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- ↑ "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950-1959)".
- ↑ "Missing or incomplete episodes for programme The Sunday-Night Play", lostshows.com According to IMDb, the series was called BBC Sunday-Night Play.
- ↑ "Sunday Night Theatre (1950–1959)", lostshows.com
- ↑ Sunday Night Theatre: It Is Midnight, Dr. Schweitzer, lostsjhows.com
- ↑ John Wyver "Sunday Night Theatre: The Lady from the Sea (BBC, 1953)", Screen Plays: Theatre Plays on British Television, 30 December 2011
- ↑ Geoghegan, Kev (2 June 2014). "'Lost' Sean Connery play recording unearthed by director". BBC News. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
