Theatre 625

1. The Seekers: The Heretics

Air Date: 1964-05-03

Three plays on the theme of man and belief by Ken Taylor.

2. The Seekers: The Idealists

Air Date: 1964-05-10

Three plays on the theme of man and belief by Ken Taylor.

3. The Seekers: The Materialists

Air Date: 1964-05-17

Three plays on the theme of man and belief by Ken Taylor.

4. All the Conspirators: The Ides of March

Air Date: 1964-07-05

The events leading up to the assassination of Julius Caesar.

5. All the Conspirators: The Just

Air Date: 1964-07-12

A group of revolutionaries plot a political assassination.

1. Women in Crisis: Husband and Wife

Air Date: 1964-09-20

The first of three plays by Colin Morris.

2. Women in Crisis: With Love and Tears

Air Date: 1964-09-27

The second of three plays by Colin Morris.

3. Women in Crisis: My Grandmother

Air Date: 1964-10-04

The third of a trilogy by Colin Morris. Paintings by children of the Horncastle School, East Grinstead.

4. Carried by Storm

Air Date: 1964-10-25

5. Parade's End: Some Do Not

Air Date: 1964-12-06

A trilogy by Ford Madox Ford.

6. Parade's End: No More Parades

Air Date: 1964-12-13

A trilogy by Ford Madox Ford.

7. Parade's End: A Man Could Stand Up

Air Date: 1964-12-20

A trilogy by Ford Madox Ford.

8. The Minister

Air Date: 1965-01-03

9. Poor Bitos

Air Date: 1965-02-07

10. The Physicists

Air Date: 1965-02-14

Three patients in a lunatic asylum all claim to be famous physicists. One of them – but which? · actually is a famous physicist, and the agents of a foreign power want his knowledge.

11. Progress to the Park

Air Date: 1965-03-14

Three plays by Alun Owen.

12. No Trams to Lime Street

Air Date: 1965-03-21

Three plays by Alun Owen.

13. A Little Winter Love

Air Date: 1965-03-28

Three plays by Alun Owen.

14. Ironhand

Air Date: 1965-04-11

16th-century mercenary knight Götz von Berlichingen loses his right hand in battle and has a prosthetic iron hand commissioned.

15. Try For White

Air Date: 1965-04-18

16. Unman, Wittering and Zigo

Air Date: 1965-06-27

John Ebony begins a new career as a schoolteacher — and begins to suspect certain pupils of murder.

17. Seek Her Out

Air Date: 1965-07-04

Anne Follister witnesses an assassination on the London Underground and becomes the next would-be victim of the perpetrators.

18. The Long House

Air Date: 1965-07-11

Young couple Ben and Kathie buy the end house in a South London Terrace, only to discover that their neighbours have knocked through all their interior walls to form a single commune, unknown to the outside world. Invited to join this alternative community, Ben and Kathie eventually witness its collapse and final destruction.

1. Esther's Altar

Air Date: 1965-09-05

In 1916 Dublin is a story of love and hatred, engendered by the Irish Rebellion.

2. David, Chapter 2

Air Date: 1965-09-19

3. Rosmersholm

Air Date: 1965-09-26

The young and liberated Rebekka West wants Pastor Rosmer. However, will his pondering and his wife's suicide ruin their relationship?

4. Miss Julie

Air Date: 1965-10-03

Miss Julie has a torrid, strange relationship with her servant Jean.

5. Hermit Crabs

Air Date: 1965-10-10

6. Enter Solly Gold

Air Date: 1965-10-17

Con artist Solly Gold convinces a Jewish millionaire that he is the Messiah in order to steal his money.

7. The Siege of Manchester

Air Date: 1965-10-31

A German mercenary is hired to defend the small township of Manchester during the English Civil War.

8. The World of George Orwell: Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Air Date: 1965-11-07

Gordon Comstock dreams of being a great poet and giving up his dreary career in advertising. But advertising pays and poetry doesn't.

9. The World of George Orwell: Coming Up for Air

Air Date: 1965-11-21

With war looming, middle-aged George Bowling reminisces about the lost world of his village upbringing.

10. The World of George Orwell: 1984

Air Date: 1966-11-28

In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

11. Portraits from the North: The Nutter

Air Date: 1965-12-05

12. Portraits from the North: Bruno

Air Date: 1965-12-19

13. Yob and Nabob

Air Date: 1965-12-26

14. Doctor Knock

Air Date: 1966-01-02

After meeting the nefarious Doctor Knock, a number of respectable citizens in a French town become convinced that they are very ill.

