King Magnus's position as monarch is in danger - can he “upset the apple cart“ and preserve his throne?

Shaw's comedy of ideologies looks forty years to the future at the impossibility of government as the British cabinet and monarchy face a day of "crisis" for the country. King Magnus is happy to engage a prime minister seeking to transform the nation into a constitutional monarchy, but who truly rules in this democracy: the king, the government or the businessmen? And do any of them care about the people?

The idealist Reverend Morell tries to unite Socialism and Christianity.

On the eve of World War I, Ellie Dunn, her father, and her fiancé are invited to one of Hesione Hushabye's infamous dinner parties. Unfortunately, her fiancé is a scoundrel, her father's a bumbling prig, and she's actually in love with Hector, Hesione's husband. This bold mix of farce and tragedy lampoons British society as it blithely sinks towards disaster.

In fifteenth-century France, a teenage peasant girl leads the army to victories against the English after claiming she has heard the voices of saints.

The problems of the Clandon family are solved by a “one-shilling dentist“ and a philosophical waiter.

In Hell, Don Juan argues with the Devil, and confronts a woman from his past.

A cart is rolling along the endless road with no-one on aboard, with no horse or engine, or even sails - just the wheels turning by themselves. There are different people it rolls by, and there are different reactions it leaves behind.

An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.

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