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- The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
- 1950–19592h 25mTV EpisodeThe incompetent Richard II is deposed by Henry Bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once he is no longer king.
- In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
- The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
- King John does whatever it takes to keep himself on the throne of England, making enemies of the pope, France, and his nephew along the way.
- When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. When they put their heads together and compare missives, they plan a practical joke or two to teach the knight a lesson. But Mistress Ford's husband is a very jealous man and is pumping Falstaff for information of the affair. Meanwhile the Pages' daughter Anne is besieged by suitors.
- After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing.
- A group of nuclear scientists face a moral dilemma when they discover that as well as making electricity, their government also wants to make nuclear bombs with their products.
- Two identical twins and their two servants (also identical twins) are separated in a ship-wreck. When, years later, they all show up in the same town, mistaken identities abound.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1950–19591h 30mTV Episode
- Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
- 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.
- Brutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Petruchio tames his wealthy shrewish wife, Katharina.
- Exiled Prospero lives on a desolate island with his daughter, Miranda. When Prospero's usurping brother sails by the island, Prospero conjures a storm that wrecks the ship and changes all of their lives.
- During the Trojan War, a Trojan warrior is distraught when his lover takes up with a Greek.
- Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. Orsino sends her to help him woo the Lady Olivia, who doesn't want the Duke, but finds that she likes the new messenger the Duke's sending. Then, of course, Viola's brother shows up, and merry hell breaks loose. Meanwhile, Olivia's uncle and his cohorts are trying to find some way to get back at Olivia's officious majordomo, Malvolio.
- Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. Orsino sends her to help him woo the Lady Olivia, who doesn't want the Duke, but finds that she likes the new messenger the Duke's sending. Then, of course, Viola's brother shows up, and merry hell breaks loose. Meanwhile, Olivia's uncle and his cohorts are trying to find some way to get back at Olivia's officious majordomo, Malvolio.
- Before becoming one of America's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln had a long career as a businessman, lawyer, government official and elected representative for the state of Illinois. This film looks at the rise of this self-educated statesman, including his famous series of public debates with rival Stephen Douglas. A glimpse is also shown of some of the more personal aspects of his Lincoln's life, including the early romance and heartbreak he experienced with Ann Rutledge.
- A young American man is transported back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meets his ancestors.
- In a totalitarian future society, Winston Smith, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
- Mankind's plans for further expansion into outer space in the year 2021 are threatened by an unseen alien force.
- A group of people are shipwrecked when their yacht runs around on a South Pacific island. The usable hierarchy in a upper-class British family breaks down quickly when it becomes apparent that only the servant Crichton is capable of surviving on his own and he becomes the communities leader.
- An opportunistic Russian businessman tries to pass a mysterious impostor as the Grand Duchess Anastasia. But she is so convincing in her performance that even the biggest skeptics believe her.
- In 19th century England, captain George Brummell is an upper-class dandy. He has to leave the army after having insulted the crown prince. This gives him the opportunity to start a smear campaign against the prince. The prince, who is tired of all the yes-men around him, hires him as his chief advisor.
- Years after her aunt was murdered in her home, a young woman moves back into the house with her new husband. However, he has a secret that he will do anything to protect, even if means driving his wife insane.
- Ousted from their homeland by the Bolshevik revolution, a royal Russian couple find themselves impoverished and living in Paris. They take positions as butler and housemaid in a wealthy household and, owing to their impeccable breeding and manners, excel in their new jobs. But once they are recognized for the royal couple they are, they must face new -- and formidable -- responsibilities.
- A London businessman concocts an intricate plan to murder his unfaithful wife for her money.
- Mistreated foundling Heathcliff and his stepsister Catherine fall in love, but when she marries a wealthy man, he becomes obsessed with getting revenge, even well into the next generation.
- The story of Alexander the Great, a compulsive conqueror.
- A group of Allied prisoners of war use a dummy to cover their attempts to escape a German camp.
- Who is the mysterious master-criminal known as "the Frog"?
- Dr Schweitzer, a former internationally-famous organist and theologian, is working in a small hospital in French colonial Africa. He founded the institute at his own expense, leaving his wife and child behind in Europe. The outbreak of the First World War sparks unrest amongst the natives. It also brings the local French officials to the hospital. They intern him as an enemy alien due to his German birth, despite the fact that this will mean the closure of the only medical facility anywhere in the area.
- Maigret, that most human of French detectives, sets out to solve the mystery surrounding the brutal murder of a girl whose body has been found in a street near Place Pigalle in the heart of Paris.
- Crystof Wolters is German born but working in and owing allegiance to Britain. The play is concerned with how and why he betrays that allegiance, and how, after a tense cat-and mouse-game, he is led to reveal his betrayal.
- In rural 1840's Scotland, Gavin Dishart arrives to become the new "little minister" of Thrums's Auld Licht church. He meets a mysterious young gypsy girl in the dens and to his horror Babbie draws him into her escape from the soldiers after she incites a Luddite riot. But unknown to Gavin, Babbie is more than she seems. And they must overcome her secret, the villagers' fears of her, and worst of all, Gavin's devotion to his mother's sensibilities, before they can openly declare their love.
