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A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.
John Vernon
BBC Television
55
45 min
Internalised father issues cause a bride to experience cold feet on her wedding day.
Jan 21, 1957
In the smallest country in the world, the daughter of the American ambassador falls in love with the son of the Russian ambassador. Oops.
Jan 28, 1957
A young tomboy named Frankie is forced to face her own immaturity as a result her older brother's wedding.
Feb 18, 1957
An American soldier in West Berlin deserts and goes on the run when faced with false trafficking and murder charges. He takes shelter with a cabaret singer, whom he manages to persuade to help prove his innocence.
Mar 4, 1957
Mar 18, 1957
An imminent wedding is endangered by a domineering matriarch.
Mar 31, 1957
A couple of Australian cane-cutters plan their usual annual holiday of boozing and womanizing; but this year it's different.
May 27, 1957
A newly married couple are given a Budgie as a wedding present. Little do they know that the Budgie is possessed by the spirit of the bride's late first husband.
Jun 4, 1957
In this musical adaptation of Max Beerbohm's 1911 novel, a beautiful young woman visits Oxford, causing all the male students to fall madly in love with her.
Jun 12, 1957
An engaged man begins to fall for another woman. Fortunately, his fiancee is loathsome, making his decision easier, though the audience is left wondering why it takes the entire play to decide it, and why he was ever engaged to the less than pleasant woman in the first place.
Jul 1, 1957
Jul 8, 1957
Sir Robert and Lady Lydia Marlowe have spent many years abroad in the diplomatic service. On their 25th wedding anniversary, she announces they should go their own separate ways. Her gift is a series of love letters Robert had written to different women throughout his career, each of whom Lydia has befriended.
Aug 12, 1957
Aug 27, 1957
A satirical look at Victorian life, set entirely in the drawing room of Henry Mansfield's house in an English provincial town in 1884.
Sep 2, 1957
In 1950s Paris, journalist Sibilot works at right-wing publication Soir á Paris, where he pens anti-communist propaganda. His life hits a major turnpoint when he's unable to come up with a great idea, and his boss informa him that he will be fired if no great story comes soon.
Sep 16, 1957
Happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant John Lawless lands a job as the butler of an unconventional millionaire, Biddle. His daughter Cordelia tires of the unusual antics of her father--especially since the nice young men around town all fear him. Wouldn't you fear a father-in-law that keeps alligators for pets and teaches boxing at his daily Bible courses?
Nov 28, 1957
Jan 12, 1958
Jan 21, 1958
Feb 11, 1958
Apr 10, 1958
Apr 29, 1958
A routine board meeting of a successful company reveals some facts that a traitor has left the company in a perilous position on the verge of ruin.
May 15, 1958
Jim Cherry has the opportunity to change his life - will he take the risk?
Jun 5, 1958
Jun 26, 1958
