Wednesday Theatre | |
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Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Wednesday Theatre is a 1960s Australian anthology show which aired on the ABC.
Many of the episodes were imported from the BBC. However a number of episodes were made locally.
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Original episode | |
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1 | 1 | " The Recruiting Officer" | Ken Hannam with John Meillon | Unknown | 6 January 1965 | Yes | |
2 | 2 | " Peter Grimes" | Christopher Muir | Unknown | 13 January 1965 | Yes | |
3 | 3 | " Romanoff and Juliet" | Patrick Barton | Noel Robinson | 20 January 1965 | Yes | |
4 | 4 | "The Bomb" | Peter Collinson | Unknown | 27 January 1965 | No [1] | |
A British show. A young boy is dominated by a bully. With Mark Callan, Rita Murrow. | |||||||
5 | 5 | " Othello" | Patrick Barton | Raymond Westwell, David Bradley | 3 February 1965 | Yes | |
6 | 6 | " Ring Out Wild Bells" | Robert Cubbage and Wilf Buckner | Unknown | 10 February 1965 | Yes | |
7 | 7 | "Stalingrad" | Unknown | Unknown | 17 February 1965 | No | |
A British TV production starring Albert Lieven and Peter Vaughan.
[2] | |||||||
8 | 8 | "Carmen" | Unknown | Unknown | 24 February 1965 | No | |
A BBC filmed opera.
[3] | |||||||
9 | 9 | " The Importance of Being Oscar: Part 1" | Unknown | Micheál MacLiammóir | 3 March 1965 | No | |
Starring
Micheál MacLiammóir.
[4] | |||||||
10 | 10 | "The Importance of Being Oscar: Part 2" | Unknown | Micheál MacLiammóir | 10 March 1965 | No | |
Starring
Micheál MacLiammóir.
[5] | |||||||
11 | 11 | "The Fate of Man" | Unknown | Unknown | 17 March 1965 | No | |
A 1959 Russian film.
[6] | |||||||
12 | 12 | " A Season in Hell" | Henri Safran | Patricia Hooker | 24 March 1965 | Yes | |
13 | 13 | " The Swagman" | Henri Safran | Ian Stuart Black | 31 March 1965 | Yes | |
14 | 14 | " A Time to Speak" | Patrick Barton | Noel Robinson | 7 April 1965 | Yes | |
15 | 15 | "Time and the Conways" | Unknown | Unknown | 14 April 1965 | No | |
A British adaptation of play by
J. B. Priestley.
[7] | |||||||
16 | 16 | " The Big Killing" | James Upshaw | Noel Robinson | 21 April 1965 | Yes | |
17 | 17 | " The Tower" | Christopher Muir | Noel Robinson | 28 April 1965 | Yes | |
18 | 18 | " Daphne Laureola" | Patrick Barton | John Warwick | 5 May 1965 | Yes | |
19 | 19 | "Cinderella" | Unknown | Unknown | 12 May 1965 | Yes | |
A Sydney opera.
[8] | |||||||
20 | 20 | " Moby Dick Rehearsed" | Ken Hannam | Unknown | 19 May 1965 | Yes [9] | |
21 | 21 | Episode not traced | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
22 | 22 | " Otherwise Engaged" | Oscar Whitbread | John Cameron | 2 June 1965 | Yes | |
23 | 23 | " Dangerous Corner" | Patrick Barton | John Warwick | 9 June 1965 | Yes | |
24 | 24 | "Louise" | Unknown | Unknown | 16 June 1965 | Yes | |
An opera by Charpentier with Mary O'Brien and Robert Guard, produced by Peter Page, SSO.
[10] | |||||||
25 | 25 | " Rusty Bugles" | Alan Burke | John Warwick | 23 June 1965 | Yes | |
26 | 26 | "School for Fathers" | Oscar Whitbread | Unknown | 30 June 1965 | Yes | |
An opera by Ferrar filmed in Melbourne.
[11] | |||||||
27 | 27 | "The Dogs of Durga Das" | Unknown | Unknown | 7 July 1965 | No | |
A BBC production.
[12] | |||||||
28 | 28 | "Duet: The Face at the Club House Door" | Oscar Whitbread | Colin Free | 14 July 1965 | Yes | |
" How Do You Spell Matrimony?" | |||||||
29 | 29 | " Waiting in the Wings" | Patrick Barton | John Warwick | 21 July 1965 | Yes | |
30 | 30 | " The Sweet Sad Story of Elmo and Me" | Henri Safran | Ric Throssell | 27 July 1965 | Yes | |
31 | 31 | " The Winds of Green Monday" | Oscar Whitbread | Michael Noonan | 4 August 1965 | Yes | |
32 | 32 | "Ever Since Paradise" | Unknown | Unknown | 11 August 1965 | No | |
A British TV show, from play by
J. B. Priestley.
[13] | |||||||
33 | 33 | " The Affair" | Eric Taylor | Ronald Miller | 18 August 1965 | Yes | |
34 | 34 | "Winter in Ischia" | Peter Cotes | Unknown | 25 August 1965 | No | |
A BBC production. By Robin Maugham with Eva Bartok. | |||||||
35 | 35 | "The Picardy Affair" | Unknown | Unknown | 8 September 1965 | No | |
A British TV production with Robin Hardy about Henry V. | |||||||
36 | 36 | "The Door" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 September 1965 | No | |
By Joan Morgan with Ann Todd. | |||||||
37 | 37 | " Macbeth" | Alan Burke | Unknown | 22 September 1965 | Yes | |
38 | 38 | " Dark Corridor" | Alan Burke | Trevor Nielsen | 6 October 1965 | Yes | |
39 | 39 | " Tartuffe" | Henri Safran | John Warwick and Henri Safran | 13 October 1965 | Yes | |
40 | 40 | "Collect Your Hand Luggage" | Unknown | Unknown | 20 October 1965 | No | |
A British TV production by John Mortimer starring
Kenneth More.
[14] | |||||||
41 | 41 | " Cross of Gold" | Patrick Barton | Richard Lane | 27 October 1965 | Yes | |
42 | 42 | "The Bergonzi Hand" | Unknown | Unknown | 3 November 1965 | No | |
A British BBC TV production by
Tyrone Guthrie with
Keith Michell (playing an Australian) and
Gordon Jackson.
[15] | |||||||
43 | 43 | " Photo Finish" | Oscar Whitbread | John Warwick | 3 November 1965 | Yes | |
44 | 44 | "The Casualties" | Unknown | Unknown | 17 November 1965 | No | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[16] | |||||||
45 | 45 | " Campaign for One" | Brian Faull | Anthony Church and Marielaine Double | 24 November 1965 | Yes | |
46 | 46 | "The Cruel Deadline" | Unknown | Unknown | 31 November 1965 | No | |
A British TV production with
Guy Doleman.
[17] | |||||||
47 | 47 | " Write Me a Murder" | Henri Safran | Kenneth Hayles | 8 December 1965 | No | |
48 | 48 | "The Search" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 December 1965 | No | |
A British TV production.
