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The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured. The series gained a reputation for presenting contemporary social dramas, and for bringing issues to the attention of a mass audience that would not otherwise have been discussed on screen.

Genre: Drama,

Actor:

Creator: Sydney Newman,

Country:

Type: tv

Season: 6

Episode: N/A

Duration: 75 minutes

Release: 1964-09-30

Rating: 4.5

1"Catch as Catch Can"

1964-09-30

2"A Crack in the Ice"

1964-10-28

3"In Camera"

1964-11-04

4"Pale Horse, Pale Rider"

1964-11-11

1964-11-18

1964-11-25

1964-12-02

1964-12-09

1964-12-16

10"A Tap on the Shoulder"

1965-01-06

11"Sir Jocelyn, the Minister Would Like a Word ..."

1965-01-13

12"The Navigators"

1965-01-20

13"Fable"

1965-01-27

Fable is a British television play, shown on 27 January 1965 as an episode of The Wednesday Play series on BBC 1. Written by John Hopkins, the play is set in a parallel totalitarian Britain where those in authority are black people, and white people are their social underdogs - a reversal of the situation in contemporary apartheid South Africa. It was directed by Christopher Morahan and produced by James MacTaggart.

14"Dan, Dan The Charity Man"

1965-02-03

15"Ashes to Ashes"

1965-02-10

16"Wear a Very Big Hat"

1965-02-17

17"The Confidence Course"

1965-02-24

18"Campaign for One"

1965-03-03

19"Horror of Darkness"

1965-03-10

"The liberal middle-class mask well and truly slips in John Hopkins' intense, slow-burning love triangle drama, broadcast in the BBC's groundbreaking Wednesday Play slot. An affluent, cosmopolitan London couple (Jackson and Lynch) find their outwardly charmed lives turned upside down by the appearance of a troubled homosexual friend (Williamson), who quickly touches a raw nerve. In a virtuoso performance, Jackson's spirited, cerebral Cathy finds herself unable to penetrate either man's psyche. Stylishly shot and built to a shocking crescendo by director Page, this gripping chamber piece simmers with suppressed desire, creativity – and rage." Quoting the description from the 2011 London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival site.

20"A Little Temptation"

1965-03-17

21"Moving On"

1965-03-24

22"Cat's Cradle"

1965-03-31

23"Three Clear Sundays"

1965-04-07

24"The Interior Decorator"

1965-04-14

25"Auto-Stop"

1965-04-21

26"The Good Shoe Maker and the Poor Fish Peddler"

1965-04-28

27"Cemented with Love"

1965-05-05

28"A Knight in Tarnished Armour"

1965-05-12

29"For the West"

1965-05-26

30"And Did Those Feet?"

1965-06-02

31"The Man Without Papers"

1965-06-09

32"The Pistol"

1965-06-16

33"Women in Crisis: With Love and Tears"

1965-06-23

34"The Seven O'Clock Crunch"

1965-06-30

1"The War Game"

1965-10-06

2"Alice"

1965-10-13

3"The Girl Who Loved Robots"

1965-10-20

4"A Designing Woman"

1965-10-27

5"Up The Junction"

1965-11-03

6"The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne"

1965-11-10

7"The End of Arthur's Marriage"

1965-11-17

8"Tomorrow, Just You Wait"

1965-11-24

9"The Bond"

1965-12-01

10"Stand Up, Nigel Barton"

1965-12-08

11"Vote, Vote, Vote For Nigel Barton"

1965-12-15

12"The Coming Out Party"

1965-12-22

13"The Bone Yard"

1966-01-05

14"A Man On Her Back"

1966-01-12

15"Rodney, Our Intrepid Hero"

1966-01-19

16"Calf Love"

1966-01-26

17"Silent Song"

1966-02-02

18"Who's A Good Boy Then?"

1966-02-09

19"A Game - Like - Only A Game"

1966-02-16

20"Why Aren't You Famous?"

