ITV Sunday Night Theatre
| ITV Sunday Night Theatre | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | ITV Saturday Night Theatre |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Production company | Various ITV companies |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 11 January 1969 – 5 May 1974 |
ITV Sunday Night Theatre, originally titled ITV Saturday Night Theatre and often shortened to simply Sunday Night Theatre or Saturday Night Theatre,[citation needed] is a British television anthology series screened on ITV, whose episodes were contributed by various companies in the ITV network.[1]
Overview[edit]
The first episode of the programme was the teleplay Park People by Alun Owen[2] which aired on 11 January 1969.[3]
Around 200 episodes aired on ITV between 1969 and 1974, including productions of plays such as Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O'Neill, A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen and Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw.
Other episodes included adaptation of the works of William Shakespeare, James Joyce, Wilkie Collins, Simon Gray, Sam Shepard, Israel Horovitz, Arthur Miller, August Strindberg, J.B. Priestley, Lanford Wilson, and John Mortimer.[citation needed]
Directors[edit]
- Michael Lindsay-Hogg
- Anthony Page
- Mike Newell
- Fielder Cook
- Ted Kotcheff
- Peter Wood
- Vivian Matalon.[citation needed]
Actors[edit]
Helen Mirren, Laurence Olivier, Peggy Ashcroft, Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Caine, Paul Scofield, George C. Scott, Laurence Harvey, Ralph Richardson, Diana Rigg, Trevor Howard, Pamela Buchner, Glenda Jackson, Diane Cilento, Alec Guinness, Jane Asher, Martin Sheen, Colleen Dewhurst, Jean Marsh, Shelley Winters, Ian Holm, Richard Chamberlain, Edith Evans, John Gielgud, Shirley Knight, Gareth Forwood, Jeff Shankley, Sarah Douglas, Ian McKellen, George Sanders, Michael Gambon, Charmian Abrahams and Margaret Whiting.[citation needed]
Episodes[edit]
"Wicked Women"[edit]
"Wicked Women" is a six-episode drama series, produced by London Weekend, which aired as part of the second series of Saturday Night Theatre, based on true-life cases of women whose stories featured prominently in Victorian newspapers after they murdered or attempted to murder various people. These included Alice Rhodes (played by Joanna Dunham), Christiana Edmunds (Anna Massey), Augusta Fullam (Vivien Merchant), Anne-Maria Moody (Jane Asher), Florence Maybrick (Nicola Pagett), Madeleine July (Billie Whitelaw).[1] The first episode went to air on 28 February 1970.[4]
Season 1[edit]
Season 2[edit]
| Year | Ep. | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1969 | 4 | "A Walk Through the Forest" | Starring Anthony Hopkins. |
| 11 October 1969 | 6 | "In Another Country " | Starring John Thaw. |
| 22 November 1969 | 12 | "The Full Cheddar" | Starring Robin Askwith & Vivien Merchant. |
| 29 November 1969 | 13 | "The Comic" | Starring Isabel Dean. |
| 1970 | "Wicked Women" | 6 episodes, produced by London Weekend. Starring Joanna Dunham, Anna Massey, Vivien Merchant, Jane Asher, Nicola Pagett, Billie Whitelaw & Shirley Stelfox. First episode aired 28 February 1970. | |
| 1970 | "Wicked Women" | Episode: "Skyscrapers" starring Vivien Merchant | |
| 1970 | "Suffer Little Children" | Starring Josephine Tewson | |
| 1970 | "The Silver Collection" | Starring Billy Murray | |
| 1970 | "Married Alive" | Starring Diana Rigg | |
| 1970 | "The Insider" | Starring Peter Blythe | |
| 1970 | "Lay Down Your Arms" | Starring George Layton & Thérèse McMurray. | |
| 1970 | "Roll on Four O'Clock" | Written by Colin Welland. Starring Roy Battersby, Bill Dean & Jack Conley. | |
| 1970 | 42 | "Hands with the Magic Touch" | Starring Mark Eden. |
| 1970 | 44 | "Twelfth Night" | Written by William Shakespeare. Directed by John Sichel for ATV. Starring Tommy Steele, Ralph Richardson, Alec Guinness Joan Plowright, Gary Raymond, Adrienne Corri, John Moffatt, Sheila Reid, Richard Leech, Kurt Christian & Christopher Timothy.[6][7] |
| 1970 | "The Policeman and the Cook" | Starring Tim Curry | |
| 1970 | "Dangerous Corner" | Starring Ian Hendry |
Season 3[edit]
