BBC Play of the Month
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work,…
Drama • Series • 1965 • 16 seasons
Created by: James MacTaggart
S1 E1 - Luther
During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
Oct 19, 1965
S1 E2 - A Passage to India
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.
Nov 16, 1965 • 1h 50m
S1 E3 - The Joel Brand Story
Dec 14, 1965 • 1h 30m
S1 E4 - Gordon of Khartoum
The story of Charles 'Chinese' Gordon, a brilliant but eccentric military commander, and his death defending Khartoum in 1885.
Jan 18, 1966
S1 E5 - Where Angels Fear to Tread
After a rich Edwardian widow impulsively marries a handsome but poor Tuscan dentist and dies in childbirth, her English in-laws try to gain custody of the baby.
Feb 15, 1966
S1 E6 - Lee Oswald: Assassin
The life of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who shot President John F. Kennedy, as reported to the Warren Commission enquiry into the circumstances of the assassination.
Mar 15, 1966 • 1h 30m
S1 E7 - Make Me an Offer
Antique dealer Charlie yearns to own a beautiful Portland vase.
Apr 12, 1966
S1 E8 - Death of a Salesman
Willy Loman is an over-the-hill salesman who faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family: Willy's long-suffering wife Linda, and Biff and Happy, his troubled sons and his life.
May 24, 1966
S1 E9 - The Devil's Eggshell
The discovery of mysterious egg-shaped objects at the sites of a series of disasters lead people to believe that we are being attacked by alien beings, but it is revealed to be a conspiracy hatched by a team of scientists intent on using an alien menace to unite the world. But their scheme backfires with fatal consequences...
Jun 28, 1966
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BBC Play of the Month
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.
Drama • TV Series • 1965
Cast
Details
- Genre
- Drama
- First aired
- Oct 19, 1965
- Last aired
- Sep 12, 1983
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 128
- Network
- BBC One
- Studio
- BBC
- Language
- English
- Score
- 5.2 out of 10 from 8 votes