Archival Dispatch: August 26 Calendar Walk — BBC Saturday Night Theatre Retrospective
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Tags: August 26, Calendar Walk, BBC Saturday Night Theatre, The Ware Case, George Pleydell, Hugh Burden, Six Men of Dorset, Tolpuddle Martyrs, Miles Malleson, Hedley Goodall, The Gun, CS Forester, Martin Jarvis, Carrington VC, Nigel Stock, Dr Clitterhouse, Dinsdale Landen, Intimate Exchanges, Alan Ayckbourn, Lavinia Bertram, Robin Herford, BBC Home Service, BBC Radio 4, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames
August 26 Exhaustive Archival Metadata Enrichment (Increment 189)
This archival dispatch documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, serial multi-part narrative arcs, and story synopses for historical broadcasts transmitting on August 26 across British radio, spanning six decades of the BBC's flagship drama anthology Saturday Night Theatre (1950–1989), including Hugh Burden in George Pleydell's Old Bailey courtroom thriller The Ware Case, Hedley Goodall in the Tolpuddle Martyrs epic Six Men of Dorset, Martin Jarvis in C.S. Forester's Peninsular War adventure The Gun, Nigel Stock in Carrington, V.C., Dinsdale Landen in The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, and Lavinia Bertram & Robin Herford in Alan Ayckbourn's Intimate Exchanges: A Game of Golf:
1. August 26 Archival Inventory (Increment 189)
| Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles | Canonical Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saturday_Night_1950.mp3 Alt: The Ware Case, George Pleydell Ware Case |
"The Ware Case by George Pleydell (Hugh Burden — BBC Saturday Night Theatre)" | BBC Home 1950-08-26 9:15 PM |
Sustaining Saturday Night Theatre |
Hugh Burden (Sir Hubert), Barbara Couper | Val Gielgud, Howard Rose | ["Drama", "Legal", "Mystery", "British", "Classics"] |
"BBC Home Service presents Saturday Night Theatre in George Pleydell's celebrated legal drama, The Ware Case!" Sir Hubert Ware (Hugh Burden) stands trial at the Old Bailey accused of drowning his young brother-in-law for an inheritance, leading to a tour-de-force courtroom defense that unmasks a shocking post-verdict confession. |
Saturday_Night_1961.mp3 Alt: Six Men of Dorset, Tolpuddle Martyrs 1961 |
"Six Men of Dorset: The Tolpuddle Martyrs (Hedley Goodall — BBC Saturday Night Theatre)" | BBC Home 1961-08-26 8:30 PM |
Sustaining Historical Drama |
Hedley Goodall, Donald Eccles | Miles Malleson, Acton-Bond | ["Historical", "Drama", "Docudrama", "British", "Classics"] |
"BBC Home Service presents Saturday Night Theatre in Six Men of Dorset!" The epic historical dramatization of the 1834 Tolpuddle Martyrs, following six impoverished Dorset agricultural laborers led by George Loveless who formed a friendly society and were unjustly sentenced to seven years' penal transportation to Australia. |
Saturday_Night_1967.mp3 Alt: The Gun, CS Forester The Gun |
"The Gun by C.S. Forester (Martin Jarvis — BBC Saturday Night Theatre)" | BBC Home 1967-08-26 8:30 PM |
Sustaining Saturday Night Theatre |
Martin Jarvis (Jorge), Nigel Anthony | C.S. Forester, R.D. Smith | ["Historical", "Military", "Adventure", "British", "Drama"] |
"BBC Home Service presents Saturday Night Theatre in C.S. Forester's Peninsular War adventure, The Gun!" During Napoleon's brutal invasion of Spain in 1810, a ragtag band of Spanish guerillas haul an abandoned gigantic 18-pounder bronze siege cannon across mountain passes, turning the weapon into a sacred symbol of national liberation against French armies. |
Saturday_Night_1972.mp3 Alt: Carrington, V C, Carrington VC 1972 |
"Carrington, V.C. (Nigel Stock — BBC Saturday Night Theatre)" | BBC Radio 4 1972-08-26 8:30 PM |
Sustaining Saturday Night Theatre |
Nigel Stock (Carrington), June Tobin | Dorothy & Campbell Christie, Godfrey | ["Military", "Legal", "Drama", "British", "Psychological"] |
"BBC Radio 4 presents Saturday Night Theatre in Carrington, V.C.!" Major 'Copper' Carrington, a decorated Victoria Cross artillery officer, faces a tense army court martial for allegedly embezzling regiment funds to pay his debts, with his fate hinging upon whether his resentful wife will corroborate his secret financial transactions. |
Saturday_Night_1978.mp3 Alt: The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, Dr Clitterhouse |
"The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (Dinsdale Landen — BBC Saturday Night Theatre)" | BBC Radio 4 1978-08-26 8:30 PM |
Sustaining Saturday Night Theatre |
Dinsdale Landen, Peter Woodthorpe | Barré Lyndon, Glyn Dearman | ["Psychological", "Crime", "Comedy", "British", "Thriller"] |
"BBC Radio 4 presents Saturday Night Theatre in Barré Lyndon's The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse!" A distinguished London physician (Dinsdale Landen) embarks on an undercover research project into criminal psychology by executing audacious jewel heists himself, until he takes over a ruthless gang of underworld fences to study the physiological effects of murder. |
Saturday_Night_1989.mp3 Alt: Intimate Exchanges 2.4, A Game of Golf |
"Intimate Exchanges: A Game of Golf (Lavinia Bertram & Robin Herford — BBC)" | BBC Radio 4 1989-08-26 7:45 PM |
Sustaining Alan Ayckbourn Cycle |
Lavinia Bertram, Robin Herford | Alan Ayckbourn, Gordon House | ["Comedy", "Drama", "British", "Satire", "Anthology"] |
"BBC Radio 4 presents Saturday Night Theatre in Alan Ayckbourn's Intimate Exchanges!" In 'A Game of Golf', a casual decision on the links spirals into a riotous chain of romantic misadventures and social embarrassments, performed entirely by a dazzling two-actor tour-de-force cast playing multiple interconnected roles. Note: Multi-part serial narrative arc (Intimate Exchanges — Series 2, Part 4). |
2. Archival Verification Summary
- Target Calendar Day: August 26
- Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
- Cumulative Resolved on August 26: 359
- Target Repositories Synchronized:
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