ITV Saturday Night Theatre: Season 4
Season 4 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 3.
- 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 4 Progress Shield
The Birthday Run
Dec 5, 1971
The Clarke's ideal holiday is cycling together in the country, but now find their happy world is starting to disappear under heavy traffic and roadworks.
Some Distant Shadow
Dec 12, 1971
A wife recalls her former lovers and realizes they have all played an important part in her life.
Who Killed Santa Claus
Dec 26, 1971
Christmas dinner with television personality Barbara Love seems an ideal invitation- until death spoils the proceedings.
The Midsummer Dream of Chief Inspector Blossom
Jan 2, 1972
Inspector Blossom is one TV's most popular detectives but his actor is fed up playing Blossom and wants to do something different.
Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.
Jan 9, 1972
Mr. Armistead is the referee for an amateur league Sunday Football match. Disliked and abused by all the players he tries to play fair and ensure they follow the rules. By the end
A Man About a Dog
Jan 16, 1972
Dr. Riordan plans to kill his wife's lover and dissolve the corpse in an acid bath.
Whose Life Is It Anyway?
Mar 12, 1972
A devoted hospital team battle with man who does not want to live anymore.
The Last Journey
Apr 9, 1972
The story of the last days in the life of the great writer Leo Tolstoy, whose passionate concern for the people of Russia began to destroy his relationship with his wife Sonya.
Ben Spray
Jun 4, 1972
Ben Spray is a fantasist who tries to impress people with outrageous tales of his life. His girlfriend's flatmate, Louise asks him come to a Bonfire Party, exposing himself as the
Last Year's Confetti
Jul 23, 1972
Recently married Jenny asks her mother Rosa advice about the unhappiness she feels, but her mother cannot offer any solace as she reveals she has also been unhappily married.
Before Paris
Jul 30, 1972
Ruth and John bump into each other on a holiday after 25 years apart. Ruth remembers their romance together as being one of the biggest influences on her life while John seems to h