[18] | |||||||
49 | 49 | " A Christmas Play" | Brian Faull | Carl Orff | 22 December 1965 | Yes [19] |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Original episode | |
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50 | 1 | " Plain Jane" | Oscar Whitbread | Stewart Love | 5 January 1966 | Yes | |
Australian play.
[20] | |||||||
51 | 2 | "Brimstone Butterfly" | Unknown | Unknown | 12 January 1966 | TBA | |
A British TV show starring
John Le Mesurier.
[21] | |||||||
52 | 3 | "The Image" | Unknown | Unknown | 19 January 1966 | TBA | |
A British TV play by Kenneth Hill.
[22] | |||||||
53 | 4 | "Valentina" | Unknown | Unknown | 26 January 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[23] | |||||||
54 | 5 | "Uncle Selwyn" | Unknown | Unknown | 2 February 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[24] | |||||||
55 | 6 | "Finger on the Balance" | Unknown | Unknown | 9 February 1966 | TBA | |
A British play by Patrick Simpson.
[25] | |||||||
56 | 7 | "No Trams to Lime Street" | Unknown | Unknown | 16 February 1966 | TBA | |
57 | 8 | "Acquit or Hang?" | Unknown | Unknown | 23 February 1966 | TBA | |
A British TV play, story of the
Mutiny on the Bounty. John Hurt starred.
[27] | |||||||
58 | 9 | "The Gypsy Baron" | Unknown | Unknown | 2 March 1966 | Yes | |
Operetta by
Johann Strauss. Sydney production.
[28] | |||||||
59 | 10 | "Return to the Regiment" | Unknown | Unknown | 9 March 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. With
Michael Redgrave.
[29] | |||||||
60 | 11 | "Mr Douglas" | Unknown | Unknown | 16 March 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. About
Bonnie Prince Charlie.
[30] | |||||||
61 | 12 | "Justin Thyme" | Unknown | Unknown | 23 March 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. Spoof of James Bond films starring
John Bluthal.
[31] | |||||||
62 | 13 | "My One True Love" | Unknown | Unknown | 30 March 1966 | TBA | |
By Hugh Leonard.
[32] | |||||||
63 | 14 | " Topaze" | Christopher Muir | John Warwick | 30 March 1966 | Sydney and 6 April 1966 MelbourneTBA | |
By
Marcel Pagnol.
[33] | |||||||
64 | 15 | "The Lover" | Unknown | Unknown | 6 April 1966 | Melbourne and 13 April 1966 SydneyTBA | |
65 | 16 | "Sword of Vengeance" | Unknown | Unknown | 13 April 1966 | Melbourne and Sydney 20 April 1966TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. With
Donald Houston.
[35] | |||||||
66 | 17 | "The Sound of Murder" | Unknown | Unknown | 27 April 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. By William Fairchild with
Marius Goring.
[36] | |||||||
67 | 18 | " Ashes to Ashes" | Patrick Barton | Marc Brendel | 27 April 1966 | Melbourne and Sydney 4 May 1966Yes | |
Australian script directed by Patrick Barton. | |||||||
68 | 19 | "Tosca" | TBA | TBA | TBA | Yes | |
Tosca* Sydney production - produced by Robert Allnut starring Diana Perryman (aired Melbourne 4 May 1966) Culloden BBC production (aired Melbourne 11 May 1966) - in Sydney production that night * Amelia Goes to the Ball* (Sydney production aired 11 May 1966 and Melbourne 25 May 1966) | |||||||
69 | 20 | "Undercurrent" | Unknown | Unknown | 18 May 1966 | Sydney and MelbourneTBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[37] | |||||||
70 | 21 | "The Scapegoat" | Unknown | Unknown | 18 May 1966 | Melbourne and Sydney 25 May 1966TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. Starring
Kenneth More.
[38] | |||||||
71 | 22 | "La Belle Helene" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 June 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. Operetta.
[39] | |||||||
72 | 23 | "Benbow Was His Name" | Unknown | Unknown | 8 June 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. Starring
Donald Wolfit.
[40] | |||||||
73 | 24 | "Vicky and the Sultan" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 June 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[41] | |||||||
74 | 25 | " Point of Departure" | Henri Safran | Jean Anouilh | 22 June 1966 | Yes | |
Australian adaptation of play by
Jean Anouilh directed by
Henri Safran. (Melbourne had The Interior Decorator. | |||||||
75 | 26 | "Captain Carvallo" | Unknown | Unknown | 29 June 1966 | TBA | |
A British production by Denis Gannon.
[42] | |||||||
76 | 27 | "The Master of Santiago" | Unknown | Unknown | 6 July 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[43] | |||||||
77 | 28 | " A Phoenix Too Frequent" | Oscar Whitbread | Unknown | 13 July 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. By Christopher Fry.
[44] | |||||||
78 | 29 | "The July Plot" | Unknown | Unknown | 20 July 1966 | TBA | |
By Roger Manwell.
[45] | |||||||
79 | 30 | "The Unbearable Bassington" | Unknown | Unknown | 27 July 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[46] | |||||||
80 | 31 | " Antigone" | Patrick Barton | Unknown | 3 August 1966 | Yes | |
81 | 32 | "Mr Byculla" | Unknown | Unknown | 10 August 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[48] | |||||||
82 | 33 | "Eden End" | Unknown | Unknown | 17 August 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
J. B. Priestley.
[49] | |||||||
83 | 34 | " The Third Witness" | Patrick Barton | Ron Callander | 24 August 1966 | Yes | |
Australian production, by Ron Callander. | |||||||
84 | 35 | "Almost a Honeymoon" | Unknown | Unknown | 31 August 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[50] | |||||||
85 | 36 | "The Stag" | Unknown | Unknown | 7 September 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[51] | |||||||
86 | 37 | "The Interior Decorator" | Unknown | Unknown | 14 September 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[52] | |||||||
87 | 38 | "A Crack in the Ice" | Unknown | Unknown | 21 September 1966 | TBA | |
By Ronald Eyre.
[53] | |||||||
88 | 39 | "Hamlet" | Unknown | Unknown | 28 September 1966 | TBA | |
British production, starring
Laurence Olivier.
[54] | |||||||
89 | 40 | " Flight into Danger" | Patrick Barton | Arthur Hailey | 5 October 1966 | TBA | |
By
Arthur Hailey.
[55] | |||||||
90 | 41 | " Twelfth Night" | Ken Hannam | Unknown | 12 October 1966 | TBA | |
Australian adaptation of play by
William Shakespeare. Starring Helen Morse, Judith Fisher, Roger Climpson, and Mark McManus | |||||||
91 | 42 | " The Runaway" | Storry Walton | John Croyston | 17 October 1966 | Yes | |
Australian play by John Croyston | |||||||
92 | 43 | "The House" | Unknown | Unknown | 24 October 1966 | TBA | |
Starring
Denholm Elliott.
