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Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.
NET Playhouse is an American dramatic television anthology series produced by National Educational Television. NET subsequently merged with WNDT Newark, New Jersey to form WNET and was superseded by the Public Broadcasting Service. American television anthology series of wide range of genres, from history and drama, to fantasy, and science fiction. Fiction novels, stories, stage plays, fairytales, and historic events are dramatized in each episode.
An anthology of single plays offering up adaptations of either of prominent stage plays or novels.
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
Starr and Company is a BBC television drama series aired in 1958. It was a soap opera, aired twice a week, Monday and Thursday. 77 episodes were made. The series was set in a buoy-making firm established by retired naval engineer Joseph Starr in the fictional town of Sullbridge in South East England.
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.
Doctor Peter Morgan finds he has his hands full with wife Dora when she embarks on her crazy schemes.
Anna, a young philosophy academic, arrives at a small Canadian university as a sessional lecturer. There she meets an older divorced professor, Ian MacGregor, and they quickly discover a mutual attraction. Senior faculty at the university notice her skill at teaching, but have no funds to keep her on past the term's end. She must decide whether to pursue her career or stay with MacGregor.
Story about a group of young cyclist track riders and their effort to retain their track against long odds.
A detective uncovers a sinister conspiracy when he is sent to research a disintegrating neighborhood for a public relations campaign.
