BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1959)

Stars:

Brian Rix, Victor Platt, Peter Cushing

Cast

Series cast summary:
Brian Rix	...	Bob Bennett (12 episodes, 1956-1959)
Victor Platt	...	Blind timekeeper (12 episodes, 1950-1958)
Peter Cushing	...	Antoine Vanier (12 episodes, 1951-1957)
Michael Brennan	...	Captain of the Guard (12 episodes, 1950-1959)
Jane Barrett	...	Alice Maitland (10 episodes, 1950-1959)
Robert Brown	...	Captain Smith (10 episodes, 1950-1953)
Michael Hordern	...	Christopher Williams (9 episodes, 1950-1959)
George Woodbridge	...	Bardolph (9 episodes, 1950-1957)
Patrick Barr	...	Clement Archer (9 episodes, 1950-1954)
Cyril Shaps	...	Charles McFadden (9 episodes, 1955-1958)
Robert Harris	...	Padre (9 episodes, 1952-1956)
Henry Oscar	...	Adjutant (8 episodes, 1950-1959)
Richard Caldicot	...	Archbishop of Canterbury (8 episodes, 1950-1954)
Walter Hudd	...	Duke (8 episodes, 1951-1959)
Jeanette Sterke	...	Anishcu (8 episodes, 1954-1957)
Helen Shingler	...	Candida Morell (8 episodes, 1950-1956)
Rupert Davies	...	Frontier guard (8 episodes, 1952-1958)
Erik Chitty	...	Bank chairman (7 episodes, 1950-1959)
Bryan Coleman	...	Lord Anthony Dewhurst (7 episodes, 1950-1953)
David Markham	...	Edward Voysey (7 episodes, 1950-1959)
Ursula Howells	...	Emma (7 episodes, 1950-1959)
Margaretta Scott	...	Lady Marguerite Blakeney (7 episodes, 1950-1956)
Marius Goring	...	Chorus (7 episodes, 1951-1957)
Terence Alexander	...	Alaric (7 episodes, 1950-1957)
Maurice Colbourne	...	Colonel Waveney (7 episodes, 1951-1953)
Laurence Payne	...	Captain Bluntschli (7 episodes, 1952-1957)
Beckett Bould	...	Farmer (7 episodes, 1950-1957)
Amy Dalby	...	Mère Brogard (7 episodes, 1950-1955)
Jonathan Field	...	Billing (7 episodes, 1950-1955)
Christopher Steele	...	Captain (7 episodes, 1950-1959)
Sheila Shand Gibbs	...	Bianca (6 episodes, 1951-1957)
Stanley Baker	...	Acilius (6 episodes, 1950-1958)
Patrick Troughton	...	Barman (6 episodes, 1950-1959)
Andrew Osborn	...	Alexander the Great (6 episodes, 1950-1952)
Eddie Sutch	...	Pola (6 episodes, 1950-1952)
Alan Wheatley	...	Fainall (6 episodes, 1950-1951)
Joyce Heron	...	Alice Langdon (6 episodes, 1950-1957)
John Gabriel	...	Canon John D'Estivet (6 episodes, 1950-1953)
Robert Sansom	...	Antonio (6 episodes, 1950-1954)
Agnes Lauchlan	...	Lady Mabel Parkes (6 episodes, 1951-1954)
Willoughby Gray	...	2nd Planter (6 episodes, 1950-1952)
Douglas Wilmer	...	Antonio (6 episodes, 1952-1956)
John Scott	...	Boy (6 episodes, 1950-1956)
Alban Blakelock	...	Gentleman (6 episodes, 1950-1951)
John Longden	...	Captain Blakely (6 episodes, 1951-1958)
Edward Chapman	...	Hornblower (6 episodes, 1950-1959)
Arthur Wontner	...	Carraway Pim (6 episodes, 1950-1952)
John Robinson	...	Hillcrist (6 episodes, 1951-1959)
Carl Bernard	...	Capt. Dettersdorf (6 episodes, 1952-1959)
William Mervyn	...	Adrian Blenderbland (6 episodes, 1950-1959)
Peter Augustine	...	Don Mateo Vasquez (6 episodes, 1953-1957)
John Baker	...	Alexander Court (6 episodes, 1951-1957)
