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Pretty Polly ITV Play

Pretty Polly (1966)

Pretty Polly ITV Play

Noel Coward's short story starring Lynn Redgrave as an ugly duckling who only later turns into a most possessing young swan.

Ready for the Glory

Ready for the Glory (1966)

Ready for the Glory

The rich and attractive Lady Pruella writes to a marriage bureau for a husband and a most surprising candidate turns up...

Rosemary - ITV Play 1963

Rosemary (1963)

Rosemary - ITV Play 1963

The end of a summer; pale sky; white sand; a small tent - enter small, immaculate, dapper Teddy singing "By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea!" Not the beginning of a musical but of Molly Kazan's comedy Rosemary.

Saint Joan BBC 1951

Saint Joan (1951)

Saint Joan BBC 1951

Early BBC adaptation of a play by George Bernard Shaw about 15th-century French military figure Joan of Arc.

Saki: The Improper Stories of H.H. Munro

Saki, The Improper Stories of H.H. Munro (1962)

Saki: The Improper Stories of H.H. Munro

Hector Hugh Munro, better known by the pen name Saki, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirised Edwardian society and culture and he is considered a master of the short story.

The Search Party

The Search Party (1951)

The Search Party

Another 'lost' BBC play from the early days of television. In this uproarious satire, an unhinged anarchist settles in a small Irish community, setting off a series of increasingly ridiculous events.

Seven Deadly Sins

Seven Deadly Sins (1966)

Seven Deadly Sins

Seven self-contained plays by different writers - each featuring one of the sins categorised by the founders of the Christian Church as "deadly."

Seven Deadly Virtues

Seven Deadly Virtues (1967)

Seven Deadly Virtues

When 1966's Seven Deadly Sins proved popular with viewers, series producer Peter Willes decided to repeat the idea the following year.

The Short Stories of Conan Doyle

The Short Stories of Conan Doyle (1967)

The Short Stories of Conan Doyle

13-part anthology series featuring Conan Doyle's non-Sherlock Holmes stories encompassing many genres, including comedy, romance, crime, medicine, and the supernatural.