BBC Sunday-Night Play

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BBC Sunday-Night Play[a] is the anthology drama series which replaced Sunday Night Theatre in 1960. It was broadcast on what was then BBC Television (now BBC One).

BBC Sunday-Night Play
GenreDrama
StarringBrian Rix
Joby Blanshard
Cyril Luckham
John Bennett
Peter Sallis
Larry Noble
Richard Pasco
Reginald Jessup
Frank Seiman
Nigel Stock[1]
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes138 (123 missing)
Original release
NetworkBBC Television
Release1960 (1960) –
1963 (1963)

The series often included versions of modern theatrical successes, but original work appeared in the slot too. David Mercer's A Suitable Case for Treatment (1962) was later adapted as the feature film Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966),[3] while Madhouse on Castle Street (1963) starred the then little known Bob Dylan.

The series ended in 1963. Out of a run of 138 episodes, only 15 are believed to survive.[4][b]

Notes

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  1. ^ Sources vary over the precise name. IMDb uses the name given complete with the hyphen, while lostshows.com has The Sunday Night Play and Radio Times lists it as The Sunday-Night Play. Asa Briggs mentions that The Sunday Play replaced Sunday Night Theatre in 1960.[2]
  2. ^ See wiping.

References

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  1. ^ "BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960-1963)".
  2. ^ Briggs The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume V: Competition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995, p.279
  3. ^ Janet Moat Morgan - A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966), BFI screenonline
  4. ^ Missing or incomplete episodes for programme The Sunday Night Play, lostshows.com
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