Year
First Aired: December. 10,1961

Episode 10 - Somewhere for the Night
First Aired: December. 03,1961

Episode 9 - She Stoops to Conquer
First Aired: 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.

Episode 8 - Cross of Iron
First Aired: November. 19,1961

Episode 7 - Brian Rix Presents #14: Flat Spin
First Aired: November. 12,1961

Episode 6 - The Test
First Aired: November. 05,1961

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

Episode 5 - Hullo Ragtime
First Aired: October. 29,1961

Episode 4 - The Big Noise
First Aired: October. 22,1961

Episode 3 - What Every Woman Knows
First Aired: 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.

Episode 2 - Faraway Places
First Aired: October. 08,1961

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

Episode 1 - A Clean Kill
First Aired: October. 01,1961

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