The Wednesday Play
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Play S1 E1An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.
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- 1. Catch As Catch CanBased on the play "La foire d'empoigne" by Jean Anouilh.CC1 h 15 minSep 30, 1964
- 2. A Crack in the IceA soldier named Postnikov rescues a drowning man.CC1 h 15 minOct 28, 1964
- 3. In CameraThree people find themselves sharing a room with no way out. As they talk, the nature of the room and how they came to be there is gradually revealed.CC1 h 25 minNov 4, 1964
- 4. Pale Horse, Pale RiderA young woman's dreams of death but The Pale Rider fills her dreams along with her lover.CC1 h 25 minNov 11, 1964
- 5. The Big BreakerA lodger, recuperating from a heart attack, sets his sights on his landlady.CC1 h 30 minNov 18, 1964
- 6. Mr. DouglasCoronation Day, 1761: A merchant entertains a guest with an extraordinary secret.CC1 h 10 minNov 25, 1964
- 7. MalatestaSigismondo Malatesta is a condottiere, a mercenary for hire and patron of the arts.CC1 h 35 minDec 2, 1964
- 8. The July PlotDramatisation of the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in July 1944 by a conspiracy of high-ranking German Army officers.CC1 h 35 minDec 9, 1964
- 9. First LoveA study of a boy's passion for an older girl as he discovers the difference between infatuation and true love.CC1 h 25 minDec 16, 1964
- 10. Tap on the ShoulderArchibald Cooper is a London gangster who is living the life of a country squire while running a criminal empire. He learns that he's getting a knighthood so invites some old associates to country house unaware they are planning a robbery.CC1 h 15 minJan 6, 1965
- 11. Sir Jocelyn, the Minister Would Like a Word...A group of politicians and university dons argue over whether a new university should have a chapel or a state-of-the-art lecture hall.CC1 h 15 minJan 13, 1965
- 12. The NavigatorsA tale of romance between two working class navvies.CC1 h 15 minJan 20, 1965
- 13. FableIn a parallel totalitarian Great Britain, those in authority are Black people, and white people are their social underdogs — a reversal of the situation in then-contemporary apartheid South Africa.CC1 h 15 minJan 27, 1965
- 14. Dan, Dan the Charity ManDan Sankey, the charity knocker, has become a national celebrity but who is the man behind the image?CC1 h 15 minFeb 3, 1965
- 15. Ashes to AshesBarbara is an assertive, clever, liberated woman, her own boss. Who'd think she could be swept off her feet by a handsome stranger for whom she'd give up her career, London, everything? Especially as her new husband maybe wants to kill her.CC1 h 15 minFeb 10, 1965
- 16. Wear a Very Big HatA young couple celebrate their wedding anniversary with a night on the town.CC1 h 15 minFeb 17, 1965
- 17. The Confidence CourseA trio of swindlers advertise a self-assertiveness seminar, lure a dozen victims to a hotel and attempt to persuade them to enroll in their course. However, a man claiming to be 18th century critic-essayist William Hazlitt attacks the consumerist values outlined by the motivational speaker.CC1 h 1 minFeb 24, 1965
- 18. Campaign for OneAstronaut Osborne is stuck in a malfunctioning capsule. As he goes round and round the Earth, he starts telling jokes and secrets. When the time comes to bring him down to Earth, he can't face it as he feels like a sexual failure.CC1 h 15 minMar 3, 1965
- 19. Horror of DarknessPeter and Cathy are initially delighted to see their charismatic, subtly domineering friend Robin. But he outstays his welcome, and that's to say the least of it.CC1 h 10 minMar 10, 1965
- 20. A Little TemptationA writer is having an affair with a married woman and gets embroiled with the other women in her life.CC1 h 15 minMar 17, 1965
- 21. Moving OnA soldier faces a court-martial for killing his friend.CC1 h 15 minMar 24, 1965
- 22. Cat's CradleA couple move to the country, but the wife feels isolated and finds companionship with her cat.CC1 h 15 minMar 31, 1965
- 23. Three Clear SundaysA dull witted young labourer from a criminal family is sent to gaol for a minor crime, leaving his pregnant girlfriend unmarried. But while there he is talked into attacking a guard, who later dies, so he's then sentenced to hang for his crime, despite a protest and newspaper campaign for leniency.CC1 h 15 minApr 7, 1965
- 24. The Interior DecoratorAn interior decorator takes a millionaire's wife on a guided tour of her new home.CC1 h 15 minApr 14, 1965
- 25. Auto-StopA young couple go on a hitch-hiking tour of Europe.CC1 h 15 minApr 21, 1965
- 26. The Good Shoe Maker and the Poor Fish PeddlerAn account of the shocking Sacco-Vanzetti case of the 1920s, where two working-class Italian immigrants to the US were executed after seven years on Death Row.CC1 h 15 minApr 28, 1965
- 27. Cemented with LoveIt is general election night in a constituency in Northern Ireland.CC1 h 15 minMay 5, 1965
- 28. A Knight in Tarnished ArmourTom is a working class Scots teenager, but he dreams of much more.CC1 h 15 minMay 12, 1965
- 29. For the WestWhite mercenary forces prepare to attack rebel, pro-Lumumbist troops in the CongoCC1 h 15 minMay 26, 1965
- 30. And Did Those Feet?Lord Fountain hates his illegitimate twin boys as he does not seem to be able to produce legitimate heirs.CC1 h 15 minJun 2, 1965
- 31. The Man Without PapersYears ago, it was Roscoe who kept his friends alive in a Korean prison camp. Now, he's penniless and without papers in London - will his now-prosperous former friends help him?CC1 h 15 minJun 9, 1965
- 32. The PistolA young private with a pistol deals with the aftershock of the attack on Pearl Harbor.CC1 h 15 minJun 16, 1965
- 33. Women in Crisis: With Love and TearsNo synopsis available yet.CC1 h 15 minJun 23, 1965
- 34. The Seven O'Clock CrunchMartin has a mid-life crisis.CC1 h 15 minJun 30, 1965
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The Wednesday Play
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An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.
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- Created by
- Sydney Newman
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- BBC
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English
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