| Year | Ep. | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | "Arms and the Man" | Written by George Bernard Shaw. Starring Laurence Harvey & John Standing. | |
| 1971 | "Paper Roses" | Starring Rosalie Williams & Bill Maynard. | |
| 1971 | "Square One" | Starring Patrick Troughton. | |
| 1971 | "The Hotel in Amsterdam" | Starring Paul Scofield & Isabel Dean. Aired on 14 March 1971. | |
| 1971 | "Tales of Piccadilly: A Room Full of Holes" | Starring Richard Beckinsale. | |
| 1971 | "Tales of Piccadilly: The Way Out" | Starring Stephanie Beacham & Celia Bannerman. | |
| 1971 | "Tales of Piccadilly: Out of Town Girl" | Starring Angela Down. | |
| 1970 | "Love Doesn’t Grow on Trees" | Starring Ian Hendry. | |
| 1971 | "Fly on the Wall" | 3 episodes, starring Sean Bury. | |
| 1971 | "First Sight" | Starring Sean Bury. | |
| 1971 | "The Price" | Starring Colleen Dewhurst. |
Season 4[edit]
| Year | Ep. | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 12 | "Another Sunday and Sweet F.A." | Written by Jack Rosenthal. Directed by Michael Apted for Granada Television. Starring David Swift, Freddie Fletcher, Anne Kirkbride.[8][9] |
| 1972 | "The Last Journey" | Starring Peggy Ashcroft & John Challis.[10] | |
| 1972 | "Time Lock" | Starring Billy Murray. | |
| 1972 | "Consequences" | Starring Richard Beckinsale. | |
| 1972 | "Madly in Love" | Starring Richard Beckinsale. | |
| 1972 | "When the Wheel Turns" | Starring Sally Thomsett. | |
| 1972 | "A Man About a Dog" | Starring David Hedison. | |
| 1972 | "Last Year's Confetti" | Starring Stephanie Beacham. | |
| 1972 | "Ted" | Starring Patricia Quinn & Michael Culver. | |
| 1972 | "Ben Spray" | Starring John Alderton. | |
| 1972 | "Just in Time for Christmas" | Starring Joan Hickson. | |
| 1972 | "A Summer Story" | Starring Ian Hendry. | |
| 1972 | "Before Paris" | Starring Margaret Whiting. |
Season 5[edit]
| Year | Ep. | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 October 1972 | 1 | "The Vamp" | Starring Shelley Winters & David Wood. |
| 8 October 1972 | 2 | "When the Music Stops" | Starring Donald Churchill, Edward Fox & Mary Peach. |
| 15 October 1972 | 3 | "When the Wheel Turns" | Starring Michael Bates, Rosemary Leach & Sally Thomsett. |
| 22 October 1972 | 4 | "Ted" | Starring Ernest Clark, Patricia Quinn, Michael Culver, Tony Haygarth, Cyril Luckham, Delia Lindsay & Richard Morant. |
| 29 October 1972 | 5 | "The Samaritan" | Starring Tom Bell, Kenneth Cranham & Martin Jarvis. |
| 4 November 1972 | 6 | "Three Months Gone" | Starring Ian Gelder, Geraldine McEwan, Pat Heywood & Stephen Yardley. |
| 12 November 1972 | 7 | "God Send Sunday" | Starring Evin Crowley. |
| 19 November 1969 | 8 | "First Sight" | Starring Sean Bury & Brian Deacon. |
| 26 November 1972 | 9 | "Triangles" | |
| 3 December 1972 | 10 | "The Web" | Starring Michael Kitchen, Ann Firbank & Jenny Twigge. |
| 10 December 1972 | 11 | "The Guests" | Starring Margaret Leighton. |
| 17 December 1972 | 12 | "The Piano Player" | Starring Gareth Forwood, Clive Revill, Cyril Snaps, William Simons & Angharad Rees. |
| 7 January 1973 | 13 | "The Death of Adolf Hitler" | Written by Vincent Tilsley. Directed & produced by Rex Firkin for London Weekend. Starring Frank Finlay, Caroline Mortimer & Peter Blythe.[11][12] |
| 14 January 1973 | 14 | "The Staff Room" | Starring Roland Culver, John Nettleton, Daphne Slater & David Waller. |
| 21 January 1973 | 15 | "Sarah" | Starring Ursula Howells, Mark Kingston, Richard Vernon & Pat Heywood. |
| 25 March 1973 | 16 | "Pleased to Meet You" | Starring Michael Coles, Glynn Edwards, Barry Foster & Janet Key. |
| 1 April 1973 | 17 | "The Ruffian on the Stair" | Directed by David Cunliffe for Yorkshire Television. Starring Judy Cornwell & Michael Bryant.[13][14] |
| 8 April 1973 | 18 | "A.D.A.M." | Starring Georgina Hale. |
| 15 April 1973 | 19 | "But Fred, Freud is Dead" | Starring |
| 10 March 1973 | 20 | "Long Day's Journey into Night" | Written by Eugene O'Neill. Adapted by Michael Blakemore & directed Peter Wood for ATV. Starring Laurence Olivier, Constance Cummings, Denis Quilley, Ronald Pickup & Maureen Lipman.[15][16] |
| 29 April 1973 | 21 | "Harlequinade" | Starring Sarah Douglas. |
