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BBC Sunday-Night Theatre 

Drama | TV Series (1950–1959)
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522 episodes
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Series of television plays performed live.

Stars:

Richard Caldicot, George Woodbridge, Robert Brown | See full cast & crew »
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Series cast summary:
Richard Caldicot ...  Nicholas Whiteoak / ... 22 episodes, 1950-1956
George Woodbridge ...  Gardener / ... 20 episodes, 1950-1959
Robert Brown ...  Benjamin Lassies / ... 20 episodes, 1950-1956
Brian Rix ...  Basil Gilbert / ... 19 episodes, 1956-1959
Michael Brennan Michael Brennan ...  Ajax / ... 19 episodes, 1950-1959
John Vere John Vere ...  Menelaus / ... 17 episodes, 1950-1956
Carl Bernard Carl Bernard ...  Richard Nicholson / ... 17 episodes, 1952-1959
Patrick Barr ...  Earl of Northumberland / ... 16 episodes, 1950-1957
Larry Noble ...  Briggs / ... 16 episodes, 1956-1959
Beatrice Varley Beatrice Varley ...  Alice Greenleaf / ... 15 episodes, 1950-1959
Henry Oscar ...  John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster / ... 15 episodes, 1950-1959
Victor Platt Victor Platt ...  Blind timekeeper (ant) / ... 15 episodes, 1950-1958
Alan Wheatley ...  King Richard II / ... 15 episodes, 1950-1957
George Skillan George Skillan ...  Bishop of Carlisle / ... 14 episodes, 1950-1958
Howell Davies Howell Davies ...  Goodbody / ... 14 episodes, 1951-1958
Jane Barrett ...  Alice Maitland / ... 14 episodes, 1950-1959
Sam Kydd ...  2nd Sentry / ... 14 episodes, 1951-1959
Robert Harris ...  Padre / ... 14 episodes, 1952-1958
John Scott John Scott ...  Luke Selway / ... 14 episodes, 1950-1959
Peter Mercier Peter Mercier ...  Buddy Raymond / ... 14 episodes, 1956-1959
Leo Franklyn Leo Franklyn ...  Chief. Det Insp. Sibley / ... 14 episodes, 1956-1959
Richard Bebb Richard Bebb ...  Henry Percy, Hotspur / ... 13 episodes, 1950-1952
Walter Hudd ...  Duke / ... 13 episodes, 1951-1959
Margaretta Scott ...  Emilia / ... 13 episodes, 1950-1958
Arthur Wontner ...  Duke of Venice / ... 13 episodes, 1950-1954
Edward Chapman ...  George Hudson / ... 13 episodes, 1950-1959
Peter Cushing ...  Antoine Vanier / ... 13 episodes, 1951-1957
Bryan Coleman Bryan Coleman ...  Lord Anthony Dewhurst / ... 13 episodes, 1950-1957
Meadows White Meadows White ...  Host of the Garter Inn / ... 13 episodes, 1951-1959
Cyril Shaps ...  A hawker of masks / ... 13 episodes, 1955-1958
Michael Hordern ...  Jacques / ... 12 episodes, 1950-1959
William Devlin William Devlin ...  General / ... 12 episodes, 1952-1957
Robert Sansom Robert Sansom ...  Antonio / ... 12 episodes, 1950-1958
Jean Cadell ...  Adeline Whiteoak / ... 12 episodes, 1950-1959
Horace Sequeira Horace Sequeira ...  Earl of Salisbury / ... 12 episodes, 1950-1957
Hugh Munro Hugh Munro ...  Groom to Richard / ... 12 episodes, 1950-1954
Andrew Cruickshank Andrew Cruickshank ...  Anthony Brand / ... 12 episodes, 1951-1958
Joyce Heron Joyce Heron ...  Alice Langdon / ... 12 episodes, 1950-1958
Rupert Davies ...  Mr. Page / ... 12 episodes, 1950-1957
Noel Hood Noel Hood ...  Catherine Ivanovna / ... 12 episodes, 1951-1958
Colin Douglas Colin Douglas ...  Captain Priestman / ... 12 episodes, 1951-1959
Fabia Drake ...  Buffie, Lady Boyd-Mulholland / ... 12 episodes, 1950-1958
Ursula Howells Ursula Howells ...  Alison Baily / ... 11 episodes, 1950-1959
Maurice Colbourne ...  Earl of Salisbury / ... 11 episodes, 1951-1955
Douglas Wilmer ...  Antonio / ... 11 episodes, 1952-1959
John Slater ...  Bert Taylor / ... 11 episodes, 1950-1959
Cecil Brock Cecil Brock ...  Lord Berkeley / ... 11 episodes, 1950-1959
Rosalie Crutchley ...  Anna Weissberg / ... 11 episodes, 1951-1959
William Mervyn William Mervyn ...  Adrian Blenderbland / ... 11 episodes, 1950-1959
Beckett Bould Beckett Bould ...  Aune / ... 11 episodes, 1950-1957
Evelyn Moore Evelyn Moore ...  Lady Portaries / ... 11 episodes, 1950-1955
John Robinson John Robinson ...  Dr. Larry Parker / ... 11 episodes, 1951-1959
Kevin Stoney ...  Charles Bentham / ... 11 episodes, 1955-1958
Helen Shingler Helen Shingler ...  Helen / ... 11 episodes, 1950-1957
Winifred Hill Winifred Hill ...  A middle-aged lady / ... 11 episodes, 1951-1959
Charles Cameron Charles Cameron ...  A Doctor / ... 11 episodes, 1953-1959
Elspet Gray ...  Anne Beale / ... 11 episodes, 1955-1959
Brian Moorehead Brian Moorehead ...  Gregory / ... 11 episodes, 1952-1958
