James MacTaggart
Director
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
Season 13
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.
Released Oct. 19, 1965
Episode 103 min
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Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.based-on-play-or-musical, tmdb.anthology, imdb.anthology
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S13E1 - You Never Can Tell
A dentist falls in love and a family accidentally meet the father they have never known.
Oct. 30, 1977, midnight
S13E2 - Waste
Centres around ambitious independent politician Henry Trebell, his plans for a bill to disestablish the Church of England, and his fall from grace and suicide after his affair with a married woman who dies following a botched abortion.
Dec. 4, 1977, midnight
S13E3 - Flint
Ossian Flint is an elderly Anglican vicar whose way of life has long been the cause of scandal. He has had as little respect for the seventh commandment during nearly half a century of married life as he has had faith since his ordination. The winter of his life is transformed by his encounter with Dixie, a simple young Irish hirl, unmarried and pregnant, late of Holloway prison.
Jan. 15, 1978, midnight
S13E4 - The Seagull
A group of friends and relations gather at a country estate to see the first performance of an experimental play written and staged by the young man of the house, Konstantin, an aspiring writer who dreams of bringing new forms to the theatre.
Feb. 5, 1978, midnight
S13E5 - The Sea
In 1907, after a tempestuous storm claims the life of a well-known and loved member of the community, the reactions of the villagers are explored, as well as the attempts by two young lovers to break away from the constraints of the hierarchical, and sometimes irrational, society.
March 5, 1978, midnight
S13E6 - The Beaux Stratagem
Two gentlemen have fallen on hard times, so they plan to travel through small towns, entrap young heiresses, steal their money and move on, but romance gets in the way.
April 2, 1978, midnight
S13E7 - Danton's Death
Georges Danton, a leader of the French Revolution, created the office of the Revolutionary Tribunal as a strong arm for the Revolutionary Government. Within months, he knew this power was a terrible mistake and fought to have it ended with tragic consequences.
April 23, 1978, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 103 min.
Season Runtime: 13184 min.
Released: Oct. 19, 1965
Last Air Date: Sept. 12, 1983, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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