[56] | |||||||
93 | 44 | " The Man Who Saw It" | Unknown | Unknown | 2 November 1966 | TBA | |
94 | 45 | "The Good Shoemaker and the Poor Fish Peddler" | Unknown | Unknown | 9 November 1966 | TBA | |
95 | 46 | "Justin Thyme" | Unknown | Unknown | 16 November 1966 | TBA | |
[replay]
[60] | |||||||
96 | 47 | Episode not traced | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
97 | 48 | "The Long House" | Unknown | Unknown | 30 November 1966 | TBA | |
98 | 49 | Episode not traced | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
99 | 50 | "Iolanthe" | Unknown | Unknown | 14 December 1966 | TBA | |
By Gilbert and Sullivan A Sadler Wells production.
[62] | |||||||
100 | 51 | "Cinderella" | Unknown | Unknown | 21 December 1966 | TBA | |
101 | 52 | " Hansel and Gretel" | Peter Page | Unknown | 28 December 1966 | TBA | |
An opera by
Engelbert Humperdinck. Australian production.
[64] |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Original episode | ||||||
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102 | 1 | "Orpheus in the Underworld" | Unknown | Unknown | 4 January 1967 | TBA | ||||||
103 | 2 | "Simon and Laura" | Unknown | Unknown | 11 January 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. with
Ian Carmichael.
[66] | ||||||||||||
104 | 3 | "The Cocktail Party" | Unknown | Unknown | 18 January 1967 | TBA | ||||||
By
T.S. Eliot
[67] | ||||||||||||
105 | 4 | "Waiting for Godot" | Unknown | Unknown | 25 January 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[68] | ||||||||||||
106 | 5 | "All Things Bright and Beautiful" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 February 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[69] | ||||||||||||
107 | 6 | " Deep and Crisp and Stolen" | Unknown | Unknown | 8 February 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[70] | ||||||||||||
108 | 7 | "Celebration: The Wedding and the Funeral" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 February 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[71] | ||||||||||||
109 | 8 | "Lady of the Camellias" | Unknown | Unknown | 22 February 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[72] | ||||||||||||
110 | 9 | "Dandy Dick" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 March 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[73] | ||||||||||||
111 | 10 | "Dan, Dan the Charity Man" | Unknown | Unknown | 8 March 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[74] | ||||||||||||
112 | 11 | " The Schoolmistress" | John Croyston | Unknown | 15 March 1967 | Yes | ||||||
Australian production based on Old Tote show. | ||||||||||||
113 | 12 | "The Cure for Love" | Unknown | Unknown | 22 March 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[75] | ||||||||||||
114 | 13 | "The Initiate" | Unknown | Unknown | 29 March 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[76] | ||||||||||||
115 | 14 | " Course for Collision" | Oscar Whitbread | Arthur Hailey | 5 April 1967 | Yes | ||||||
By Arthur Hailey, starring Bill Yule, Carl Bleazby, Keith Lee, and Frank Wilson, and was produced in the ABC's Melbourne studios. | ||||||||||||
116 | 15 | "An Hour with Joan Sutherland" | Unknown | Unknown | 12 April 1967 | TBA | ||||||
117 | 16 | " Madam Butterfly" | Peter Page | Unknown | 19 April 1967 | Yes | ||||||
An opera production by Peter Page, in the Gore Hill Studios, Sydney, starring the Chinese soprano and film actress, Kiang Haw as Madam Butterfly, and an Asian cast. | ||||||||||||
118 | 17 | Episode not traced | Unknown | Unknown | 26 April 1967 | TBA | ||||||
119 | 18 | "Manon" | Unknown | Unknown | 3 May 1967 | Yes | ||||||
An ABC production of the opera.
[78] | ||||||||||||
120 | 19 | Episode not traced | Unknown | Unknown | 10 May 1967 | TBA | ||||||
121 | 20 | Episode not traced | Unknown | Unknown | 17 May 1967 | TBA | ||||||
122 | 21 | Episode not traced | Unknown | Unknown | 24 May 1967 | TBA | ||||||
123 | 22 | Episode not traced | Unknown | Unknown | 31 May 1967 | TBA | ||||||
124 | 23 | Episode not traced | Unknown | Unknown | 7 June 1967 | TBA | ||||||
125 | 24 | Episode not traced | Unknown | Unknown | 26 July 1967 | TBA | ||||||
126 | 25 | Episode not traced | Unknown | Unknown | 2 August 1967 | TBA | ||||||
127 | 26 | Episode not traced | Unknown | Unknown | 9 August 1967 | TBA | ||||||
128 | 27 | Untitled documentary on Australian ballet | Unknown | Unknown | 16 August 1967 | TBA | ||||||
With
Robert Helpmann (aired )
[79] | ||||||||||||
129 | 28 | "Illyria" | Unknown | Unknown | 23 August 1967 | TBA | ||||||
"Elektra" | ||||||||||||
A double bill of two ballets.
[80] | ||||||||||||
130 | 29 | " A Ride on the Big Dipper" | Christopher Muir | Ron Harrison | 30 August 1967 | Yes | ||||||
131 | 30 | " Love and War - Man of Destiny" | Patrick Barton | Unknown | 6 September 1967 | Yes | ||||||
132 | 31 | "Love and War - Sergeant Musgrave's Dance" | John Croyston | Unknown | 13 September 1967 | TBA | ||||||
133 | 32 | "Love and War - L'Flaherty, VC" | John Croyston | Unknown | 20 September 1967 | TBA | ||||||
134 | 33 | "Love and War - The Brass Butterfly" | John Croyston | Unknown | 27 September 1967 | TBA | ||||||
135 | 34 | "Love and War - Intersection" | John Croyston | Michael Boddy | 3 October 1967 | Yes | ||||||
136 | 35 | "Love and War - Construction" | Storry Walton | John Croyston | 10 October 1967 | TBA | ||||||
137 | 36 | " Love and War - Romeo and Juliet" | Oscar Whitbread | Alan Cole | 17 October 1967 | Yes | ||||||
Romeo and Juliet. | ||||||||||||
138 | 37 | Episode not traced | Unknown | Unknown | 24 October 1967 | TBA | ||||||
139 | 38 | "The Blackmailing of Mr S" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 November 1967 | TBA | ||||||
By Michael Gilbert
[81] | ||||||||||||
140 | 39 | "The Imposter" | Unknown | Unknown | 8 November 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Labelled 'BBC production' in television guides.
[82] | ||||||||||||
141 | 40 | "A Cherry on Top" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 November 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[83] | ||||||||||||
142 | 41 | "A Cold Peace" | Unknown | Unknown | 22 November 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. Starring
Britt Ekland.
[84] | ||||||||||||
143 | 42 | "The Hothouse" | Unknown | Unknown | 29 November 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. With
Diana Rigg
[85] | ||||||||||||
144 | 43 | "Coppelia" | Unknown | Unknown | 6 December 1967 | TBA | ||||||
A ballet labelled 'BBC production' in television guides.
