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S3 E10 · Goodnight Mrs Puffin

About Theatre Night

Theatre Night is a drama TV series that premiered on BBC Television on January 21, 1957. It has 3 seasons and 55 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 3 Episode 10 "Goodnight Mrs Puffin", aired on August 24, 1961.

A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.

  • Drama

Last updated

Episodes

55 episodes · 3 seasons

Series 1

1957 · 24 episodes · Last episode: 68 years ago

Theatre Night Series 1 release dates →
  1. E24

    24. What Shall We Tell Caroline?

    Finale
  2. E23

    23. Flowering Cherry

    Jim Cherry has the opportunity to change his life - will he take the risk?

  3. E22

    22. Any Other Business

    A 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.

  4. E21

    21. Breath of Spring

  5. E20

    20. Simple Spymen

  6. E19

    19. A Touch of the Sun

  7. E18

    18. The Happy Man

  8. E17

    17. Winter Wonderland

  9. E16

    16. The Happiest Millionaire

    Happy 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?

  10. E15

    15. Nekrassov

    In 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.

  11. E14

    14. Meet Me by Moonlight

    A satirical look at Victorian life, set entirely in the drawing room of Henry Mansfield's house in an English provincial town in 1884.

  12. E13

    13. Blood Upon the Rose

  13. E12

    12. Silver Wedding

    Sir 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.

  14. E11

    11. Six Months' Grace

  15. E10

    10. Dear Delinqient

    An 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.

  16. E9

    9. Zuleika

    In 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.

  17. E8

    8. The Lovebirds

    A 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.

  18. E7

    7. Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

    A couple of Australian cane-cutters plan their usual annual holiday of boozing and womanizing; but this year it's different.

  19. E6

    6. Sailor Beware

    An imminent wedding is endangered by a domineering matriarch.

  20. E5

    5. Olive Ogilvie

  21. E4

    4. Subway in the Sky

    An 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.

  22. E3

    3. The Member of the Wedding

    A young tomboy named Frankie is forced to face her own immaturity as a result her older brother's wedding.

  23. E2

    2. Romanoff and Juliet

    In the smallest country in the world, the daughter of the American ambassador falls in love with the son of the Russian ambassador. Oops.

  24. E1

    1. The Bride and the Bachelor

    Internalised father issues cause a bride to experience cold feet on her wedding day.

Series 2

1958 · 21 episodes · Last episode: 66 years ago

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  1. E21

    21. A Clean Kill

    Finale
  2. E20

    20. The More the Merrier

  3. E19

    19. The Amourous Prawn

    A general's wife turns his official home into a hotel for wealthy Americans.

  4. E18

    18. And Suddenly It's Spring

  5. E17

    17. Rollo

  6. E16

    16. The Grass Is Greener

    A handsome stranger disturbs the marriage of the Earl and Countess of Rhyall.

  7. E15

    15. The Ring of Truth

  8. E14

    14. Caught Napping

  9. E13

    13. Gilt and Gingerbread

  10. E12

    12. Let Them Eat Cake

  11. E11

    11. How Say You?

  12. E10

    10. Fool's Paradise

  13. E9

    9. The Long and the Short and the Tall

    Psychological drama about a British patrol in the Burmese jungle who fall out among themselves.

  14. E8

    8. A Day in the Life of...

  15. E7

    7. Hook, Line and Sinker

  16. E6

    6. Eighty in the Shade

  17. E5

    5. Not in the Book

  18. E4

    4. Expresso Bongo

    An unscrupulous small-time promoter discovers a young singer and determines to make him a star.

  19. E3

    3. Living for Pleasure

  20. E2

    2. The Heart's a Wonder

    A Man comes into a pub and boasts that he has just killed his father. Instead of condemning him for the crime, the locals revel in his story and praise him for his deed, with the daughter of the landlord falling for this "dashing hero". Things take an even more surprising turn, when the father enters the pub. Based on John Millington Synge's play The Playboy of the Western World.

  21. E1

    1. Brouhaha

    An extract from a current West End theatre production, a farcical comedy set in a far-off country.

Series 3

1960 · 10 episodes · Last episode: 65 years ago

Theatre Night Series 3 release dates →
  1. E10

    10. Goodnight Mrs Puffin

    Finale
  2. E9

    9. Celebration

  3. E8

    8. What a Racket

  4. E7

    7. Ondine

  5. E6

    6. The Tiger and the Horse

  6. E5

    5. The Bride Comes Back

  7. E4

    4. Billy Liar

  8. E3

    3. The Gazebo

  9. E2

    2. The Brides of March

  10. E1

    1. Watch It, Sailor!

Cast & crew

Created by John Vernon

  • Peter Sellers

    Peter Sellers

    The Sultan

  • Timothy Bateson

    Timothy Bateson

    Uruq Ubaita

  • John Wood

    John Wood

    The Wall

  • Milo O'Shea

    Milo O'Shea

    Shawn Keogh

  • Cicely Courtneidge

    Cicely Courtneidge

    Isabel Kilpatrick

  • Jill Raymond

    Serena Kilpatrick

  • Robertson Hare

    Robertson Hare

    Jason Kilpatrick

  • Maggie McCourt

    Barbara Kilpatrick

  • Viola Lyel

    Viola Lyel

    Blodwen

  • Warren Stanhope

    Warren Stanhope

    Joe Tilney

  • Naunton Wayne

    Naunton Wayne

    Sir William Benedick-Barlow

  • Josephine Barrington

    Beulah Moulsworth

  • Michael David

    Igor Romanoff

  • Marianne Deeming

    Evdokia Romanoff

  • William Greene

    Freddie Vanderstutt

  • Delphi Lawrence

    Delphi Lawrence

    Junior Captain Marfa Zlotochienki

Theatre Night FAQ

Will there be new episodes of Theatre Night?

Theatre Night has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on August 24, 1961.

When did the latest episode of Theatre Night come out?

The most recent episode of Theatre Night, Season 3 Episode 10 "Goodnight Mrs Puffin", aired on August 24, 1961.

How many seasons of Theatre Night are there?

Theatre Night has 3 seasons with 55 episodes in total.

When did Theatre Night first air?

Theatre Night first aired on BBC Television on January 21, 1957.

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