Thursday Theatre

Captain Carvallo

A philandering young army officer seeks amorous adventures while facing the perils of war.

Oct 8, 1964

The Cure for Love

On leave during WWII, Jack Hardacre returns home to find himself navigating an engagement to Janey Jenkins he never wanted, and his new feelings for Milly Southern.

Oct 15, 1964

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.

Oct 22, 1964

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll

For sixteen years, Barney and Ron, a couple of cane-cutters in Australia, have spent their summer holiday boozing and chasing girls. This year, it's different.

Oct 29, 1964

S1.E5 ∙ Write Me a Murder

When two brothers inherit a fortune, the less successful one plans a murder.

Nov 5, 1964

S1.E6 ∙ The Same Sky

The theme of Romeo and Juliet reworked in an orthodox Jewish household where Jeff who is a Christian falls in love with Juliet. Both families bitterly oppose the relationship. The story is set in wartime, in the East End of London.

Nov 12, 1964

S1.E7 ∙ Simon and Laura

Simon and Laura are married actors - who better for the roles of a happily-married couple in a new TV soap opera? But they're actually on the verge of divorce.

Nov 19, 1964

S1.E8 ∙ The Cocktail Party

Lavinia has left her husband before a cocktail party. They have both had relationships. A foreign guest, Sir Henry, analyzes their marriage and relationship. Will they find their way back to each other again?

Nov 26, 1964

S1.E9 ∙ Murder Mistaken

Edward Bare has murdered his much older wife and inherited her fortune. Now, he meets the tough, vulgar (and very rich) Freda, who seems attracted to him. Will there be a second murder?

Dec 3, 1964

S1.E10 ∙ A Day by the Sea

Dec 10, 1964

S1.E11 ∙ Point of Departure

Dec 17, 1964

S1.E12 ∙ The Young Elizabeth

Dec 24, 1964

S1.E13 ∙ When We Are Married

Dec 31, 1964

S1.E14 ∙ The Flowering Cherry

Jim Cherry's an ordinary sort of man leading an ordinary sort of life. But it's about to come crashing down around him.

Jan 7, 1965

S1.E15 ∙ The Wings of the Dove

An impoverished woman who has been forced to choose between a privileged life with her wealthy aunt and her journalist lover, befriends an American heiress. When she discovers the heiress is attracted to her own lover and is dying, she sees a chance to have both the privileged life she cannot give up and the lover she cannot live without.

Jan 14, 1965

Photo Finish

Eighty years old, Sam, a famous writer, looks back on his life and tempestuous marriage, and meets himself at the ages of sixty, forty and twenty.

Jan 21, 1965

S1.E17 ∙ Johnson Over Jordan

Jan 28, 1965

S1.E18 ∙ Naked Island

A prisoner-of-war drama set in Japanese-held Singapore, five Australian POWs listen to radio reports of the Allies' advance toward the island.

Feb 11, 1965

The Living Room

Rose Pembleton introduces her new lover, Michael Dennis, to her eccentric family. But they soon learn that Michael is married -- when his suicidal wife arrives at the house.

Feb 18, 1965

S1.E20 ∙ Traveller Without Luggage

Feb 25, 1965

S1.E21 ∙ Celebration

Mar 4, 1965

S1.E22 ∙ The Kidders

Mar 11, 1965

S1.E23 ∙ Anatol

Socialite Anatol Spencer seeks a better relation than he has with his wife. He sets up the friend of his youth Emilie in an apartment only to have her two-time him. He comforts the near suicidal Annie only to have her rob him.

Mar 18, 1965