BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

1965
16 Seasons
5.0
Drama

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.

Episodes

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E1Oct 19, 1965

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.

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E2Nov 16, 19651h 50m

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.

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E3Dec 14, 19651h 30m

The Joel Brand Story

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E4Jan 18, 1966

Gordon of Khartoum

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

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E5Feb 15, 1966

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.

Lee Oswald: Assassin
E6Mar 15, 19661h 30m

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.

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E7Apr 12, 1966

Make Me an Offer

Antique dealer Charlie yearns to own a beautiful Portland vase.

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E8May 24, 1966

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.

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E9Jun 28, 1966

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...