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55 Episodes 1950 - 1951
Episode 1
Mon, Aug 28, 195060 mins
A former OSS officer, Chris Jackson, is now teaching at a small university. Just as he's named head of the history department, an OSS agent asks him to rejoin. His services are needed by the government in "zone four."
Episode 2
Mon, Sep 4, 195060 mins
The bored news commentator at a small radio station is a last-minute replacement for the morning farm program announcer. Even though he's never even been to a farm, he becomes an instant hit. His wife and the program director work to deflate his suddenly swelled head and phony farmer demeanor.
Episode 3
Mon, Sep 11, 195060 mins
A young couple out for a romantic evening find themselves caught up in a mysterious encounter leading to murder.
Episode 4
Mon, Sep 18, 195060 mins
The story of a young woman Trilby who is hypnotized by Svengali into becoming a great singer.
Episode 5
Mon, Sep 25, 195060 mins
A Navy pilot on a flight over the Pacific Ocean with a female crewmate develops trouble over a remote island and is forced to ditch his plane into the ocean. When they land on the island, they're astounded to discover it contains a lavish estate, upon which a group of wealthy but bored high-society types live in self-imposed exile from the world. Their leader informs the crew that he intends to keep them captive on the island, but the pilot is equally intent on getting himself and his crewmate off the island and back to civilization.
Episode 6
Mon, Oct 2, 195060 mins
The story of Sister Elizabeth Wheeler, who under the direction of Florence Nightingale, assisted wounded British soldiers in the Crimean War. She was later dismissed for exposing the atrocities of poor and shoddy care to wounded soldiers. She traveled to America where she cared for wounded Confederate soldiers in the Civil War. General Robert E Lee himself honored Elizabeth Wheeler for her service to the Confederate Army. She used a surname of Elizabeth Williams in the US because she left England in disgrace for telling the truth.
Episode 7
Mon, Oct 9, 195060 mins
A French newsman returns to Marseilles to relive his killing of a suspected Gestapo agent when he was a member of the French Underground.
Episode 8
Mon, Oct 16, 195060 mins
An innocent gets caught up in a plot involving kidnapping, bribery and skulduggery.
Episode 9
Mon, Oct 23, 195060 mins
A woman has a clandestine meeting with a man, other than her husband and uncovers some murder evidence that will prevent an innocent man from going to prison. The woman's husband is the assistant district attorney who is trying to send the innocent man to prison.
Episode 10
Mon, Oct 30, 195060 mins
Mistreated foundling Heathcliff and his stepsister Catherine fall in love, but when she marries a wealthy man, he becomes obsessed with getting revenge, even well into the next generation.
Episode 11
Mon, Nov 6, 195060 mins
An arrogant conman who sells a fraudulent household cleaner takes a young woman under his wing without realizing she's a reporter.
Episode 12
Mon, Nov 13, 195060 mins
The story is based on the armed forces and dedicated to the crews of the USS Cochino and USS Tusk submarines.
Episode 13
Mon, Nov 20, 195060 mins
The story of young love and family pride.
Episode 14
Mon, Nov 27, 195060 mins
After the death of Persis Bradford, both her son Francis and her second husband Alan are left with the cold empty life which leaves them to deal with their grief in an even colder atmosphere.
Episode 15
Mon, Dec 4, 195060 mins
Two members of the U. S. Intelligence Service become involved with Czechoslovakian patriots in exile in Austria. Their journey with this underground group takes them from the dungeons of Vienna to the high society world of New York City.
Episode 16
Mon, Dec 11, 195060 mins
A rich old woman is determined to give her eight-year-old granddaughter a happy childhood.
Episode 17
Mon, Dec 18, 195060 mins
Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mother, a very outspoken women for her time. The story tells of how the sisters grow up, find love and find their place in the world.
Episode 18
Mon, Dec 25, 195060 mins
Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mother, a very outspoken women for her time. The story tells of how the sisters grow up, find love and find their place in the world.
Episode 19
Mon, Jan 1, 195160 mins
An antiques dealer makes his own rare items when he cannot find them.
Episode 20
Mon, Jan 8, 195160 mins
Kate persuades her brother Anthony, who has lied to get jobs, borrows things and then leaves in a hurry, to be her boyfriend's bodyguard, a powerful Swedish financier.
Episode 21
Mon, Jan 15, 195160 mins
While Curt Bridges tracks down the panther that killed his brother Arthur, his family argues and bickers over whether younger brother Harold should marry a much-despised neighbor girl.
Episode 22
Mon, Jan 22, 195160 mins
In 1735 a German-born printer in New York named John Peter Zenger was thrown in prison and charged with libel and sedition after publishing a scathing pamphlet criticizing the corruption of the administration of Governor William Cosby. The court was rigged by Gov. Cosby to convict Zenger, but he was ultimately acquitted. The Zenger case would later became the basis for the First Amendment to the Constitution guaranteeing Freedom of the Press.
Episode 23
Mon, Jan 29, 195160 mins
Pops Thatcher, an elderly resident of a rundown county poor farm, is appointed to the town council. His battle to save the farm exposes the corruption on the council and breaths new life into the local newspaper.
Episode 24
Mon, Feb 5, 195160 mins
A strained marriage is brought to the breaking point when the wife's former lover arrives and a target shooting incident ends in tragedy.
Episode 25
Mon, Feb 12, 195160 mins
During World War II, crooked officials in a small town mistakenly imprison an innocent woman on charges of treason. That action indirectly leads to the death of another woman. The dead woman's brother, furious at the city for causing his sister's unnecessary death, sets out to "teach everybody a lesson" and foolishly tampers with the city's water supply. Rumor, innuendo and panic spread across the town, eventually leading to more phony arrests, riots and vigilantism.
