Episodes List

Ep.1 Hindle Wakes

Air Date: 1950-01-01

Ep.2 Rope

Air Date: 1950-01-08

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.

Ep.3 Twelfth Night

Air Date: 1950-01-15

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.

Ep.4 Cheapside

Air Date: 1950-01-22

Ep.5 Trespass

Air Date: 1950-01-29

Ep.6 The Scarlet Pimpernel

Air Date: 1950-02-05

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

Ep.7 The Indifferent Shepherd

Air Date: 1950-02-12

Ep.10 The Seagull

Air Date: 1950-03-05

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.

Ep.11 The Lady's Not for Burning

Air Date: 1950-03-12

Ep.16 Promise of Tomorrow

Air Date: 1950-04-16

Marius Goring stars as Tommy Savidge, a crippled poet who longs to compose verse dramas but is forced to write trashy plays for dingy provincial repertory companies to make a living.

Ep.17 Othello

Air Date: 1950-04-23

Ep.21 The Title

Air Date: 1950-05-21

Ep.24 The Admirable Crichton

Air Date: 1950-06-11

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.

Ep.30 Dark Tribute

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Ep.31 Adventure Story

Air Date: 1950-07-30

The story of Alexander the Great, a compulsive conqueror.

Ep.33 The History of Mr. Polly

Air Date: 1950-08-13

Ep.36 Vanity Fair

Air Date: 1950-09-03

Ep.40 Party Manners

Air Date: 1950-10-01

Ep.48 The Secret Sharer

Air Date: 1950-11-26

A ship's captain must conceal a stowaway from his crew.

Ep.49 An Enemy of the People

Air Date: 1950-12-03

A scientist stands against an entire town when he discovers their medicinal spa is polluted.