15. Focus

Air Date: 1966-01-09

Towards the end of WWII, a Brooklyn man is mistaken for a Jew by anti-Semitic neighbours, forcing him to consider the nature of prejudice.

16. The Wesker Trilogy, Part 1: Chicken Soup with Barley

Air Date: 1966-01-23

A Jewish family from in London strive to maintain their 1930s Communist beliefs, through the War and the rise of Stalin, to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

17. The Wesker Trilogy, Part 2: Roots

Air Date: 1966-01-30

A uneducated Norfolk girl matures into a confident woman.

18. The Wesker Trilogy, Part 3: I'm Talking About Jerusalem

Air Date: 1966-02-06

A London couple move to an isolated Norfolk cottage and try to live off the land.

19. Kiss on a Grass Green Pillow

Air Date: 1966-02-13

20. A Man Like That

Air Date: 1966-02-27

21. Simon and Laura

Air Date: 1966-03-06

An argumentative theatrical couple are persuaded to appear as harmonious versions of themselves in a television series filmed in their own home.

22. The Queen and Jackson

Air Date: 1966-03-13

23. A Month in the Country

Air Date: 1966-03-20

In this rendering of the Turgenev play, a woman toys with a young admirer's affections while spending a month at a country estate.

24. The Seagull

Air Date: 1966-03-27

Young playwright Konstantin is in love with aspiring actress Nina, who in turn is infatuated with his famous writer lover Trigorin.

25. Twelfth Hour

Air Date: 1966-04-03

26. The Queen and the Welshman

Air Date: 1966-04-10

The story of Queen Katherine, widow of Henry V, and her affair with Welsh hero of Agincourt, Sir Owen Tudor.

27. Final Demand

Air Date: 1966-04-24

28. Semi-Detached

Air Date: 1966-05-01

29. She Stoops to Conquer

Air Date: 1966-05-29

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.

30. Up and Down

Air Date: 1966-06-05

31. Marianne

Air Date: 1966-06-12

32. The Melody Suit

Air Date: 1966-06-19

33. On the March to the Sea

Air Date: 1966-07-17

During the American Civil War, a Southern patriarch finds his house occupied by enemy soldiers.

34. How to Get Rid of Your Husband

Air Date: 1966-07-24

35. Girl of My Dreams

Air Date: 1966-07-31

1. Talking to a Stranger, Part 1: Anytime You're Ready I'll Sparkle

Air Date: 1966-10-02

Over the course of a single weekend, the Stevens family's lives will change forever.

2. Talking to a Stranger, Part 2: No Skill or Special Knowledge is Required

Air Date: 1966-10-09

Over the course of a single weekend, the Stevens family's lives will change forever.

3. Talking to a Stranger, Part 3: Gladly My Cross-Eyed Bear

Air Date: 1966-10-16

Over the course of a single weekend, the Stevens family's lives will change forever.

4. Talking to a Stranger, Part 4: The Innocent Must Suffer

Air Date: 1966-10-23

Over the course of a single weekend, the Stevens family's lives will change forever.

5. Conquest: The Encounter

Air Date: 1966-10-29

6. Conquest: The Leopard and the Dragon

Air Date: 1966-10-30

7. Amerika

Air Date: 1966-11-06

After a minor scandal involving a servant girl, young Karl is packed off to America, a land he finds distinctly strange.

8. The Family Reunion

Air Date: 1966-11-27

Dark secrets emerge when a family gathers for a birthday party at their country house.

9. Anatol

Air Date: 1966-12-04

10. Sword of Honour, Part 1: Men at Arms

Air Date: 1967-01-02

Prevented by his strict Roman Catholicism from divorcing his faithless wife, Guy Crouchback prepares for war in 1939.

11. Sword of Honour, Part 2: Officers and Gentlemen

Air Date: 1967-01-09

As he journeys through the Second World War, Crouchback undergoes various grotesque adventures, both comic and tragic.

12. Sword of Honour, Part 3: Unconditional Surrender

Air Date: 1967-01-16

At the end of the war, Crouchback ponders his future.

13. A Slight Ache

Air Date: 1967-02-06

Married couple Edward and Flora explore their dreams and desires, primarily Edward's fears of the unknown, of aging, and of the 'Other' as a threat to his self-identity.

14. A Night Out

Air Date: 1967-02-13

Albert, a shy and repressed young man who lives with his mother, is persuaded to go for 'a night out' with his workmates; it turns nightmarish.