Episode 26
Mon, Feb 19, 195160 mins
When Lucy and Barkley Cooper summon their grown children to announce that the bank has foreclosed the mortgage on their house, they are sure the children will provide a remedy.
Episode 27
Mon, Feb 26, 195160 mins
A man sent to Paris to retrieve a woman's son from his corrupt life there is profoundly changed by the city.
Episode 28
Mon, Mar 5, 195160 mins
A bored debutante decides to become a cook, because she once took a French cuisine class. What ensues is a comedic "Upstairs, Downstairs" tale between the wealthy upper class and the servants.
Episode 29
Mon, Mar 12, 195160 mins
A couple encounter troubles aroused by selfish love and deceit.
Episode 30
Mon, Mar 19, 195160 mins
In 1911, two young Irishmen compete for the hand of the daughter of Ireland's Chief Justice.
Episode 31
Mon, Mar 26, 195160 mins
A detective investigates the murder of a millionaire, which was witnessed by a femme fatale.
Episode 32
Mon, Apr 2, 195160 mins
In 1946 Germany, a recently released POW returns to find his home a half ruin and his onetime fiancée a hateful, crippled wreck. His new job is running a tugboat, but he's saddled with a communist overseer. When he tries to help a Latvian girl refugee, he finds the reds want her as a war criminal.
Episode 33
Mon, Apr 9, 195160 mins
A beautiful housewife turns career girl to help her husband but he doesn't want her help and trouble starts.
Episode 34
Mon, Apr 16, 195160 mins
A young barrister forsakes his love to marry success but later discovers his former sweetheart has become a most influential figure, more powerful than his own father-in-law.
Episode 35
Mon, Apr 23, 195160 mins
A comedy about the hidden hazards in the separate careers of a husband and wife conflicting with their everyday life.
Episode 36
Mon, Apr 30, 195160 mins
The struggling years of the great artist Rembrandt's career are dramatized.
Episode 37
Mon, May 7, 195160 mins
A major in the Armed Forces attempts to clear his pal who is accused of murdering his wife.
Episode 38
Mon, May 14, 195160 mins
Maeve McHugh is loved by three brothers. They are a farmer, a scholar and a Communist fighter respectively. She finds herself unable to belong exclusively to any of them, but always wedded in part, if not in the flesh, to a mystical spirit.
Episode 39
Mon, May 21, 195160 mins
A middle-aged British traveling salesman befriends and eventually marries a displace Pole who is hiding from Russians.
Episode 40
Mon, May 28, 195160 mins
A young wife becomes infatuated with another man while her husband is overseas and her father tries to save her by bringing her supposedly dead mother out of obscurity.
Episode 41
Mon, Jun 4, 195160 mins
A detective's investigation into a bookie's death and the missing $25,000 in cash, leads him to a corrupt cop thanks to a witness.
Episode 42
Mon, Jun 11, 195160 mins
A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
Episode 43
Mon, Jun 18, 195160 mins
Despite age and limited skills, a garage mechanic pursues his dream of being a major league player.
Episode 44
Mon, Jun 25, 195160 mins
A grieving father must try and get his son over his wife's death. He swears that he talks to his mother all the time.
Episode 45
Mon, Jul 2, 195160 mins
Princess Beatrice's days of enjoying the regal life are numbered unless her only daughter, Princess Alexandra, makes a good impression on a distant cousin when he pays a surprise visit to their palace. Prince Albert has searched all over Europe for a bride and he's bored by the whole courtship routine. He is more interested in the estate's dairy than Alexandra's rose garden. And then he starts playing football with the tutor and Alexandra's brothers. Invite the tutor to the ball that night and watch how gracefully Alexandra dances with him.
Episode 46
Mon, Jul 9, 195160 mins
The cops, his girlfriend and his gang members are wondering why Vanning won't leave his room, especially since he's sitting on $300,000.
Episode 47
Mon, Jul 16, 195160 mins
On their silver wedding day, Ashurst and his wife are on their way to Torquay for the festival when they stop at the moor where they had first met.
Episode 48
Mon, Jul 23, 195160 mins
A jazz musician realizes that he is doing exactly what he wanted to avoid at all costs, making an impact with his music.
Episode 49
Mon, Jul 30, 195160 mins
When a mysterious pair from Paris arrive at the boardinghouse, gossip and wild events take place.
Episode 50
Mon, Aug 6, 195160 mins
A Hollywood producer tries to get $200,000 to finance his new play. Unfortunately, he finds that there are strings attached.
Episode 51
Mon, Aug 13, 195160 mins
In a small town bank, one of the tellers, a small, weak man, is constantly teased and bullied by the others. When a midday robbery occurs, one of the crooks forces him to stack money into their bag, from which he sneaks some for himself. His wife tells his new assistant what happened.
Episode 52
Mon, Aug 20, 195160 mins
A World War II veteran is framed for his wife's murder.
Episode 53
Mon, Aug 27, 195160 mins
A young couple are dealing with life's ups and downs when they move from the city and settle in the country.
Episode 54
Mon, Sep 3, 195160 mins
A female cook is known to have been poisoning her patrons, and Mr. Mummery, an elderly man who doesn't quite trust his young wife, begins to suspect that she has jut hired the killer chef. He finds an open can of arsenic in the garden shed and convinces himself that the cook and his wife are in fact tampering with his tea in a plot to kill him. What he doesn't know is that, in actuality, the situation is much more serious than even he suspects it is.
Episode 55
Mon, Sep 10, 195160 mins
A group of tough convicts volunteer for a cancer experiment to avoid their harsh sentences.