| 6 May 2023 | 22 | "Afternoon at the Festival" | Starring |
| 13 May 1973 | 23 | "The Coffee Lace" | Starring |
| 20 May 1973 | 24 | "Passengers" | Starring John Thaw. Aired 20 May 1973. |
| 3 June 1973 | 25 | "Willy" | Starring |
| 17 June 1973 | 26 | "Lorna and Ted" | Starring |
| 1 July 1973 | 27 | "Reckoning Day" | Starring |
| 8 July 1973 | 28 | "It Only Hurts for a Minute" | Starring |
| 15 July 1973 | 29 | "The Intruders" | Starring Julie Dawn Cole. |
| 22 July 1973 | 30 | "Blinkers" | Starring |
| 29 July 1973 | 31 | "Free as a Bird" | Starring |
| 5 August 1973 | 32 | "A Question of Everything" | Starring |
Season 6[edit]
| Year | Ep. | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1973 | 1 | "Young Guy Seeks Part Time Work" | Starring Bruce Boa, Anna Massey & Anton Rodgers. |
| 23 September 1973 | 2 | "Hopcraft into Europe" | Starring Clive Revill, Geraldine McEwan, Arthur Lowe, Angela Scoular, Diana Quick & Ian Charleson. |
| 28 October 1973 | 3 | "Katapult" | Starring James Bate, Tom Chadbon, Warren Clarke, Paul Freeman, Norman Jones & Tony Melody. |
| 16 December 1973 | 4 | "In the Heel of the Hunt" | Starring Rynagh O'Grady. |
| 23 December 1973 | 5 | "Visitors" | Starring Kathleen Byron, Jennie Linden & Moira Redmond. |
| 24 February 1974 | 6 | "No Harm Done" | Starring Helen Worth. Michael Cashman, Lee Montague, Tony Selby, Rowena Cooper & Michael Forrest. |
| 31 March 1974 | 7 | "Geography of a Horse Dreamer" | Written by Sam Shepard. Starring Iain Cuthbertson, Donal Donnelly, Paul Maxwell, Eddie Powell & T. P. McKenna |
| 7 April 1974 | 8 | "Only the Other Day" | Starring Polly Adams, Michael Byrne, Susan Engel, Derek Fowlds, Derrick O'Connor & Angela Scoular. |
| 20 March 1978 | 9 | "Catholics" (aka "Conflict", "A Fable of the Future" and "The Visitor") | Written by Brian Moore & directed by Jack Gold for HTV. Starring Trevor Howard, Martin Sheen, Michael Gambon, Leon Vitali, Raf Vallone and Cyril Cusack.[17][18] |
| 5 May 1974 | 10 | "There is a Happy Land" | Starring Bernard Atha, Fred Feast, Christine Buckley & Bryan Pringle. |
Other episodes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Wicked Women". Nostalgia Central. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ "Park People (1969)". BFI watch and discover. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ a b Rich (22 January 1969). "Radio-Television: Foreign TV Reviews - SATURDAY NIGHT THEATRE". Variety. 253 (10): 39.
- ^ "ITV Saturday Night Theatre - Season 2 Episode 25". Video Detective. 28 February 1970. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
- ^ "Park People (1969)". BFI watch and discover. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
- ^ Patrick Campbell (16 July 1970). "Television Today: Exceptional teamwork in distinguished production". The Stage and Television Today (4657): 13.
- ^ Brooke, Michael. "Twelfth Night (1970)". BFI Screenonline. British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ Patrick Campbell (13 April 1972). "And For My Next Trick". The Stage and Television Today (4748): 13.
- ^ McDonagh, Fintan. "Another Sunday and Sweet F.A. (1972)". BFI Screenonline. British Film Institute. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ "The Last Journey (1972)". BFI. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022.
- ^ Patrick Campbell (11 January 1973). "The Death of Adolf Hitler". The Stage and Television Today (4787): 19.
- ^ "The Death of Adolf Hitler (1973)". BFI. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ Sheldon, Larry (5 April 1973). "Television Today-- Reviews: The Ruffian on the Stair". The Stage and Television Today (4799): 13.
- ^ "The Ruffian on the Stair (1973)". BFI. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 17 October 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ Bok (14 March 1973). "Television Reviews: LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT". Variety. 270 (5): 46.
- ^ "Long Day's Journey into Night (1973)". BFI. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ Fob (5 December 1973). "Television Reviews: CATHOLICS". Variety. 273 (4): 38.
- ^ "Catholics A Fable of the Future (1973)". BFI. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
