Synopsis
A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.
Episodes
1E1The Bride and the BachelorInternalised father issues cause a bride to experience cold feet on her wedding day.45m2E2Romanoff 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.3E3The Member of the WeddingA young tomboy named Frankie is forced to face her own immaturity as a result her older brother's wedding.45m4E4Subway 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.45m5E5Olive Ogilvie45m6E6Sailor BewareAn imminent wedding is endangered by a domineering matriarch.45m7E7Summer of the Seventeenth DollA couple of Australian cane-cutters plan their usual annual holiday of boozing and womanizing; but this year it's different.45m8E8The 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.45m9E9ZuleikaIn 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.45m10E10Dear 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.45m11E11Six Months' Grace45m12E12Silver 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.45m13E13Blood Upon the Rose45m14E14Meet 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 1884.45m15E15NekrassovIn 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.45m16E16The 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?45m17E17Winter Wonderland45m18E18The Happy Man45m19E19A Touch of the Sun45m20E20Simple Spymen45m21E21Breath of Spring45m22E22Any 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.45m23E23Flowering CherryJim Cherry has the opportunity to change his life - will he take the risk?45m24E24What Shall We Tell Caroline?45m
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