Season 1

1. Hindle Wakes

1950-01-01 • ? min

2. Rope

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.

1950-01-08 • ? min

3. Twelfth Night

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.

1950-01-15 • ? min

4. Cheapside

1950-01-22 • ? min

5. Trespass

1950-01-29 • ? min

6. The Scarlet Pimpernel

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

1950-02-05 • ? min

7. The Indifferent Shepherd

1950-02-12 • ? min

10. The Seagull

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.

1950-03-05 • ? min

11. The Lady's Not for Burning

1950-03-12 • ? min

16. Promise of Tomorrow

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.

1950-04-16 • ? min

17. Othello

1950-04-23 • ? min

30. Dark Tribute

• ? min

31. Adventure Story

The story of Alexander the Great, a compulsive conqueror.

1950-07-30 • ? min

33. The History of Mr. Polly

1950-08-13 • ? min

36. Vanity Fair

1950-09-03 • ? min

40. Party Manners

1950-10-01 • ? min

48. The Secret Sharer

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

1950-11-26 • ? min

49. An Enemy of the People

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

1950-12-03 • ? min