Season 6

5. The Creature

1955-01-30

A scientist searches for the Yeti in a Himalayan fastness, and is soon at odds with an adventurer who wants to find the Creature for less exalted reasons.

8. Candida

1955-02-20

The idealist Reverend Morell tries to unite Socialism and Christianity.

11. The Merchant of Venice

1955-03-13

A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange will: only the man that picks the correct casket out of three (silver, gold, and lead) can marry her. Bassanio, unfortunately, is strapped for cash with which to go wooing, and Antonio wants to help, so Antonio borrows the money from Shylock, the money-lender. But Shylock has been nursing a grudge against Antonio's insults, and makes unusual terms to the loan. And when Antonio's business fails, those terms threaten his life, and it's up to Bassanio and Portia to save him.

12. The Merchant of Venice/II

1955-03-17

A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange will: only the man that picks the correct casket out of three (silver, gold, and lead) can marry her. Bassanio, unfortunately, is strapped for cash with which to go wooing, and Antonio wants to help, so Antonio borrows the money from Shylock, the money-lender. But Shylock has been nursing a grudge against Antonio's insults, and makes unusual terms to the loan. And when Antonio's business fails, those terms threaten his life, and it's up to Bassanio and Portia to save him.

16. Midsummer Fire

1955-04-17

18. It Could Happen Only in Paris

1955-05-01

21. Romeo and Juliet

1955-05-22

In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.

23. The Legend of Pepito

1955-06-05

24. Holiday for Simon

1955-06-12

33. The Powder Magazine

1955-08-14

35. A Life in the Sun

1955-08-28

38. The Scarlet Pimpernel

1955-09-18

A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.

42. The Makepeace Story #1: The Ruthless Destiny

1955-10-16

43. The Makepeace Story #2: A New Generation

1955-10-23

44. The Makepeace Story #3: Family Business

1955-10-30

47. Idiot's Delight

1955-11-20

A group of disparate travelers are caught are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.

50. The Devil Came from Dublin

1955-12-11

51. The Devil's General

1955-12-18

A veteran hero of the German army finds himself at odds with the Nazi regime.