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ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Season 2

1969 · 50 episodes

  1. 1. Diddled

    1969-09-06

  2. 2. Episode 2

    1969-09-13

  3. 3. That Woman Is Wrecking Our Marriage

    1969-09-20

  4. 4. A Walk Through the Forest

    1969-09-27

  5. 5. The Undoing

    1969-10-04

  6. 6. In Another Country

    1969-10-11

  7. 7. Murder: The Colonel and the Naturalist

    1969-10-18

  8. 8. Murder: The Blood Relation

    1969-10-25

  9. 9. It's Called the Sugar Plum

    1969-11-01

  10. 10. Hester Lilly

    1969-11-08

    Muriel Ingram (Faith Brook) takes her friend Beatrice played by (Joan Hickson) into her confidence when she becomes suspicious of her husbands preoccupation with a young innocent looking orphan called Hester Lilly, Hester has arrived from Paris to stay with Robert Ingram the head of a boys boarding school.

  11. 11. Aren't We All?

    1969-11-15

  12. 12. The Full Cheddar

    1969-11-22

    A teacher's concentration frequently wanders as he fantasizes about living a different life.

  13. 13. The Comic

    1969-11-29

    Tod a successful comic, is now being threatened by his own insecurities which are straining the relationships with his wife/writers and his fellow troupe of stooges. It might be about Tony Hancock? but it could be about any comedian.

  14. 14. Faith and Henry

    1969-12-06

    After the last science lesson of the day at Rivington High School, in St Helens, Lancashire, a young black girl, Faith is joined by a white fellow school pupil, Henry. They strike up a conversation about what they are doing for the evening. Henry persuades Faith to forgo the bus and walk it home instead. They nip to the local shop where Henry picks up his usual weekly order of Lancashire cheese for his family, mum, dad and 3 brothers. What follows is a gentle 1960's ever so innocent multi-racial friendship that was unusual in 1960's St. Helens. They walk around the Sankey canal, get teased by other children with one shouting 'Henry's got a girlfriend' to which Henry comically chases after them before giving up. They climb a local hill where you can see the Welsh hills, Widnes and Bold power station. Henry recites a poem and every feels every so quaint, especially for the industrial north. They return home... new friendships formed.

  15. 15. Nora

    1969-12-13

  16. 16. It Calls for a Great Deal of Love

    1969-12-20

    Story of a lonely old woman who falls for a fat crossword puzzle composer.

  17. 17. Suffer Little Children

    1970-01-03

    The popularity of the Prime Minister (Lee Montague) has reached an all time low. Facing a serious economic crisis and with threats to his position, the former Post Office worker undergoes a breakdown and reverts to childhood.

  18. 18. Anniversary

    1970-01-10

  19. 19. A Doll's House

    1970-01-17

    Nora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed lives in fear of her husband's finding out and of the shame such a revelation would bring to his career. But when the truth comes out, Nora is shocked to learn where she really stands in her husband's esteem.

  20. 20. Mrs. Mouse, Are You Within?

    1970-01-24

  21. 21. The Pretenders

    1970-01-31

  22. 22. Wolly Wenpol, the Complete Works

    1970-02-07

  23. 23. Wicked Women: Alice Rhodes

    1970-02-14

  24. 24. Wicked Women: Christiana Edmunds

    1970-02-21

  25. 25. Wicked Women: Augusta Fullam

    1970-02-28

  26. 26. Wicked Women: Anne-Maria Moody

    1970-03-07

  27. 27. Wicked Women: Florence Maybrick

    1970-03-14

  28. 28. Wicked Women: Madeleine July

    1970-03-21

  29. 29. The Master and the Mask

    1970-03-28

  30. 30. The Cork Moustache

    1970-04-04

  31. 31. Fade Out

    1970-04-11

    A TV news executive gets a sensational story concerning a corrupt politician, only to find that his network bosses want to suppress it.

  32. 32. The Rococo Bush

    1970-04-18

  33. 33. Dangerous Corner

    1970-05-02

    An unexpected suicide prompts much speculation about honesty and theft.

  34. 34. The Family Is a Vicious Circle

    1970-05-09

  35. 35. When Johnny Comes Marching Home

    1970-05-16

  36. 36. Lay Down Your Arms

    1970-05-23

    At the time of the 1956 Suez Crisis and the Russian invasion of Hungary, Private Bob Hawk reports to the London Intelligence Office where the strength of Soviet troops is under scrutiny.

  37. 37. You See, the Thing Is...

    1970-05-30

  38. 38. The Salesman

    1970-05-30

    A door-to-door salesman is selling nothing tangible, but something far more worrying.

  39. 39. Married Alive

    1970-06-06

    "Married Alive was a television play written by John Mortimer, that was broadcast on NBC in 1970. "The Colonel" (Robert Culp) is a man claiming to be Liz Jardine's (Diana Rigg) long lost husband who returns after many years and moves into her life.

  40. 40. Playing with Fire

    1970-06-13

  41. 41. Slattery's Mounted Foot

    1970-06-20

    The intrigues, gossip and prejudices of a close-knit Irish clan living in the north of England.

  42. 42. Hands with the Magic Touch

    1970-06-27

  43. 43. The Gingham Dog

    1970-07-04

  44. 44. Twelfth Night

    1970-07-11

    After a shipwreck, believing her brother has been killed, Viola disguises herself as a boy named Cesario and becomes a courtier to Orsino, who sends her to deliver a message of his love to Olivia, but she falls for the messenger instead.

  45. 45. Skyscrapers

    1970-07-18

  46. 46. The Insider

    1970-07-25

  47. 47. Dear Janet Rosenberg... Dear Mr. Kooning

    1970-08-01

  48. 48. Act of Separation

    1970-08-08

  49. 49. Honour and Offer

    1970-08-15

  50. 50. Hodinott Veiling

    1970-08-22

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