Sarah Pia Anderson
Director
BBC2 Play of the Week (1977)
Season 1
An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.
Released Sept. 20, 1977
Episode 100 min
None+
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Keywords: imdb.anthology, imdb.based-on-novel, imdb.based-on-play, imdb.true-crime, tmdb.based-on-novel-or-book, tmdb.anthology, tmdb.based-on-play-or-musical, tmdb.adaptation
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Professional Foul
Professor Anderson attends a conference in Prague, but what he really wants to do is attend a football match. Then he meets a former student unexpectedly, and must consider putting his philosophical ideas into practice.
Sept. 21, 1977, midnight
S1E2 - Exiles
In the 1920s, Michael Arlen was one of the most popular and acclaimed writers in the world, but he mysteriously stopped writing altogether. His son tries to work out why.
Sept. 28, 1977, midnight
S1E3 - Abie's Will
A once-celebrated writer who has written nothing since the war, lies paralysed and dying as his family gathers at the family home.
Oct. 5, 1977, midnight
S1E4 - The Sinking of HMS Victoria
A dramatisation of events surrounding the loss of the turret ship HMS Victoria during fleet exercises off Tripoli on 22 June 1893.
Oct. 12, 1977, midnight
S1E5 - True Patriot
A biopic of German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, whose opposition to Adolf Hitler led to his involvement in an assassination plot.
Oct. 19, 1977, midnight
S1E6 - Shooting the Chandelier
Czechoslovakia, April 1945. A chance meeting between a professor and his former student turns into a violent trial of strength.
Oct. 26, 1977, midnight
S1E7 - The Kitchen
A busy day in the kitchen of a great hotel.
Nov. 2, 1977, midnight
S1E8 - Arnhem: The Story of an Escape
Graeme Warrack was Divisional Chief Doctor of the 1st Airborne Division at the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944. With other doctors, medical personnel and padres, he stayed behind with the wounded.
Nov. 16, 1977, midnight
S1E9 - Forgotten Love Songs
A man seeks the perfect relationship.
Jan. 4, 1978, midnight
S1E10 - A Visit from Miss Prothero
Arthur Dodsworth has recently retired. He lives alone except for his budgie and memories of his late wife Winnie. One afternoon his nap is interrupted by the doorbell; his former secretary, Peggy Prothero, has come to visit.
Jan. 11, 1978, midnight
S1E11 - Mr. & Mrs. Bureaucrat
Satire set at the Department of Something or Other, where mistakes in form-filling can bring careers to a sudden end.
Jan. 18, 1978, midnight
S1E12 - Foreign Affairs
Moscow is the setting for a reunion between Viktor and Susan which brings about unforeseen complications.
Jan. 25, 1978, midnight
S1E13 - The Dissolution of Marcus Fleischman
Marcus Fleischman's reincarnation proves a frustrating one. His widow, in his absence, leads the simple life of a shopkeeper, and brings up their son as best she can.
Feb. 1, 1978, midnight
S1E14 - The O'Hooligan File
A former teacher takes on the system armed only with pen, paper and stamps.
Feb. 8, 1978, midnight
S1E15 - The Turkey Who Lives on the Hill
Married life starts off full of bright hopes for Alex and Lynda, but soon they are trapped in a nightmare with their friend Bill.
Feb. 15, 1978, midnight
S1E16 - Flayed
A disparate group of guests find themselves locked into a largely empty television studio controlled by an anonymous man.
Feb. 22, 1978, midnight
S1E17 - She Fell Among Thieves
France, 1924. Two English gentlemen join forces to investigate notorious villainess Vanity Fair in her fortified chateau. Tongue-in-cheek 1978 TV film based on the novel by Dornford Yates.
March 1, 1978, midnight
S1E18 - Stargazy on Zummerdown
In the 23rd century, Albion (formerly Britain) is made up of two distinct communities — the Aggros (farm workers) and the Toonies (industrial workers). They meet at Zummerdown for the annual midsummer festival of Stargazy.
March 15, 1978, midnight
S1E19 - Liza
Lavretsky returns to Russia from Europe and joins the group of admirers of his beautiful young cousin Liza.
March 22, 1978, midnight
S1E20 - For Tea on Sunday
Some young women, sharing accommodation, invite their boyfriends for tea on Sunday. But one of them proves to be alarmingly disturbed.
March 29, 1978, midnight
S1E21 - When the Actors Come
In 19th-century Eastern Europe, a group of actors, led by Janos, arrive at a castle to give the Count and his friends a private performance. But the actors are also revolutionaries, and they have another agenda.
May 3, 1978, midnight
S1E22 - Ice Age
An unexpected stranger arrives at the old peoples home in Norway where a famous writer is kept in confinement after the war. A young partisan plots his assassination, while others advocate handing him over for trial for collaboration.
May 17, 1978, midnight
S1E23 - The Copyist
A fateful day in the life of a celebrated composer.
May 24, 1978, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 100 min.
Season Runtime: 100 min.
Released: Sept. 20, 1977
Last Air Date: May 16, 1979, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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