1966-02-23

21"Macready's Gala"

1966-03-02

22"A Walk In The Sea"

1966-03-09

23"Boy In The Smoke"

1966-03-16

24"Barlowe of the Car Park"

1966-03-23

25"The Portsmouth Defence"

1966-03-30

26"Pity About The Abbey"

1966-04-06

27"The Big Man Coughed and Died"

1966-04-13

1966-04-20

1966-04-27

1966-05-04

1966-05-11

1966-05-18

33"Toddler on the Run"

1966-05-25

34"The Executioner"

1966-06-01

35"Way Off Beat"

1966-06-08

36"A Soiree at Blossom's Hotel"

1966-06-15

37"Cock, Hen and Counting Pit"

1966-06-22

1"Photo Finish"

1966-09-21

2"A Hero of our Time"

1966-09-28

3"The Frighteners"

1966-10-12

4"A Piece of Resistance"

1966-10-19

5"Where the Buffalo Roam"

1966-10-26

A mentally disturbed Welsh teenager is obsessed with Westerns. His volatile temperament loses him the few people who might have been sympathetic, and helped him. Instead, he spirals down to inevitable destruction.

6"The Head Waiter"

1966-11-09

7"Cathy Come Home"

1966-11-16

8"The Private Tutor"

1966-11-23

9"A Pyre for Private James"

1966-11-30

10"A Tale of Two Wives"

1966-12-07

11"Little Master Mind"

1966-12-14

12"The Mayfly and the Frog"

1966-12-21

13"Person To Person"

1967-01-04

14"The Order"

1967-01-11

15"Everybody's Rich Except Us"

1967-01-18

16"The Lump"

1967-01-25

17"Who's Going to Take Me On?"

1967-02-01

18"Death of a Teddy Bear"

1967-02-08

19"Days in the Trees"

1967-02-15

20"In Two Minds"

1967-02-22

21"Another Day, Another Dollar"

1967-03-01

22"Public Inquiry"

1967-03-08

23"A Crucial Week in the Life of a Grocer's Assistant"

1967-03-15

24"A Breach in the Wall"

1967-03-22

25"The Voices in the Park"

1967-03-29

26"Dismissal Leading to Lustfulness"

1967-04-05

27"A Brilliant Future Behind Him"

1967-04-12

28"Message for Posterity"

1967-04-19

29"A Way with the Ladies"

1967-04-26

30"The Playground"

1967-05-03

31"Drums Along the Avon"

1967-05-10

1"Sleeping Dog"

1967-10-11

2"Wanted: Single Gentleman"

1967-10-18

3"A Black Candle for Mrs. Gogarty"

1967-10-25

4"The Devil a Monk Would Be"

1967-11-08

5"Fall of the Goat"

1967-11-15

6"The Profile of a Gentleman"

1967-11-22

7"Dial Rudolph Valentino One One"

1967-11-29

It is the morning of a notorious bachelor's wedding in this tale of marriage, friendship and non-communication between parents and children.

8"Kippers and Curtains"

1967-12-06

The Honourable Audrey is the latest arrival at a boarding-house in a working-class area of London.

9"Death of a Private"

1967-12-13

10"An Officer of the Court"

1967-12-20

11"The Fat of the Land"

1967-12-27

12"Toggle"

1968-01-03

13"House of Character"

1968-01-10

14"Jamie, On a Flying Visit"

1968-01-17

15"Monsieur Barnett"

1968-01-24

16"The Drummer and the Bloke"

1968-01-31

17"Rebel in the Grave"

1968-02-07

18"Coincidence"

1968-02-21

19"Light Blue"

1968-04-03

20"Let's Murder Vivaldi"

1968-04-10

21"The Golden Vision"

1968-04-17

22"The Man Behind You"

1968-05-01

23"Infidelity Took Place"

1968-05-08

98"Episode 98"

99"Episode 99"

1"Mrs Lawrence Will Look After It"

1968-08-21

2"Spoiled"

1968-08-28

3"The Gorge"

1968-09-04

4"A Night with Mrs. Da Tanka"

1968-09-11

5"Charlie"

1968-09-18

6"Anyone For Tennis?"

1968-09-25

7"Mooney and his Caravans"

1968-10-02

8"The Lower Largo Sequence"

1968-10-09

9"Hello, Good Evening and Welcome"

1968-10-16

10"A Bit of Crucifixion, Father"

1968-10-23

11"Nothing Will be The Same"

1968-10-30

12"A Beast With Two Backs"

1968-11-06

An isolated New Forest community in 19th Century Britain. A young local girl is murdered by a mentally disturbed youth, but the villagers blame a stranger, an Italian traveling showman and his bear, rather than see the rot in their own camp.

13"On the Eve of Publication"

1968-11-27

14"The Fabulous Frump"

1969-01-08

15"Smoke Screen"

1969-01-15

16"Dr. Aitkinson's Daughter"

1969-01-21

17"The Apprentices"

1969-01-29

18"Birthday"

1969-02-05