[86] | ||||||||||||
145 | 44 | "The Firebird" | Unknown | Unknown | 13 December 1967 | TBA | ||||||
A ballet. Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[87] | ||||||||||||
146 | 45 | " She" | Christopher Muir | Unknown | 20 December 1967 | Yes | ||||||
An Australian ballet. | ||||||||||||
147 | 46 | "The Hollow Crown" | Unknown | Unknown | 27 December 1967 | TBA | ||||||
By the Royal Shakespeare Company.
[88] |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Original episode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
148 | 1 | "A Month in the Country" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 January 1968 | TBA | |
A British show.
[89] | |||||||
149 | 2 | "And Did Those Feet?" | Unknown | Unknown | 8 January 1968 | TBA | |
British.
[90] | |||||||
150 | 3 | "Where Angels Fear to Tread" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 January 1968 | TBA | |
151 | 4 | "Carmen" | Unknown | Unknown | 24 January 1968 | Yes | |
An Australian opera production, produced by Peter Page, first in a series of four eopera.
[92] | |||||||
152 | 5 | "Louise" | Unknown | Unknown | 31 January 1968 | Yes | |
An Australian opera.
[93] | |||||||
153 | 6 | "Tosca" | Unknown | Unknown | 7 February 1968 | TBA | |
An opera. | |||||||
154 | 7 | "La Belle Helene" | Unknown | Unknown | 14 February 1968 | TBA | |
An opera. | |||||||
155 | 8 | "Neighbours" | Unknown | Unknown | 21 February 1968 | TBA | |
156 | 9 | "The Pity of it All" | Unknown | Unknown | 28 February 1968 | TBA | |
157 | 10 | "The Man Who Came to Die" | Unknown | Unknown | 6 March 1968 | TBA | |
158 | 11 | "Man and Mirror" | Unknown | Unknown | 13 March 1968 | TBA | |
159 | 12 | "The Lady with the Albatross" | Unknown | Unknown | 20 March 1968 | TBA | |
160 | 13 | "The Importance of Being Earnest" | Unknown | Unknown | 27 March 1968 | TBA | |
161 | 14 | "The Paraffin Season" | Unknown | Unknown | 3 April 1968 | TBA | |
162 | 15 | " Shadow on the Wall" | Christopher Muir | Ru Pullan | 10 April 1968 | TBA | |
163 | 16 | " Volpone" | John Croyston | Unknown | 17 April 1968 | TBA | |
164 | 17 | " The Proposal and the Bear" | James Davern | Unknown | 24 April 1968 | TBA | |
165 | 18 | " Salome" | Oscar Whitbread | Unknown | 1 May 1968 | TBA | |
With Frank Thring. | |||||||
166 | 19 | "Time Out of Mind" | Unknown | Unknown | 8 May 1968 | TBA | |
167 | 20 | "A Beautiful Forever" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 May 1968 | TBA | |
168 | 21 | " A Breach in the Wall" | Gilchrist Calder | Ray Lawler | 22 May 1968 | TBA | |
By Ray Lawler. A broadcast of a version originally produced and broadcast in the United Kingdom. | |||||||
169 | 22 | "The Best of the Bolshoi (part one)" | Unknown | Unknown | 29 May 1968 | TBA | |
170 | 23 | "The Best of the Bolshoi (part two)" | Unknown | Unknown | 5 June 1968 | TBA | |
171 | 24 | "This is Rudolph Nureyev" | Unknown | Unknown | 12 June 1968 | TBA | |
172 | 25 | "The Silent Song" | Unknown | Unknown | 19 June 1968 | TBA | |
173 | 26 | "Traveller Without Luggage" | Unknown | Unknown | 26 June 1968 | TBA | |
174 | 27 | "A Soiree at Bossom's Hotel" | Unknown | Unknown | 3 July 1968 | TBA | |
175 | 28 | "Stand Up, Nigel Barton" | Unknown | Unknown | 10 July 1968 | TBA | |
176 | 29 | "The Coming-Out Party" | Unknown | Unknown | 17 July 1968 | TBA | |
177 | 30 | "Are You Ready for the Music?" | Unknown | Unknown | 24 July 1968 | TBA | |
178 | 31 | "Lysistrata" | Unknown | Unknown | 31 July 1968 | TBA | |
179 | 32 | " The Shifting Heart" | Unknown | Unknown | 7 August 1968 | TBA | |
Based on the play by Richard Beynon. | |||||||
180 | 33 | "Dublin One" | Unknown | Unknown | 18 September 1968 | TBA | |
181 | 34 | "Eugene Onegin" | Unknown | Unknown | 25 September 1968 | TBA | |
An opera. | |||||||
182 | 35 | "Pagliacci" | Unknown | Unknown | 2 October 1968 | TBA | |
An opera. | |||||||
183 | 36 | "Madame Butterfly" | Unknown | Unknown | 9 October 1968 | TBA | |
An opera. | |||||||
184 | 37 | "Peter Grimes" | Unknown | Unknown | 16 October 1968 | TBA | |
An opera. | |||||||
185 | 38 | "Shot Gun" | Unknown | Unknown | 23 October 1968 | TBA | |
186 | 39 | "Are You There" | Unknown | Unknown | 30 October 1968 | TBA | |
187 | 40 | "A Whistle and a Funny Hat" | Unknown | Unknown | 6 November 1968 | TBA | |
188 | 41 | "The Gambler (part one)" | Unknown | Unknown | 13 November 1968 | TBA | |
189 | 42 | "The Gambler (part two)" | Unknown | Unknown | 20 November 1968 | TBA | |
190 | 43 | " The Queen's Bishop" | John Croyston | Unknown | 27 November 1968 | TBA | |
191 | 44 | " Cobwebs in Concrete" | Patrick Barton | John Warwick | 4 December 1968 | TBA | |
192 | 45 | "A Devil a Monk Would Be" | Unknown | Unknown | 11 December 1968 | TBA | |
193 | 46 | "The Devil's Eggshell" | Unknown | Unknown | 18 December 1968 | TBA |
Wednesday Theatre in 1969 was a short run, and consisted almost exclusively of repeats.
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Original episode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
194 | 1 | "Two Way Stretch" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 January 1969 | TBA | |
195 | 2 | "A Soiree at Bossom's Hotel" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 January 1969 | TBA | |
A repeated broadcast. | |||||||
196 | 3 | "Stand Up, Nigel Barton" | Unknown | Unknown | 22 January 1969 | TBA | |
A repeated broadcast. | |||||||
197 | 4 | " A Breach in the Wall" | Gilchrist Calder | Ray Lawler | 29 January 1969 | TBA | |
A repeated broadcast. | |||||||
198 | 5 | "The Silent Song" | Unknown | Unknown | 5 February 1969 | TBA | |
A repeated broadcast. | |||||||
199 | 6 | "The Coming Out Party" | Unknown | Unknown | 22 October 1969 | TBA | |
A repeated broadcast. |
Wednesday Theatre | |
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Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Wednesday Theatre is a 1960s Australian anthology show which aired on the ABC.
