Theatre Night

Series 1

A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.

Where to Watch Theatre Night • Series 1

24 Episodes

  • The Bride and the Bachelor
    E1
    The Bride and the BachelorInternalised father issues cause a bride to experience cold feet on her wedding day.
  • Romanoff and Juliet
    E2
    Romanoff and JulietIn the smallest country in the world, the daughter of the American ambassador falls in love with the son of the Russian ambassador. Oops.
  • The Member of the Wedding
    E3
    The Member of the WeddingA young tomboy named Frankie is forced to face her own immaturity as a result her older brother's wedding.
  • Subway in the Sky
    E4
    Subway in the SkyAn American soldier in West Berlin deserts and goes on the run when faced with false trafficking and murder charges. He takes shelter with a cabaret singer, whom he manages to persuade to help prove his innocence.
  • Olive Ogilvie
    E5
    Olive Ogilvie
  • Sailor Beware
    E6
    Sailor BewareAn imminent wedding is endangered by a domineering matriarch.
  • Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
    E7
    Summer of the Seventeenth DollA couple of Australian cane-cutters plan their usual annual holiday of boozing and womanizing; but this year it's different.
  • The Lovebirds
    E8
    The LovebirdsA newly married couple are given a Budgie as a wedding present. Little do they know that the Budgie is possessed by the spirit of the bride's late first husband.
  • Zuleika
    E9
    ZuleikaIn this musical adaptation of Max Beerbohm's 1911 novel, a beautiful young woman visits Oxford, causing all the male students to fall madly in love with her.
  • Dear Delinqient
    E10
    Dear DelinqientAn engaged man begins to fall for another woman. Fortunately, his fiancée is loathsome, making his decision easier, though the audience is left wondering why it takes the entire runtime to decide it, and why he was ever engaged to the undesirable woman in the first place.
  • Six Months' Grace
    E11
    Six Months' Grace
  • Silver Wedding
    E12
    Silver WeddingSir Robert and Lady Lydia Marlowe have spent many years abroad in the diplomatic service. On their 25th wedding anniversary, she announces they should go their own separate ways. Her gift is a series of love letters Robert had written to different women throughout his career, each of whom Lydia has befriended.
  • Blood Upon the Rose
    E13
    Blood Upon the Rose
  • Meet Me by Moonlight
    E14
    Meet Me by MoonlightA satirical look at Victorian life, set entirely in the drawing room of Henry Mansfield's house in an English provincial town in 1884.
  • Nekrassov
    E15
    NekrassovIn 1950s Paris, journalist Sibilot works at right-wing publication Soir á Paris, where he pens anti-communist propaganda. His life hits a major turnpoint when he's unable to come up with a great idea, and his boss informa him that he will be fired if no great story comes soon.
  • The Happiest Millionaire
    E16
    The Happiest MillionaireHappy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant John Lawless lands a job as the butler of unconventional millionaire Anthony J. Drexel Biddle. His daughter Cordelia tires of his unusual antics--especially since the nice young men around town all fear him. Wouldn't you fear a father-in-law that keeps alligators for pets and teaches boxing at his daily Bible courses?
  • Winter Wonderland
    E17
    Winter Wonderland
  • The Happy Man
    E18
    The Happy Man
  • A Touch of the Sun
    E19
    A Touch of the Sun
  • Simple Spymen
    E20
    Simple Spymen
  • Breath of Spring
    E21
    Breath of Spring
  • Any Other Business
    E22
    Any Other BusinessA routine board meeting of a successful company reveals some facts that a traitor has left the company in a perilous position on the verge of ruin.
  • Flowering Cherry
    E23
    Flowering CherryJim Cherry has the opportunity to change his life - will he take the risk?
  • What Shall We Tell Caroline?
    E24
    What Shall We Tell Caroline?

 

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