BBC Play of the Month(1965)

5.0

16 Seasons

Drama

Overview

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.

Created By: James MacTaggart

Episodes

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Ep 1

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.

19/10/1965

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Ep 2

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.

16/11/1965110 min

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Ep 3

The Joel Brand Story

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14/12/196590 min

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Ep 4

Gordon of Khartoum

The story of Charles 'Chinese' Gordon, a brilliant but eccentric military commander, and his death defending Khartoum in 1885.

18/01/1966

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Ep 5

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.

15/02/1966

Ep 6

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.

15/03/196690 min

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Ep 7

Make Me an Offer

Antique dealer Charlie yearns to own a beautiful Portland vase.

12/04/1966

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Ep 8

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.

24/05/1966

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Ep 9

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...

28/06/1966