Many of the episodes were imported from the BBC. However a number of episodes were made locally.
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Original episode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | " The Recruiting Officer" | Ken Hannam with John Meillon | Unknown | 6 January 1965 | Yes | |
2 | 2 | " Peter Grimes" | Christopher Muir | Unknown | 13 January 1965 | Yes | |
3 | 3 | " Romanoff and Juliet" | Patrick Barton | Noel Robinson | 20 January 1965 | Yes | |
4 | 4 | "The Bomb" | Peter Collinson | Unknown | 27 January 1965 | No [1] | |
A British show. A young boy is dominated by a bully. With Mark Callan, Rita Murrow. | |||||||
5 | 5 | " Othello" | Patrick Barton | Raymond Westwell, David Bradley | 3 February 1965 | Yes | |
6 | 6 | " Ring Out Wild Bells" | Robert Cubbage and Wilf Buckner | Unknown | 10 February 1965 | Yes | |
7 | 7 | "Stalingrad" | Unknown | Unknown | 17 February 1965 | No | |
A British TV production starring Albert Lieven and Peter Vaughan.
[2] | |||||||
8 | 8 | "Carmen" | Unknown | Unknown | 24 February 1965 | No | |
A BBC filmed opera.
[3] | |||||||
9 | 9 | " The Importance of Being Oscar: Part 1" | Unknown | Micheál MacLiammóir | 3 March 1965 | No | |
Starring
Micheál MacLiammóir.
[4] | |||||||
10 | 10 | "The Importance of Being Oscar: Part 2" | Unknown | Micheál MacLiammóir | 10 March 1965 | No | |
Starring
Micheál MacLiammóir.
[5] | |||||||
11 | 11 | "The Fate of Man" | Unknown | Unknown | 17 March 1965 | No | |
A 1959 Russian film.
[6] | |||||||
12 | 12 | " A Season in Hell" | Henri Safran | Patricia Hooker | 24 March 1965 | Yes | |
13 | 13 | " The Swagman" | Henri Safran | Ian Stuart Black | 31 March 1965 | Yes | |
14 | 14 | " A Time to Speak" | Patrick Barton | Noel Robinson | 7 April 1965 | Yes | |
15 | 15 | "Time and the Conways" | Unknown | Unknown | 14 April 1965 | No | |
A British adaptation of play by
J. B. Priestley.
[7] | |||||||
16 | 16 | " The Big Killing" | James Upshaw | Noel Robinson | 21 April 1965 | Yes | |
17 | 17 | " The Tower" | Christopher Muir | Noel Robinson | 28 April 1965 | Yes | |
18 | 18 | " Daphne Laureola" | Patrick Barton | John Warwick | 5 May 1965 | Yes | |
19 | 19 | "Cinderella" | Unknown | Unknown | 12 May 1965 | Yes | |
A Sydney opera.
[8] | |||||||
20 | 20 | " Moby Dick Rehearsed" | Ken Hannam | Unknown | 19 May 1965 | Yes [9] | |
21 | 21 | Episode not traced | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
22 | 22 | " Otherwise Engaged" | Oscar Whitbread | John Cameron | 2 June 1965 | Yes | |
23 | 23 | " Dangerous Corner" | Patrick Barton | John Warwick | 9 June 1965 | Yes | |
24 | 24 | "Louise" | Unknown | Unknown | 16 June 1965 | Yes | |
An opera by Charpentier with Mary O'Brien and Robert Guard, produced by Peter Page, SSO.
[10] | |||||||
25 | 25 | " Rusty Bugles" | Alan Burke | John Warwick | 23 June 1965 | Yes | |
26 | 26 | "School for Fathers" | Oscar Whitbread | Unknown | 30 June 1965 | Yes | |
An opera by Ferrar filmed in Melbourne.
[11] | |||||||
27 | 27 | "The Dogs of Durga Das" | Unknown | Unknown | 7 July 1965 | No | |
A BBC production.
[12] | |||||||
28 | 28 | "Duet: The Face at the Club House Door" | Oscar Whitbread | Colin Free | 14 July 1965 | Yes | |
" How Do You Spell Matrimony?" | |||||||
29 | 29 | " Waiting in the Wings" | Patrick Barton | John Warwick | 21 July 1965 | Yes | |
30 | 30 | " The Sweet Sad Story of Elmo and Me" | Henri Safran | Ric Throssell | 27 July 1965 | Yes | |
31 | 31 | " The Winds of Green Monday" | Oscar Whitbread | Michael Noonan | 4 August 1965 | Yes | |
32 | 32 | "Ever Since Paradise" | Unknown | Unknown | 11 August 1965 | No | |
A British TV show, from play by
J. B. Priestley.
[13] | |||||||
33 | 33 | " The Affair" | Eric Taylor | Ronald Miller | 18 August 1965 | Yes | |
34 | 34 | "Winter in Ischia" | Peter Cotes | Unknown | 25 August 1965 | No | |
A BBC production. By Robin Maugham with Eva Bartok. | |||||||
35 | 35 | "The Picardy Affair" | Unknown | Unknown | 8 September 1965 | No | |
A British TV production with Robin Hardy about Henry V. | |||||||
36 | 36 | "The Door" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 September 1965 | No | |
By Joan Morgan with Ann Todd. | |||||||
37 | 37 | " Macbeth" | Alan Burke | Unknown | 22 September 1965 | Yes | |
38 | 38 | " Dark Corridor" | Alan Burke | Trevor Nielsen | 6 October 1965 | Yes | |
39 | 39 | " Tartuffe" | Henri Safran | John Warwick and Henri Safran | 13 October 1965 | Yes | |
40 | 40 | "Collect Your Hand Luggage" | Unknown | Unknown | 20 October 1965 | No | |
A British TV production by John Mortimer starring
Kenneth More.
[14] | |||||||
41 | 41 | " Cross of Gold" | Patrick Barton | Richard Lane | 27 October 1965 | Yes | |
42 | 42 | "The Bergonzi Hand" | Unknown | Unknown | 3 November 1965 | No | |
A British BBC TV production by
Tyrone Guthrie with
Keith Michell (playing an Australian) and
Gordon Jackson.
[15] | |||||||
43 | 43 | " Photo Finish" | Oscar Whitbread | John Warwick | 3 November 1965 | Yes | |
44 | 44 | "The Casualties" | Unknown | Unknown | 17 November 1965 | No | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[16] | |||||||
45 | 45 | " Campaign for One" | Brian Faull | Anthony Church and Marielaine Double | 24 November 1965 | Yes | |
46 | 46 | "The Cruel Deadline" | Unknown | Unknown | 31 November 1965 | No | |
A British TV production with
Guy Doleman.
[17] | |||||||
47 | 47 | " Write Me a Murder" | Henri Safran | Kenneth Hayles | 8 December 1965 | No | |
48 | 48 | "The Search" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 December 1965 | No | |
A British TV production.
