ITV Saturday Night Theatre: Season 3
Season 3 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 2.
- 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 3 Progress Shield
Roll on Four O'Clock
Dec 19, 1970
In a city comprehensive school that has low expectations and ambitions, pupil Peter Latimer does not conform to the macho culture, and is labeled a homosexual. This leads to bullyi
The Policeman and the Cook
Dec 26, 1970
Murder mystery in a boarding house based on a Wilkie Collins story.
The Dead
Jan 2, 1971
Its Christmas 1901, and a group of Dubliners make their annual call on Granny Morkan's island. As the music and wine flows Gabriel's initial contentment with his wife Gretta change
Tales of Piccadilly: Behind the Spearmint Sign
Jan 9, 1971
Private investigator Harry is find his life & work involving debt collection and the like boring and humdrum.Then Helen enters his life with an exciting case involving her missing
Tales of Piccadilly: A Room Full of Holes
Jan 16, 1971
Pete and Glynis meet in a post office queue for booking long distance phone calls overseas. Their loved ones abroad become less important as they both discover they have a mutual a
The Price
Mar 28, 1971
A family convenes after the death of the father. Two brothers and their mother come to terms with the sacrifices and misunderstandings they have carried since the children left hom
Arms and the Man
Apr 4, 1971
1865: Swiss captain Bluntschli fights as mercenary in the war between Bulgaria and Serbia. When his group's attacked by a few Bulgarian troopers, he learns that he's got the wrong
The Silver Collection
May 23, 1971
Rachel works in a museum, showing people round the silver collection. Jim, a carpenter, suggests she may be too far removed from real life.
Man and Boy
Jun 6, 1971
An unscrupulous financial manipulator is down on his luck, and does not hesitate to involve his long-estranged son in his shady dealings.
Paper Roses
Jun 13, 1971
Facing retirement, elderly journalist Clarence Hubbard reflects on the pointlessness of a life wasted writing banal tabloid human interest, animal, and crime stories. Rather than g
After a Lifetime
Jul 18, 1971
The death of 64-year-old engineer Billy Scully leads his two adult sons to reflect on another side of their father, his lifelong political commitment as an activist and trade union
Hamlet
Aug 8, 1971
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengean
Giants and Ogres
Aug 22, 1971
On learning of the death of his ex-wife, American businessman Sam Dirk arranges to meet Daniel - the son he has never known. Sam's attempts at reconciliation seem doomed as Daniel