Diana Calderwood Diana Calderwood ...  Audrey / ... 11 episodes, 1952-1959
Richard Leech ...  Maurice Vaughan / ... 10 episodes, 1950-1959
Tony Britton ...  Albert Landier / ... 10 episodes, 1952-1958
Leonard Sachs ...  Duke of Surrey / ... 10 episodes, 1950-1958
William Lucas ...  Ross Robinson / ... 10 episodes, 1955-1957
David Markham David Markham ...  Charles Cartwright / ... 10 episodes, 1950-1959
John Witty John Witty ...  Herald to Mowbray / ... 10 episodes, 1950-1953
Gerald Cross ...  Isaac Mendoza / ... 10 episodes, 1953-1959
Terence Alexander ...  Alaric / ... 10 episodes, 1950-1958
Andre Van Gyseghem Andre Van Gyseghem ...  Chancellor / ... 10 episodes, 1952-1959
Olaf Pooley Olaf Pooley ...  Captain Lesgate / ... 10 episodes, 1950-1957
Edgar K. Bruce ...  Amos Dory / ... 10 episodes, 1950-1957
Una Venning Una Venning ...  Queen Elinor / ... 10 episodes, 1950-1956
Sarah Lawson ...  Bolette / ... 10 episodes, 1953-1958
Walter Fitzgerald ...  Banray / ... 10 episodes, 1951-1958
Gaylord Cavallaro Gaylord Cavallaro ...  Ben / ... 10 episodes, 1951-1959
Ronald Adam ...  George Brander / ... 10 episodes, 1950-1959
George Coulouris ...  Ben Hubbard / ... 10 episodes, 1951-1955
Hazel Douglas ...  Dora Day / ... 10 episodes, 1956-1959
Alexis Milne Alexis Milne ...  Housemaid / ... 10 episodes, 1950-1955
Clement McCallin Clement McCallin ...  Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford / ... 9 episodes, 1950-1951
Marius Goring ...  Chorus / ... 9 episodes, 1950-1957
John Fabian John Fabian ...  Duke of Bedford / ... 9 episodes, 1951-1956
Raymond Huntley ...  Challiss / ... 9 episodes, 1950-1958
Erik Chitty ...  Justice Shallow / ... 9 episodes, 1950-1959
Jane Wenham Jane Wenham ...  Donna Louisa / ... 9 episodes, 1953-1956
Roderick Lovell Roderick Lovell ...  Earl of Pembroke / ... 9 episodes, 1950-1957
Mary Hinton ...  Duchess of York / ... 9 episodes, 1950-1959
Brian Nissen Brian Nissen ...  Duke of Aumerle / ... 9 episodes, 1950-1957
Maureen Pryor Maureen Pryor ...  Elizabeth Wheeler / ... 9 episodes, 1951-1958
Pamela Alan Pamela Alan ...  Phebe / ... 9 episodes, 1953-1959
John Gabriel John Gabriel ...  A parasite / ... 9 episodes, 1950-1958
Peter Bathurst Peter Bathurst ...  Flavius / ... 9 episodes, 1951-1959
Willoughby Gray ...  Pistol / ... 9 episodes, 1950-1953
John Baker John Baker ...  Alexander Court / ... 9 episodes, 1951-1957
Basil Appleby Basil Appleby ...  David / ... 9 episodes, 1950-1956
Margot Van der Burgh Margot Van der Burgh ...  Concierge / ... 9 episodes, 1953-1959
Harold Kasket Harold Kasket ...  4th Plebeian / ... 9 episodes, 1951-1957
Neil Wilson ...  A Police Sergeant / ... 9 episodes, 1951-1958
Alban Blakelock Alban Blakelock ...  Butler at Mrs. Dot's / ... 9 episodes, 1950-1954
Robin Bailey Robin Bailey ...  Bilshan / ... 9 episodes, 1950-1956
Eric Lander Eric Lander ...  Armand St. Just / ... 9 episodes, 1955-1958
Laurence Payne ...  Gratiano / ... 9 episodes, 1952-1957
Willoughby Goddard ...  Attorney General / ... 9 episodes, 1954-1957
Fanny Carby Fanny Carby ...  Agnes / ... 9 episodes, 1952-1959
Paul Whitsun-Jones Paul Whitsun-Jones ...  Papa Valbella / ... 9 episodes, 1953-1959
Gerald Lawson Gerald Lawson ...  A gendarme / ... 9 episodes, 1951-1958
Jonathan Field Jonathan Field ...  Baylis / ... 9 episodes, 1950-1956
Basil Lord Basil Lord ...  A Sergeant of the Israeli Army / ... 9 episodes, 1952-1959
Cicely Paget-Bowman Cicely Paget-Bowman ...  Kitty Brett / ... 9 episodes, 1952-1958
Garth Adams Garth Adams ...  Policeman / ... 9 episodes, 1954-1959
Bart Allison Bart Allison ...  Clerk of the Court 9 episodes, 1953-1957
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Series of television plays performed live.

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Version of BBC Sunday-Night Theatre: The Life and Death of King John (1952) See more »

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I like these old British early theater performances
19 March 2020 | by Petra_Huber – See all my reviews

I like these old British early theater performances from the BBC Sunday Night Play series. Great stories and great actors.
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English

Release Date:

1 January 1950 (UK) See more »

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Mono

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Black and White

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1.33 : 1
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