- 1950–1959TV Episode
- 1950–19591h 30mTV EpisodeBob Bennett accept a bet that he will not tell a lie for twenty-four hours.
- 1950–1959TV Episode
- 1950–1959TV Episode
- 1950–1959TV Episode
- 1950–19591h 30mTV EpisodeThe tyrannical landlady Mrs Austin terrorises her lodgers with her bread and butter pudding, while newlyweds Mr and Mrs Pepper realise that marriage is no honeymoon and Wilf and Ethel Pearson try to prevent their daughter Sally from running off with a local "theatrical" trickster. Chaos abounds in this stormy seaside resort.
- 1950–1959TV Episode
- 1950–19591h 30mTV Episode
- 1950–1959TV Episode
- A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether she'll meet her final days with dignity.
- It's 1920 in a small town in Kentucky, and Teddy, a teenage girl, dreams of escaping from her boredom at home to the excitement of Chicago.
- An over-the-hill heavyweight boxing champion who suffers from the ravages of years of head trauma is exploited by his manager, despite the efforts of a compassionate young woman who tries to help him recover his self-respect.
- Joan of Arc faces her interrogators before they burn the 19 year old at the stake.
- The Prince of Wales, contrary to strict royal protocol, falls in love with a commoner, Maria Fitzherbert, and plans to marry her.
- The Austro-Hungarian empire is rocked by scandal when Crown Prince Rudolf and his mistress Mare Vetsera are found dead at the Mayerling hunting lodge.
- Todays theme: The Public Prosecutor Part 2.
- The action takes place in Gloria Farraday's home in London. Time: Summer 1949.
- Successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns his wife has been unfaithful.
- Just who is the mysterious Mary Rose - a creature of this earth or something altogether more ethereal?
- Twenty-four hours elapse on the stoop of a Hell's Kitchen tenement as a microcosm of the American melting pot interacts with each other during a summer heatwave.
- King Magnus must resort to cunning methods to preserve his throne.
- When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
- God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.
- 1950–1959TV Episode
- A Millionairess and a doctor cannot marry until they meet conditions set-up by their respective parents.
- When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.
- A bitter business rivalry turns into something more personal, more deadly.
- Sammy Rice - prevented by an artificial foot from military service in World War II - is instead a "back room boy", a life he finds frustrating in the extreme.
- Lonely people in a quiet hotel find their lives shaken up by the arrival of the glamorous, assertive Helen Lancaster.
- Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.
- Will Ernie Pandish finally find success as a writer?
- Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.
- In the 1840s, Cranford is ruled by the ladies. They adore good gossip; and romance and change is in the air, as the unwelcome grasp of the Industrial Revolution rapidly approaches their beloved rural market-town.
- Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning.
- After being deserted by her husband, Mary falls in love with Michael. After a few years, they marry, raise a son, and Michael becomes a successful writer. However, her first husband returns with plans of blackmail.
- 1865: Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. When his group's attacked by a few Bulgarian troopers, he learns that he's got the wrong ammunition for his cannon and has to flee. His flight leads him right into the bedroom of his enemy's fiancée.
- As she sits one day in her school catechism class the 14-year-old village girl Bernadette Soubirous tells how she saw, emerging from a grotto, the vision of "a golden-coloured cloud, and then a girl in white, no bigger than myself, but so beautiful, the like of whom I have never seen". Is this the made-up story of a not very bright girl trying to make herself appear important, or has she truly witnessed a miracle of cosmic significance? The play, set a century earlier, in the then obscure southern French village of Lourdes in 1858, tells the dramatic story of the effect of Bernadette's pronouncement upon the villagers and of the remarkable fortnight of apparitions that followed.
- When Babs Coates drunkenly attacks her husband, he accidentally kills her. But his attempt at a cover-up is deliberate.
- A young naive woman falls for a handsome young man who her emotionally abusive father suspects is a fortune hunter.
- A lighthouse keeper's daughter lives her opportunistic marital life, until her past lover re-appears.
- In a Russian slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.
- The absurd adventures of a distinguished American acting family, whose resemblance to the real-life Barrymores is anything but accidental.
- Todays theme is Till Time Shall End.
- Alexander Wood believes himself to be good with machines, and he really only means to be helpful. It's just that, whenever he's around, chaos follows in his wake.
- Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime.
- A noblewoman discovers her husband is The Scarlet Pimpernel, a vigilante who rescues aristocrats from the blade of the guillotine.
- A clerk is jailed for forging a check to help a drunkard's wife.
- A scientist stands against an entire town when he discovers their medicinal spa is polluted.
- Henry Hobson runs a successful boot-maker's shop in nineteenth-century Salford. A widower with a weakness for the pub opposite, he tries forcefully to run the lives of his three unruly daughters. When he decrees 'no marriages' to avoid the expensive matter of settlements, eldest daughter Maggie rebels and sets her sights on Will Mossop, Hobson's star boot-maker. Maggie and Will leave to start up in competition, and she then turns her mind to helping her sisters marry their chosen partners.
