''BBC Sunday-Night Play'' is the anthology drama series which replaced ''
Sunday Night Theatre
''Sunday Night Theatre'' was a long-running series of televised live television plays screened by BBC Television from early 1950 until 1959.
The productions for the first five years or so of the run were re-staged live the following Thursday, pa ...
'' in 1960. It was broadcast on what was then
BBC Television (now
BBC One
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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), while ''
Madhouse on Castle Street'' (1963) starred the then little known
Bob Dylan
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.
The series ended in 1963. Out of a run of 138 episodes, only 15 are believed to survive.
Missing or incomplete episodes for programme ''The Sunday Night Play''
lostshows.com
Notes
References
External links
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''The Sunday-Night Play''
BFI Film and Television Database
1960 British television series debuts
1963 British television series endings
BBC Television shows
1960s British anthology television series
Lost BBC episodes
Black-and-white British television shows
English-language television shows
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