[18] | |||||||
49 | 49 | " A Christmas Play" | Brian Faull | Carl Orff | 22 December 1965 | Yes [19] |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Original episode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
50 | 1 | " Plain Jane" | Oscar Whitbread | Stewart Love | 5 January 1966 | Yes | |
Australian play.
[20] | |||||||
51 | 2 | "Brimstone Butterfly" | Unknown | Unknown | 12 January 1966 | TBA | |
A British TV show starring
John Le Mesurier.
[21] | |||||||
52 | 3 | "The Image" | Unknown | Unknown | 19 January 1966 | TBA | |
A British TV play by Kenneth Hill.
[22] | |||||||
53 | 4 | "Valentina" | Unknown | Unknown | 26 January 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[23] | |||||||
54 | 5 | "Uncle Selwyn" | Unknown | Unknown | 2 February 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[24] | |||||||
55 | 6 | "Finger on the Balance" | Unknown | Unknown | 9 February 1966 | TBA | |
A British play by Patrick Simpson.
[25] | |||||||
56 | 7 | "No Trams to Lime Street" | Unknown | Unknown | 16 February 1966 | TBA | |
57 | 8 | "Acquit or Hang?" | Unknown | Unknown | 23 February 1966 | TBA | |
A British TV play, story of the
Mutiny on the Bounty. John Hurt starred.
[27] | |||||||
58 | 9 | "The Gypsy Baron" | Unknown | Unknown | 2 March 1966 | Yes | |
Operetta by
Johann Strauss. Sydney production.
[28] | |||||||
59 | 10 | "Return to the Regiment" | Unknown | Unknown | 9 March 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. With
Michael Redgrave.
[29] | |||||||
60 | 11 | "Mr Douglas" | Unknown | Unknown | 16 March 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. About
Bonnie Prince Charlie.
[30] | |||||||
61 | 12 | "Justin Thyme" | Unknown | Unknown | 23 March 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. Spoof of James Bond films starring
John Bluthal.
[31] | |||||||
62 | 13 | "My One True Love" | Unknown | Unknown | 30 March 1966 | TBA | |
By Hugh Leonard.
[32] | |||||||
63 | 14 | " Topaze" | Christopher Muir | John Warwick | 30 March 1966 | Sydney and 6 April 1966 MelbourneTBA | |
By
Marcel Pagnol.
[33] | |||||||
64 | 15 | "The Lover" | Unknown | Unknown | 6 April 1966 | Melbourne and 13 April 1966 SydneyTBA | |
65 | 16 | "Sword of Vengeance" | Unknown | Unknown | 13 April 1966 | Melbourne and Sydney 20 April 1966TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. With
Donald Houston.
[35] | |||||||
66 | 17 | "The Sound of Murder" | Unknown | Unknown | 27 April 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. By William Fairchild with
Marius Goring.
[36] | |||||||
67 | 18 | " Ashes to Ashes" | Patrick Barton | Marc Brendel | 27 April 1966 | Melbourne and Sydney 4 May 1966Yes | |
Australian script directed by Patrick Barton. | |||||||
68 | 19 | "Tosca" | TBA | TBA | TBA | Yes | |
Tosca* Sydney production - produced by Robert Allnut starring Diana Perryman (aired Melbourne 4 May 1966) Culloden BBC production (aired Melbourne 11 May 1966) - in Sydney production that night * Amelia Goes to the Ball* (Sydney production aired 11 May 1966 and Melbourne 25 May 1966) | |||||||
69 | 20 | "Undercurrent" | Unknown | Unknown | 18 May 1966 | Sydney and MelbourneTBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[37] | |||||||
70 | 21 | "The Scapegoat" | Unknown | Unknown | 18 May 1966 | Melbourne and Sydney 25 May 1966TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. Starring
Kenneth More.
[38] | |||||||
71 | 22 | "La Belle Helene" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 June 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. Operetta.
[39] | |||||||
72 | 23 | "Benbow Was His Name" | Unknown | Unknown | 8 June 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. Starring
Donald Wolfit.
[40] | |||||||
73 | 24 | "Vicky and the Sultan" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 June 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[41] | |||||||
74 | 25 | " Point of Departure" | Henri Safran | Jean Anouilh | 22 June 1966 | Yes | |
Australian adaptation of play by
Jean Anouilh directed by
Henri Safran. (Melbourne had The Interior Decorator. | |||||||
75 | 26 | "Captain Carvallo" | Unknown | Unknown | 29 June 1966 | TBA | |
A British production by Denis Gannon.
[42] | |||||||
76 | 27 | "The Master of Santiago" | Unknown | Unknown | 6 July 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[43] | |||||||
77 | 28 | " A Phoenix Too Frequent" | Oscar Whitbread | Unknown | 13 July 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. By Christopher Fry.
[44] | |||||||
78 | 29 | "The July Plot" | Unknown | Unknown | 20 July 1966 | TBA | |
By Roger Manwell.
[45] | |||||||
79 | 30 | "The Unbearable Bassington" | Unknown | Unknown | 27 July 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[46] | |||||||
80 | 31 | " Antigone" | Patrick Barton | Unknown | 3 August 1966 | Yes | |
81 | 32 | "Mr Byculla" | Unknown | Unknown | 10 August 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[48] | |||||||
82 | 33 | "Eden End" | Unknown | Unknown | 17 August 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
J. B. Priestley.
[49] | |||||||
83 | 34 | " The Third Witness" | Patrick Barton | Ron Callander | 24 August 1966 | Yes | |
Australian production, by Ron Callander. | |||||||
84 | 35 | "Almost a Honeymoon" | Unknown | Unknown | 31 August 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[50] | |||||||
85 | 36 | "The Stag" | Unknown | Unknown | 7 September 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[51] | |||||||
86 | 37 | "The Interior Decorator" | Unknown | Unknown | 14 September 1966 | TBA | |
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[52] | |||||||
87 | 38 | "A Crack in the Ice" | Unknown | Unknown | 21 September 1966 | TBA | |
By Ronald Eyre.
[53] | |||||||
88 | 39 | "Hamlet" | Unknown | Unknown | 28 September 1966 | TBA | |
British production, starring
Laurence Olivier.
[54] | |||||||
89 | 40 | " Flight into Danger" | Patrick Barton | Arthur Hailey | 5 October 1966 | TBA | |
By
Arthur Hailey.
[55] | |||||||
90 | 41 | " Twelfth Night" | Ken Hannam | Unknown | 12 October 1966 | TBA | |
Australian adaptation of play by
William Shakespeare. Starring Helen Morse, Judith Fisher, Roger Climpson, and Mark McManus | |||||||
91 | 42 | " The Runaway" | Storry Walton | John Croyston | 17 October 1966 | Yes | |
Australian play by John Croyston | |||||||
92 | 43 | "The House" | Unknown | Unknown | 24 October 1966 | TBA | |
Starring
Denholm Elliott.
