ITV Saturday Night Theatre Season 2, Episode 38: The Salesman

Diddled

Episode 2

That Woman Is Wrecking Our Marriage

A Walk Through the Forest

The Undoing

In Another Country

Murder: The Colonel and the Naturalist

Murder: The Blood Relation

It's Called the Sugar Plum

Hester Lilly

Muriel Ingram (Faith Brook) takes her friend Beatrice played by (Joan Hickson) into her confidence when she becomes suspicious of her husbands preoccupation with a young innocent looking orphan called Hester Lilly, Hester has arrived from Paris to stay with Robert Ingram the head of a boys boarding school.

Aren't We All?

The Full Cheddar

A teacher's concentration frequently wanders as he fantasizes about living a different life.

The Comic

Tod a successful comic, is now being threatened by his own insecurities which are straining the relationships with his wife/writers and his fellow troupe of stooges. It might be about Tony Hancock? but it could be about any comedian.

Faith and Henry

After the last science lesson of the day at Rivington High School, in St Helens, Lancashire, a young black girl, Faith is joined by a white fellow school pupil, Henry. They strike up a conversation about what they are doing for the evening. Henry persuades Faith to forgo the bus and walk it home instead. They nip to the local shop where Henry picks up his usual weekly order of Lancashire cheese for his family, mum, dad and 3 brothers. What follows is a gentle 1960's ever so innocent multi-racial friendship that was unusual in 1960's St. Helens. They walk around the Sankey canal, get teased by other children with one shouting 'Henry's got a girlfriend' to which Henry comically chases after them before giving up. They climb a local hill where you can see the Welsh hills, Widnes and Bold power station. Henry recites a poem and every feels every so quaint, especially for the industrial north. They return home... new friendships formed.

Nora

It Calls for a Great Deal of Love

Story of a lonely old woman who falls for a fat crossword puzzle composer.

Suffer Little Children

The popularity of the Prime Minister (Lee Montague) has reached an all time low. Facing a serious economic crisis and with threats to his position, the former Post Office worker undergoes a breakdown and reverts to childhood.

Anniversary

A Doll's House

Nora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed lives in fear of her husband's finding out and of the shame such a revelation would bring to his career. But when the truth comes out, Nora is shocked to learn where she really stands in her husband's esteem.

Mrs. Mouse, Are You Within?

The Pretenders

Wolly Wenpol, the Complete Works

Wicked Women: Alice Rhodes

Wicked Women: Christiana Edmunds

Wicked Women: Augusta Fullam

Wicked Women: Anne-Maria Moody

Wicked Women: Florence Maybrick

Wicked Women: Madeleine July

The Master and the Mask

The Cork Moustache

Fade Out

A TV news executive gets a sensational story concerning a corrupt politician, only to find that his network bosses want to suppress it.

The Rococo Bush

Dangerous Corner

An unexpected suicide prompts much speculation about honesty and theft.

The Family Is a Vicious Circle

When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Lay Down Your Arms

At the time of the 1956 Suez Crisis and the Russian invasion of Hungary, Private Bob Hawk reports to the London Intelligence Office where the strength of Soviet troops is under scrutiny.

You See, the Thing Is...

Married Alive

"Married Alive was a television play written by John Mortimer, that was broadcast on NBC in 1970. "The Colonel" (Robert Culp) is a man claiming to be Liz Jardine's (Diana Rigg) long lost husband who returns after many years and moves into her life.

Playing with Fire

Slattery's Mounted Foot

The intrigues, gossip and prejudices of a close-knit Irish clan living in the north of England.

Hands with the Magic Touch

The Gingham Dog

Twelfth Night

After a shipwreck, believing her brother has been killed, Viola disguises herself as a boy named Cesario and becomes a courtier to Orsino, who sends her to deliver a message of his love to Olivia, but she falls for the messenger instead.

Skyscrapers

The Insider

Dear Janet Rosenberg... Dear Mr. Kooning

Act of Separation

Honour and Offer

Hodinott Veiling