Una Venning	...	Countess of Brocklehurst (6 episodes, 1950-1956)
John Vere	...	Jordan, the bootmaker (6 episodes, 1950-1955)
Thomas Gallagher	...	Brogard (6 episodes, 1950-1958)
Colin Douglas	...	Captain Priestman (6 episodes, 1951-1959)
Arthur Young	...	Alexander Volodarsky (6 episodes, 1951-1954)
Peter Copley	...	Father (6 episodes, 1952-1959)
Peter Wyngarde	...	Charles Granillo (5 episodes, 1950-1953)
Emrys Jones	...	Alfred Polly (5 episodes, 1950-1955)
Elizabeth Sellars	...	Lady Fortrose (5 episodes, 1951-1959)
Ronald Simpson	...	Harold Cleaver (5 episodes, 1950-1951)
Anthony Sharp	...	Chevalier Paul de Grignon (5 episodes, 1950-1952)
André Morell	...	Dr. Albert Schweitzner (5 episodes, 1950-1954)
James Carney	...	Sir Percy Blakeney (5 episodes, 1950-1951)
Alvys Maben	...	Diana (5 episodes, 1950-1953)
Sydney Tafler	...	Chauvelin (5 episodes, 1950-1952)
Edgar K. Bruce	...	Jellyband (5 episodes, 1950-1953)
E.J. Kennedy	...	2nd Old man (5 episodes, 1950-1952)
Herbert C. Walton	...	Mr. Hempseed (5 episodes, 1950-1952)
Grace Arnold	...	Frau Bartsch (5 episodes, 1950-1959)
Olaf Pooley	...	Captain Lesgate (5 episodes, 1950-1956)
Kathleen Boutall	...	Emmy (5 episodes, 1950-1954)
William Devlin	...	General (5 episodes, 1952-1956)
Reginald Tate	...	Captain Adam Brant (5 episodes, 1952-1954)
George Skillan	...	Dean of Polchester (5 episodes, 1950-1957)
Richard Bebb	...	Duke of Orleans (5 episodes, 1950-1952)
Cecil Brock	...	1st Irregular (5 episodes, 1950-1959)
Noel Hood	...	Dorothy Fitch (5 episodes, 1952-1956)
Basil Appleby	...	David (5 episodes, 1950-1953)
Andre Van Gyseghem	...	Chancellor (5 episodes, 1953-1959)
Martin Starkie	...	Private Baranowski (5 episodes, 1950-1956)
Evelyn Moore	...	Lady Portaries (5 episodes, 1950-1952)
Harry Hearn	...	Constable Harris (5 episodes, 1950-1952)
Allan Jeayes	...	Dr. Parsons (5 episodes, 1950-1956)
Anton Diffring	...	Buschmann (5 episodes, 1951-1959)
Donald Pleasence	...	Chamberlain (5 episodes, 1952-1959)
Noel Howlett	...	Lewis Appleby (5 episodes, 1950-1959)
Lionel Ngakane	...	Corey Sims (5 episodes, 1953-1959)
Eric Lander	...	Benvolio (5 episodes, 1955-1958)
Andrew Cruickshank	...	Baron Molde (5 episodes, 1951-1956)
Jack Allen	...	Captain Horace Vale (5 episodes, 1950-1952)
Julia Braddock	...	Sally Jellyband (5 episodes, 1950-1952)
Fanny Carby	...	Agnes (5 episodes, 1952-1959)
Barbara Couper	...	Amy Hillcrist (5 episodes, 1950-1956)
Jean Cadell	...	Auntie Jo (5 episodes, 1951-1959)
Sonia Dresdel	...	Constance (5 episodes, 1951-1957)
Walter Fitzgerald	...	Canon Ronder (5 episodes, 1951-1954)
Alexis Milne	...	Lady Hammergallow's maid (5 episodes, 1951-1953)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

acronym in title | partially lost tv series

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Many episodes of this series are believed to be lost. Please check your attic.

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Connections

Followed by BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960)

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