Episode guide
Sunday-Night Play: Season Three
51 episodes · premiered Oct 1, 1961
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- Episode 1: A Clean Kill Oct 1, 1961
- Episode 2: Faraway Places Oct 8, 1961 Kindly, mild mannered clerk Arthur Bruce dreams of traveling to distant lands and reads books about faraway places.
- Episode 3: What Every Woman Knows Oct 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 4: The Big Noise Oct 22, 1961
- Episode 5: Hullo Ragtime Oct 29, 1961
- Episode 6: The Test Nov 5, 1961 Pressure mounts on a group of scientists as they urgently prepare to test a new top secret weapon.
- Episode 7: Brian Rix Presents #14: Flat Spin Nov 12, 1961
- Episode 8: Cross of Iron Nov 19, 1961
- Episode 9: She Stoops to Conquer Nov 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…
- Episode 10: Somewhere for the Night Dec 3, 1961
- Episode 11: Centenary Year Dec 10, 1961
- Episode 12: The Judge and His Hangman Dec 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 13: The Barretts of Wimpole Street Dec 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 14: Affair of State Dec 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 15: Means to an End Jan 7, 1962
- Episode 16: Black Limelight Jan 14, 1962
- Episode 17: The Rivals Jan 21, 1962
- Episode 18: The Alderman Jan 28, 1962
- Episode 19: The Happiest Days of Your Life Feb 4, 1962 Through a clerical error, a boys' school and a girls' school are billeted on the same premises.
- Episode 20: I'll Die for You Feb 11, 1962
- Episode 21: The Turning Point Feb 18, 1962
- Episode 22: Sparrow in a Cage Mar 4, 1962
- Episode 23: One for the Pot Mar 11, 1962 The definition of a trivial subspace and of a nontrivial subspace are provided.
- Episode 24: Storm in a Teacup Mar 18, 1962
- Episode 25: Both Ends Meet Mar 25, 1962
- Episode 26: This Happy Breed Apr 1, 1962 The travails of an ordinary London working-class family over many years.
- Episode 27: The High Mountain Apr 8, 1962 A ruthless business tycoon proposes a merger - between God and Mammon.
- Episode 28: So Many Children Apr 15, 1962
- Episode 29: Brian Rix Presents #15: A Clear Case Apr 22, 1962
- Episode 30: Loyalties Apr 29, 1962
- Episode 31: To Whom It May Concern May 6, 1962
- Episode 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.
- Episode 33: Value for Money May 20, 1962 A self-made Northerner of limited sophistication finds London life a little hectic.
- Episode 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…
- Episode 35: The Money Machine Jun 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…
- Episode 36: Worm's Eye View Jun 10, 1962
- Episode 37: Undercover Cat Jun 17, 1962
- Episode 38: Member of the Family Jun 24, 1962 Edwin Carrington has remarried. His staid English family is surprised by his new wife.
- Episode 39: Young Timothy Jul 1, 1962
- Episode 40: The Man Who Opted Out Jul 8, 1962
- Episode 41: Up a Gum Tree Jul 15, 1962 Eccentric goings-on in a far-flung tropical colony.
- Episode 42: The Day Before Atlanta Jul 22, 1962
- Episode 43: Sword of Vengeance Jul 29, 1962
- Episode 44: Dial M for Murder Aug 5, 1962 A London businessman concocts an intricate plan to murder his unfaithful wife for her money.
- Episode 45: The Pretender Aug 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 46: The Mortimer Touch Aug 19, 1962
- Episode 47: Dackson's Wharf Aug 26, 1962
- Episode 48: Hedgehog Sep 2, 1962
- Episode 49: What's in It for Walter Sep 9, 1962
- Episode 50: Six Men of Dorset Sep 16, 1962 The story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, nineteenth-century labourers who formed a union and were transported to Australia.
- Episode 51: Charlie Was My Darling Sep 23, 1962