Festival
Season 1
196026 episodes
Episodes
- E1
H.M.S. Pinafore
1960-10-10
A sailor falls for the daughter of his captain, while being unaware of the love a young country girl holds for him.
- E2
Colombe
1960-10-17
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E3
The Old Ladies
1960-10-31
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E4
Peking Opera
1960-11-21
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E5
Julius Caesar
1960-12-19
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
- E6
Ring Around the Moon
1961-01-02
Twin brothers with very different personalities are in conflict over the love of a less than worthy woman. One brother comes up with an ingenious solution to the problem.
- E7
Home of the Brave
1961-01-09
In the jungle, during war, racial prejudice seems likely to destroy the teamwork of American soldiers.
- E8
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
1961-01-16
When a fortune-teller informs Lord Arthur that he's soon to commit a murder, he elects to do it as soon as possible, to get it out of the way before his impending marriage.
- E9
Elektra
1961-01-23
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E10
The Subject Is Beethoven
1961-02-06
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E11
The Three Sisters
1961-02-13
Olga, Masha, and Irina Prozoroff lead lonely and purposeless lives following the death of their father who has commanded the local army post. Olga attempts to find satisfaction in teaching but secretly longs for a home and family. Masha, unhappy with her marriage to a timid schoolmaster, falls hopelessly in love with a married colonel. Irina works in the local telegraph office but longs for gaiety. Their sense of futility is increased by their brother's marriage to Natasha, a coarse peasant girl. She gradually encroaches on the family home until even the private refuge of the sisters is destroyed. They dream of starting a new life in Moscow but are saddled with the practicalities of their quiet existence. Despite their past failures, they resolve to seek some purpose and hope when the army post is withdrawn from the town.
- E12
Night Must Fall
1961-02-20
A charming handyman beguiles an old lady and her niece - who don't realize he's a murderer.
- E13
The Dumb Waiter/The Zoo Story
1961-03-06
A couple of one-act two-handers - in "The Zoo Story", a middle-class man is harangued by a stranger in the park, whilst in "The Dumb Waiter", two hit-men waiting for their target are disorientated by mysterious messages.
- E14
Orphee
1961-03-13
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E15
Great Expectations
1961-03-27
Pip, a poor orphan, meets a convict in a graveyard and is later taken to Satis House, where he meets the sinister Miss Havisham and also her ward Estella.
- E16
Royal Gambit
1961-04-03
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E17
Pictures in the Hallway
1961-04-10
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E18
The Dybbuk
1961-05-01
A young bride is possessed by a dybbuk, a malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, on the eve of her wedding.
- E19
The Police
1961-05-08
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E20
Falstaff
1961-05-15
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E21
The Pupil
1961-05-22
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E22
The Quare Fellow
1961-05-29
In Ireland, a newly hired prison guard has to deal with the realities of prison work and to face the grim issue of death-row executions.
- E23
The Offbeats
1961-06-05
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E24
The Killdeer
1961-06-12
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E25
The Luck of Ginger Coffey
1961-06-19
A cheerful Irishman arrives in Canada in search of fortune - but he doesn't find it.
- E40
Episode 40
1961-06-19
No episode synopsis available yet.