ITV Saturday Night Theatre: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of ITV Saturday Night Theatre Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Hester Lilly
Nov 8, 1969
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 l
The Full Cheddar
Nov 22, 1969
A teacher's concentration frequently wanders as he fantasizes about living a different life.
The Comic
Nov 29, 1969
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 ab
Faith and Henry
Dec 6, 1969
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
It Calls for a Great Deal of Love
Dec 20, 1969
Story of a lonely old woman who falls for a fat crossword puzzle composer.
Suffer Little Children
Jan 3, 1970
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 un
A Doll's House
Jan 17, 1970
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 findin
Fade Out
Apr 11, 1970
A TV news executive gets a sensational story concerning a corrupt politician, only to find that his network bosses want to suppress it.
Dangerous Corner
May 2, 1970
An unexpected suicide prompts much speculation about honesty and theft.
Lay Down Your Arms
May 23, 1970
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 scr
The Salesman
May 30, 1970
A door-to-door salesman is selling nothing tangible, but something far more worrying.
Married Alive
Jun 6, 1970
"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) lon
Slattery's Mounted Foot
Jun 20, 1970
The intrigues, gossip and prejudices of a close-knit Irish clan living in the north of England.
Twelfth Night
Jul 11, 1970
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