[56] | |||||||
93 | 44 | " The Man Who Saw It" | Unknown | Unknown | 2 November 1966 | TBA | |
94 | 45 | "The Good Shoemaker and the Poor Fish Peddler" | Unknown | Unknown | 9 November 1966 | TBA | |
95 | 46 | "Justin Thyme" | Unknown | Unknown | 16 November 1966 | TBA | |
[replay]
[60] | |||||||
96 | 47 | Episode not traced | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
97 | 48 | "The Long House" | Unknown | Unknown | 30 November 1966 | TBA | |
98 | 49 | Episode not traced | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
99 | 50 | "Iolanthe" | Unknown | Unknown | 14 December 1966 | TBA | |
By Gilbert and Sullivan A Sadler Wells production.
[62] | |||||||
100 | 51 | "Cinderella" | Unknown | Unknown | 21 December 1966 | TBA | |
101 | 52 | " Hansel and Gretel" | Peter Page | Unknown | 28 December 1966 | TBA | |
An opera by
Engelbert Humperdinck. Australian production.
[64] |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Original episode | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
102 | 1 | "Orpheus in the Underworld" | Unknown | Unknown | 4 January 1967 | TBA | ||||||
103 | 2 | "Simon and Laura" | Unknown | Unknown | 11 January 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. with
Ian Carmichael.
[66] | ||||||||||||
104 | 3 | "The Cocktail Party" | Unknown | Unknown | 18 January 1967 | TBA | ||||||
By
T.S. Eliot
[67] | ||||||||||||
105 | 4 | "Waiting for Godot" | Unknown | Unknown | 25 January 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[68] | ||||||||||||
106 | 5 | "All Things Bright and Beautiful" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 February 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[69] | ||||||||||||
107 | 6 | " Deep and Crisp and Stolen" | Unknown | Unknown | 8 February 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[70] | ||||||||||||
108 | 7 | "Celebration: The Wedding and the Funeral" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 February 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[71] | ||||||||||||
109 | 8 | "Lady of the Camellias" | Unknown | Unknown | 22 February 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[72] | ||||||||||||
110 | 9 | "Dandy Dick" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 March 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[73] | ||||||||||||
111 | 10 | "Dan, Dan the Charity Man" | Unknown | Unknown | 8 March 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[74] | ||||||||||||
112 | 11 | " The Schoolmistress" | John Croyston | Unknown | 15 March 1967 | Yes | ||||||
Australian production based on Old Tote show. | ||||||||||||
113 | 12 | "The Cure for Love" | Unknown | Unknown | 22 March 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[75] | ||||||||||||
114 | 13 | "The Initiate" | Unknown | Unknown | 29 March 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[76] | ||||||||||||
115 | 14 | " Course for Collision" | Oscar Whitbread | Arthur Hailey | 5 April 1967 | Yes | ||||||
By Arthur Hailey, starring Bill Yule, Carl Bleazby, Keith Lee, and Frank Wilson, and was produced in the ABC's Melbourne studios. | ||||||||||||
116 | 15 | "An Hour with Joan Sutherland" | Unknown | Unknown | 12 April 1967 | TBA | ||||||
117 | 16 | " Madam Butterfly" | Peter Page | Unknown | 19 April 1967 | Yes | ||||||
An opera production by Peter Page, in the Gore Hill Studios, Sydney, starring the Chinese soprano and film actress, Kiang Haw as Madam Butterfly, and an Asian cast. | ||||||||||||
118 | 17 | Episode not traced | Unknown | Unknown | 26 April 1967 | TBA | ||||||
119 | 18 | "Manon" | Unknown | Unknown | 3 May 1967 | Yes | ||||||
An ABC production of the opera.
[78] | ||||||||||||
120 | 19 | Episode not traced | Unknown | Unknown | 10 May 1967 | TBA | ||||||
121 | 20 | Episode not traced | Unknown | Unknown | 17 May 1967 | TBA | ||||||
122 | 21 | Episode not traced | Unknown | Unknown | 24 May 1967 | TBA | ||||||
123 | 22 | Episode not traced | Unknown | Unknown | 31 May 1967 | TBA | ||||||
124 | 23 | Episode not traced | Unknown | Unknown | 7 June 1967 | TBA | ||||||
125 | 24 | Episode not traced | Unknown | Unknown | 26 July 1967 | TBA | ||||||
126 | 25 | Episode not traced | Unknown | Unknown | 2 August 1967 | TBA | ||||||
127 | 26 | Episode not traced | Unknown | Unknown | 9 August 1967 | TBA | ||||||
128 | 27 | Untitled documentary on Australian ballet | Unknown | Unknown | 16 August 1967 | TBA | ||||||
With
Robert Helpmann (aired )
[79] | ||||||||||||
129 | 28 | "Illyria" | Unknown | Unknown | 23 August 1967 | TBA | ||||||
"Elektra" | ||||||||||||
A double bill of two ballets.
[80] | ||||||||||||
130 | 29 | " A Ride on the Big Dipper" | Christopher Muir | Ron Harrison | 30 August 1967 | Yes | ||||||
131 | 30 | " Love and War - Man of Destiny" | Patrick Barton | Unknown | 6 September 1967 | Yes | ||||||
132 | 31 | "Love and War - Sergeant Musgrave's Dance" | John Croyston | Unknown | 13 September 1967 | TBA | ||||||
133 | 32 | "Love and War - L'Flaherty, VC" | John Croyston | Unknown | 20 September 1967 | TBA | ||||||
134 | 33 | "Love and War - The Brass Butterfly" | John Croyston | Unknown | 27 September 1967 | TBA | ||||||
135 | 34 | "Love and War - Intersection" | John Croyston | Michael Boddy | 3 October 1967 | Yes | ||||||
136 | 35 | "Love and War - Construction" | Storry Walton | John Croyston | 10 October 1967 | TBA | ||||||
137 | 36 | " Love and War - Romeo and Juliet" | Oscar Whitbread | Alan Cole | 17 October 1967 | Yes | ||||||
Romeo and Juliet. | ||||||||||||
138 | 37 | Episode not traced | Unknown | Unknown | 24 October 1967 | TBA | ||||||
139 | 38 | "The Blackmailing of Mr S" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 November 1967 | TBA | ||||||
By Michael Gilbert
[81] | ||||||||||||
140 | 39 | "The Imposter" | Unknown | Unknown | 8 November 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Labelled 'BBC production' in television guides.
[82] | ||||||||||||
141 | 40 | "A Cherry on Top" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 November 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[83] | ||||||||||||
142 | 41 | "A Cold Peace" | Unknown | Unknown | 22 November 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. Starring
Britt Ekland.
[84] | ||||||||||||
143 | 42 | "The Hothouse" | Unknown | Unknown | 29 November 1967 | TBA | ||||||
Previously aired in the United Kingdom. With
Diana Rigg
[85] | ||||||||||||
144 | 43 | "Coppelia" | Unknown | Unknown | 6 December 1967 | TBA | ||||||
A ballet labelled 'BBC production' in television guides.
