BBC Sunday-Night Play
British TV drama series (1960–1963) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BBC Sunday-Night Play[lower-alpha 1] is the anthology drama series which replaced Sunday Night Theatre in 1960. It was broadcast on what was then BBC Television (now BBC One).
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BBC Sunday-Night Play | |
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Genre | Drama |
Starring | Brian Rix Joby Blanshard Cyril Luckham John Bennett Peter Sallis Larry Noble Richard Pasco Reginald Jessup Frank Seiman Nigel Stock[1] |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 138 (123 missing) |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Television |
Release | 1960 (1960) – 1963 (1963) |
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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][lower-alpha 2]