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Tonight at 8.30

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Drama

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Genre: Drama
Origin: US

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Dame Joan Collins takes on all of Gertrude Lawrence's lead roles in rare and entertaining television productions of eight out of the nine thirty-minute playlets by Noël Coward which he and Lawrence performed on-stage in sets of three from 1935 as "Tonight at 8.30".

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Writing: Bryan Izzard, Noël Coward
Status: Ended
First aired: Apr 14, 1991

Time to finish

6 hrs

8 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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SERIES

Tonight at 8.30

19911 Season7.0

Drama

TMDB7.0

Votes1

Your rating

Genre: Drama
Origin: US

About

Dame Joan Collins takes on all of Gertrude Lawrence's lead roles in rare and entertaining television productions of eight out of the nine thirty-minute playlets by Noël Coward which he and Lawrence performed on-stage in sets of three from 1935 as "Tonight at 8.30".

Where to watch

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Not available to stream in United States yet.

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E1 · Airs Apr 14, 1991
Hands Across the Sea
A wealthy couple invites people over for drinks, and a couple arrives whom they don't recognize at all. They believe the two are someone else and spend their time trying to remember where they met and what they did before this meeting.
E2 · Airs Apr 21, 1991
Red Peppers
Lily and George Pepper are a music hall act called "The Red Peppers," and one day onstage, late in their current engagement, they criticize the conductor and blame one another for trouble in their act. They also criticize a performer on the bill who is elderly, but still a respected star. When they appear onstage for their final performance, the conductor gets them back by railroading their orchestrations.
E3 · Airs Apr 28, 1991
The Astonished Heart
School friends meet again after many years, and while a wife holds the candle for her Doctor husband, the friend has an affair with him, creating torment among the three until tragedy tears them apart.
E4 · Airs May 5, 1991
Family Album
Following their father's death, his family of survivors make plans for the future. When they open a trunk, they find costumes they'd played with as children and the tense funereal air is suddenly lightened, leading to singing and dancing.
E5 · Airs May 12, 1991
Fumed Oak
After being browbeaten by his overbearing wife and mother-in-law, and his spoiled daughter, a man makes the choice to leave his family. When he informs them of his best-laid plans, they are astonished, because now they must learn to fend for themselves.
E6 · Airs May 19, 1991
Ways and Means
After a night in the casino in Cannes, the Cartwrights realize they're broke. Furthermore, their hostess needs to turn them out, because their suite is needed for incoming guests. When a thief arrives to rob them, they plan ways and means to benefit themselves, and the robber.
E7 · Airs May 26, 1991
Still Life
A doctor and a housewife meet by happenstance at a train station, and through five beautifully played scenes, they fall in love, but the relationship is doomed to fail, because both are married to others, and the doctor has plans for a future away from England.
E8 · Airs Jun 2, 1991
Shadow Play
Under the influence of sleeping pills, a woman on the brink of divorce dreams of her life with her husband as a hallucinatory musical play.

Details

Writing: Bryan Izzard, Noël Coward
Status: Ended
First aired: Apr 14, 1991

Time to finish

6 hrs

8 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Episodes

0 of 0 watched

E1 · Airs Apr 14, 1991
Hands Across the Sea
A wealthy couple invites people over for drinks, and a couple arrives whom they don't recognize at all. They believe the two are someone else and spend their time trying to remember where they met and what they did before this meeting.
E2 · Airs Apr 21, 1991
Red Peppers
Lily and George Pepper are a music hall act called "The Red Peppers," and one day onstage, late in their current engagement, they criticize the conductor and blame one another for trouble in their act. They also criticize a performer on the bill who is elderly, but still a respected star. When they appear onstage for their final performance, the conductor gets them back by railroading their orchestrations.
E3 · Airs Apr 28, 1991
The Astonished Heart
School friends meet again after many years, and while a wife holds the candle for her Doctor husband, the friend has an affair with him, creating torment among the three until tragedy tears them apart.
E4 · Airs May 5, 1991
Family Album
Following their father's death, his family of survivors make plans for the future. When they open a trunk, they find costumes they'd played with as children and the tense funereal air is suddenly lightened, leading to singing and dancing.
E5 · Airs May 12, 1991
Fumed Oak
After being browbeaten by his overbearing wife and mother-in-law, and his spoiled daughter, a man makes the choice to leave his family. When he informs them of his best-laid plans, they are astonished, because now they must learn to fend for themselves.
E6 · Airs May 19, 1991
Ways and Means
After a night in the casino in Cannes, the Cartwrights realize they're broke. Furthermore, their hostess needs to turn them out, because their suite is needed for incoming guests. When a thief arrives to rob them, they plan ways and means to benefit themselves, and the robber.
E7 · Airs May 26, 1991
Still Life
A doctor and a housewife meet by happenstance at a train station, and through five beautifully played scenes, they fall in love, but the relationship is doomed to fail, because both are married to others, and the doctor has plans for a future away from England.
E8 · Airs Jun 2, 1991
Shadow Play
Under the influence of sleeping pills, a woman on the brink of divorce dreams of her life with her husband as a hallucinatory musical play.

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