15. The Basement

Air Date: 1967-02-20

An uneasy friendship between an introspective loner and a more gregarious man is renewed when the latter turns up at the former's basement flat one rainy night accompanied by an enigmatic, beautiful, mostly silent, girlfriend.

16. Hotel Torpe

Air Date: 1967-03-13

17. As a Man Grows Older

Air Date: 1967-04-03

18. Kain

Air Date: 1967-04-17

Brothers Kain and Rattler Sutherland live on a Northern Territory station. The unstable Kain clashes with the more laid-back Rattler over several issues - money, treatment of local Blacks, cattle, but most of all, their Aboriginal housemaid, Kaita, whom Kain is convinced Rattler has impregnated.

19. The Loser

Air Date: 1967-05-01

20. The Winner

Air Date: 1967-05-08

21. The Fantasist

Air Date: 1967-05-15

22. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

Air Date: 1967-05-29

23. The Blood Knot

Air Date: 1967-06-12

24. Henry IV

Air Date: 1967-06-26

In twentieth-century Italy, a man insists that he is Enrico Quattro, an Italian monarch from centuries before. Obviously, he's a madman - isn't he?

25. Firebrand

Air Date: 1967-07-02

26. The Plough and the Stars

Air Date: 1967-07-16

A husband clashes with his wife over his membership to the Irish citizen army.

27. Tickle Times

Air Date: 1967-07-30

28. 55 Columns

Air Date: 1967-08-06

29. Stan's Day Out

Air Date: 1967-08-13

30. The Cupboard

Air Date: 1967-08-20

1. The Memorandum

Air Date: 1967-09-24

2. The Lost Years of Brian Hooper

Air Date: 1967-10-08

3. The Magicians: Dr Dee, Kelly and the Spirits

Air Date: 1967-10-15

4. The Magicians: The Incantation of Casanova

Air Date: 1967-10-22

5. The Magicians: Edmund Gurney and the Brighton Mesmerist

Air Date: 1967-10-29

6. The Single Passion

Air Date: 1967-11-05

7. The Burning Bush

Air Date: 1967-11-12

8. Kittens Are Brave

Air Date: 1967-11-26

9. Lieutenant Tenant

Air Date: 1967-12-04

10. Play with a Tiger

Air Date: 1967-12-18

11. To See How Far It Is: Murphy's Law

Air Date: 1968-01-01

Murphy is a humble pen-pusher in a cardboard box factory who tries to brighten his life with home movies, tape-recording, and homemade wine. But success can come from failure...

12. To See How Far It Is: The Curse of the Donkins

Air Date: 1968-01-08

13. To See How Far It Is: To See How Far It Is

Air Date: 1968-01-15

14. Albinos in Black

Air Date: 1968-01-22

15. The Swallow's Nest

Air Date: 1968-01-29

16. The Lady Is a Liar

Air Date: 1968-02-26

17. To the Frontier

Air Date: 1968-03-04

18. Party Games

Air Date: 1968-03-11

A German businessman develops an obsessive passion for a girl he picks up in an East End pub. But she, and her brother, are playing their own game.

19. The Fall of Kelvin Walker

Air Date: 1968-04-22

20. The Fanatics

Air Date: 1968-04-29

An account of the famous 'Calas case', in which Voltaire managed, at great personal risk, to set right an injustice.

21. Home, Sweet Honeycomb

Air Date: 1968-05-13

Anyone who doesn't conform to bourgeois norms in a post-apocalyptic world is ritually executed.

22. The Pistol Shot

Air Date: 1968-05-20

23. The Life Class

Air Date: 1968-05-27

24. All's Well That Ends Well

Air Date: 1968-06-03

A woman is given in marriage to the man she longs for, but, because she's of lower rank, he refuses to accept. It becomes her challenge to win his acceptance.

25. Wind Versus Polygamy

Air Date: 1968-07-15

When Councillor Ogidi and Mr Madu come to Chief Ozuomba's court, both wanting to marry Elina, the Chief sees his chance to oppose the new anti-polygamy law.

26. The Year of the Sex Olympics

Air Date: 1968-07-29

In a future where the world is dominated and run by television, where language has become almost redundant and all 'tensions' - love, war, hate, loyalty - have been removed, overpopulation is a problem, so there are gluttony programmes to put people off food and pornography programmes to put them off sex. There is artsex and sportsex, and now this - the year of the Sex Olympics. Audience attention begins to wane, however, until TV executive Ugo Priest works on a new concept - a reality-based programme in which a couple is stranded on a bleak island, without the aid of any modern technology, and their efforts to survive filmed twenty-four hours a day.

27. Mille Miglia

Air Date: 1968-08-05