- A tramp falls asleep in the woods and dreams of observing a range of insects - each representing various human characteristics. Based on Karel and Josef Capek's satirical, allegorical play.
- A war and world weary soldier tries to talk a witch-hunting cleric into hanging him; he is shaken from his quest for death when the beautiful Jennet is also committed for hanging as a witch.
- This quintessential Chekhov drama--his first success--is both comic and tragic. A group of friends and relations gather at a country estate to see the first performance of an experimental play written and staged by the young man of the house, Konstantin, an aspiring writer who dreams of bringing new forms to the theatre.
- A ship's captain must conceal a stowaway from his crew.
- The story of Robert Louis Stevenson, who lived in the South Seas and was known locally as "Tusitala" - the teller of tales.
- Growing up poor in London, Becky Sharp defies her poverty-stricken background and ascends the social ladder alongside her best friend, Amelia.
- The theme of Romeo and Juliet reworked in an orthodox Jewish household where Jeff who is a Christian falls in love with Juliet. Both families bitterly oppose the relationship. The story is set in wartime, in the East End of London.
- Affluent Millicent and Oliver Jordan throw a dinner for a handful of wealthy and/or well-born acquaintances, each of whom has much to reveal.
- Gabrielle Maple works in a dusty desert gas station-café, but yearns for the life of an artist in France, knowing there must be something finer than the provincial dead-end she is trapped in. A hitch-hiking writer, the disillusioned Alan Squier, appears and revitalizes her dreams of a better place, and finds his own sense of worth refreshed by this vital young girl. When Duke Mantee and his gang, wanted killers, show up and take hostages, Gabrielle falls in love with the poetic Alan, and Squier begins to see a way to give Gabby the life she deserves.
- A teenage poet falls in love - or so he thinks - with the wife of a clergyman.
- Joan a simple peasant girl, hears the voices of the saints guiding her to defeat the English invaders.
- In order for Millamant and Mirabell to get married and receive Millamant's full dowry, Mirabell must receive the blessing of Millamant's aunt, Lady Wishfort. Unfortunately, she is a very bitter lady, who despises Mirabell and wants her own nephew, Sir Wilfull, to wed Millamant.
- A young student idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish apartment building in Stockholm only to find that it is a nest of betrayal and sickness.
- During the Irish revolution, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life forgetting what the most important values are.
- A widow weds a magistrate and makes her 19-year-old son act as a boy.
- Christopher Fry's verse drama of four prisoners in an imaginary war.
- Child bride Claudia Naughton has made life difficult for her husband David because she can't stand living so far away from her mother. She's also afraid her husband doesn't find her desirable enough. To remedy both situations, she sells their farm to an opera singer so they'll have to move back to the city near her mother, and she tries to make her husband jealous by flirting with a neighbor. Eventually, Claudia has to learn to grow when she discovers that she's about to become a mother and that her own mother is gravely ill.
- An adaptation of a 1917 fantasy play by J. M. Barrie, depicting alternative realities for its characters and their eventual return to real life.
- Gerald didn't mean to kill his wife - but he really shouldn't have tried a cover-up.
- Mrs. Dubedat loves and idolizes her artist husband, Louis, but he is dying of tuberculosis. She goes to a doctor and convinces him to save her husband. The doctor can keep only so many patients, and must choose who is worth saving, but is convinced that Louis' artistic talents make him worthy. But when he and several colleague meet Louis, they discover that he is in fact a smooth-talking money-grabbing scoundrel. They also learn that he has another wife, whom he has abandoned. So, the doctor has a problem: should he let Louis die, leaving Mrs. Dubedat with her idealized image, or save him and his artistic talents, but force her to face his bigamy and other flaws?
- The world of cricket.
- A heartwarming tale of an English minister and his family reunited at Christmas time. Their story includes a remembrance of their World War II trials.
- The ruthless, moneyed Hubbard clan lives in, and poisons, their part of the deep South at the turn of the 20th century.
- During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the little Dauphin.
- Two forces battle over the future of an English village. On one side, a factory owner wants to move out the locals and turn it into a factory town. On the other, a member of the community wants to preserve the village as it is.
- A live studio performance of Mary Danvers Stocks' play "Hail Nero : A reinterpretation of history in three acts" - a comedy set in Ancient Rome.
- A pair of Millionaires argue the value of money, and make a wager. Give a homeless man an ultra rare $1,000,000 bill (pounds in Britain version). Tell him that if he spends it, it's his. But, if after 1month, he can return the Note intact, he gets $5 million (?). He tries to spend it. He tries to buy a suit, meals, rent a hotel room. Everyone assumes he is an eccentric millionaire, and refuses his money. Until the Note is misplaced (stolen?), then everyone insists on getting paid.
- The incompetent Richard II is deposed by Henry Bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once he is no longer king.
- Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.
- Black comedy about a brilliant Park Avenue doctor who becomes a criminal in order to do research into the criminal mind.