[86] | ||||||||||||
145 | 44 | "The Firebird" | Unknown | Unknown | 13 December 1967 | TBA | ||||||
A ballet. Previously aired in the United Kingdom.
[87] | ||||||||||||
146 | 45 | " She" | Christopher Muir | Unknown | 20 December 1967 | Yes | ||||||
An Australian ballet. | ||||||||||||
147 | 46 | "The Hollow Crown" | Unknown | Unknown | 27 December 1967 | TBA | ||||||
By the Royal Shakespeare Company.
[88] |
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Original episode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
148 | 1 | "A Month in the Country" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 January 1968 | TBA | |
A British show.
[89] | |||||||
149 | 2 | "And Did Those Feet?" | Unknown | Unknown | 8 January 1968 | TBA | |
British.
[90] | |||||||
150 | 3 | "Where Angels Fear to Tread" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 January 1968 | TBA | |
151 | 4 | "Carmen" | Unknown | Unknown | 24 January 1968 | Yes | |
An Australian opera production, produced by Peter Page, first in a series of four eopera.
[92] | |||||||
152 | 5 | "Louise" | Unknown | Unknown | 31 January 1968 | Yes | |
An Australian opera.
[93] | |||||||
153 | 6 | "Tosca" | Unknown | Unknown | 7 February 1968 | TBA | |
An opera. | |||||||
154 | 7 | "La Belle Helene" | Unknown | Unknown | 14 February 1968 | TBA | |
An opera. | |||||||
155 | 8 | "Neighbours" | Unknown | Unknown | 21 February 1968 | TBA | |
156 | 9 | "The Pity of it All" | Unknown | Unknown | 28 February 1968 | TBA | |
157 | 10 | "The Man Who Came to Die" | Unknown | Unknown | 6 March 1968 | TBA | |
158 | 11 | "Man and Mirror" | Unknown | Unknown | 13 March 1968 | TBA | |
159 | 12 | "The Lady with the Albatross" | Unknown | Unknown | 20 March 1968 | TBA | |
160 | 13 | "The Importance of Being Earnest" | Unknown | Unknown | 27 March 1968 | TBA | |
161 | 14 | "The Paraffin Season" | Unknown | Unknown | 3 April 1968 | TBA | |
162 | 15 | " Shadow on the Wall" | Christopher Muir | Ru Pullan | 10 April 1968 | TBA | |
163 | 16 | " Volpone" | John Croyston | Unknown | 17 April 1968 | TBA | |
164 | 17 | " The Proposal and the Bear" | James Davern | Unknown | 24 April 1968 | TBA | |
165 | 18 | " Salome" | Oscar Whitbread | Unknown | 1 May 1968 | TBA | |
With Frank Thring. | |||||||
166 | 19 | "Time Out of Mind" | Unknown | Unknown | 8 May 1968 | TBA | |
167 | 20 | "A Beautiful Forever" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 May 1968 | TBA | |
168 | 21 | " A Breach in the Wall" | Gilchrist Calder | Ray Lawler | 22 May 1968 | TBA | |
By Ray Lawler. A broadcast of a version originally produced and broadcast in the United Kingdom. | |||||||
169 | 22 | "The Best of the Bolshoi (part one)" | Unknown | Unknown | 29 May 1968 | TBA | |
170 | 23 | "The Best of the Bolshoi (part two)" | Unknown | Unknown | 5 June 1968 | TBA | |
171 | 24 | "This is Rudolph Nureyev" | Unknown | Unknown | 12 June 1968 | TBA | |
172 | 25 | "The Silent Song" | Unknown | Unknown | 19 June 1968 | TBA | |
173 | 26 | "Traveller Without Luggage" | Unknown | Unknown | 26 June 1968 | TBA | |
174 | 27 | "A Soiree at Bossom's Hotel" | Unknown | Unknown | 3 July 1968 | TBA | |
175 | 28 | "Stand Up, Nigel Barton" | Unknown | Unknown | 10 July 1968 | TBA | |
176 | 29 | "The Coming-Out Party" | Unknown | Unknown | 17 July 1968 | TBA | |
177 | 30 | "Are You Ready for the Music?" | Unknown | Unknown | 24 July 1968 | TBA | |
178 | 31 | "Lysistrata" | Unknown | Unknown | 31 July 1968 | TBA | |
179 | 32 | " The Shifting Heart" | Unknown | Unknown | 7 August 1968 | TBA | |
Based on the play by Richard Beynon. | |||||||
180 | 33 | "Dublin One" | Unknown | Unknown | 18 September 1968 | TBA | |
181 | 34 | "Eugene Onegin" | Unknown | Unknown | 25 September 1968 | TBA | |
An opera. | |||||||
182 | 35 | "Pagliacci" | Unknown | Unknown | 2 October 1968 | TBA | |
An opera. | |||||||
183 | 36 | "Madame Butterfly" | Unknown | Unknown | 9 October 1968 | TBA | |
An opera. | |||||||
184 | 37 | "Peter Grimes" | Unknown | Unknown | 16 October 1968 | TBA | |
An opera. | |||||||
185 | 38 | "Shot Gun" | Unknown | Unknown | 23 October 1968 | TBA | |
186 | 39 | "Are You There" | Unknown | Unknown | 30 October 1968 | TBA | |
187 | 40 | "A Whistle and a Funny Hat" | Unknown | Unknown | 6 November 1968 | TBA | |
188 | 41 | "The Gambler (part one)" | Unknown | Unknown | 13 November 1968 | TBA | |
189 | 42 | "The Gambler (part two)" | Unknown | Unknown | 20 November 1968 | TBA | |
190 | 43 | " The Queen's Bishop" | John Croyston | Unknown | 27 November 1968 | TBA | |
191 | 44 | " Cobwebs in Concrete" | Patrick Barton | John Warwick | 4 December 1968 | TBA | |
192 | 45 | "A Devil a Monk Would Be" | Unknown | Unknown | 11 December 1968 | TBA | |
193 | 46 | "The Devil's Eggshell" | Unknown | Unknown | 18 December 1968 | TBA |
Wednesday Theatre in 1969 was a short run, and consisted almost exclusively of repeats.
No. overall |
No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Original episode | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
194 | 1 | "Two Way Stretch" | Unknown | Unknown | 1 January 1969 | TBA | |
195 | 2 | "A Soiree at Bossom's Hotel" | Unknown | Unknown | 15 January 1969 | TBA | |
A repeated broadcast. | |||||||
196 | 3 | "Stand Up, Nigel Barton" | Unknown | Unknown | 22 January 1969 | TBA | |
A repeated broadcast. | |||||||
197 | 4 | " A Breach in the Wall" | Gilchrist Calder | Ray Lawler | 29 January 1969 | TBA | |
A repeated broadcast. | |||||||
198 | 5 | "The Silent Song" | Unknown | Unknown | 5 February 1969 | TBA | |
A repeated broadcast. | |||||||
199 | 6 | "The Coming Out Party" | Unknown | Unknown | 22 October 1969 | TBA | |
A repeated broadcast. |