BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month (1965)


  • Genre: Drama
  • First Air Date: 1965-10-19
  • Last Air Date: 1983-09-12
  • Total Seasons: 16
  • Total Episodes: 128
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 90 min.
  • Networks: BBC One
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Summary

Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were 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; the producer most associated with the Play of the Month was Cedric Messina. Some of the 121 episodes are missing from the archives, having been junked in the 1960s and 1970s. Unless stated otherwise, the indication that the play is "lost" is taken from the lostshows.com website page as of 25 May 2013.

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BBC Play of the Month Seasons

Season 1

First Air Date: 1965-10-19
9 Episodes

Season 2

First Air Date: 1966-09-27
5 Episodes

Season 3

First Air Date: 1967-10-15
11 Episodes

Season 4

First Air Date: 1968-09-01
9 Episodes

Season 5

First Air Date: 1969-10-12
8 Episodes

Season 6

First Air Date: 1970-09-20
9 Episodes

Season 7

First Air Date: 1971-09-26
11 Episodes

Season 8

First Air Date: 1972-09-25
10 Episodes

Season 9

First Air Date: 1973-09-16
9 Episodes

Season 10

First Air Date: 1974-09-08
9 Episodes

Season 11

First Air Date: 1975-09-28
8 Episodes

Season 12

First Air Date: 1976-09-19
7 Episodes

Season 13

First Air Date: 1977-10-30
7 Episodes

Season 14

First Air Date: 1978-11-26
7 Episodes

Season 15

First Air Date: 1982-05-24
5 Episodes

Season 16

First Air Date: 1983-05-22
4 Episodes

BBC Play of the Month Episodes

Title Air Date Duration
Season 1Episode 1Luther90 min
Season 1Episode 2A Passage to India90 min
Season 1Episode 3The Joel Brand Story90 min
Season 1Episode 4Gordon of Khartoum90 min
Season 1Episode 5Where Angels Fear to Tread90 min
Season 1Episode 6Lee Oswald Assassin90 min
Season 1Episode 7Make Me an Offer90 min
Season 1Episode 8Death of a Salesman90 min
Season 1Episode 9The Devil's Eggshell90 min
Season 2Episode 1Defection! The Case of Colonel Petrov90 min
Season 2Episode 2Days to Come90 min
Season 2Episode 3Corridors of Power90 min
Season 2Episode 4The Making of Jericho90 min
Season 2Episode 5The Cabinet Papers90 min
Season 3Episode 1Girls in Uniform90 min
Season 3Episode 2The Moon and Sixpence90 min
Season 3Episode 3Romeo and Juliet90 min
Season 3Episode 4The Parachute90 min
Season 3Episode 5Cyrano de Bergerac90 min
Season 3Episode 6Ghosts90 min
Season 3Episode 7The Corn Is Green90 min
Season 3Episode 8The Tempest90 min
Season 3Episode 9The Old Ladies90 min
Season 3Episode 10Man and Superman90 min
Season 3Episode 11Hay Fever90 min
Season 4Episode 1Saint Joan90 min
Season 4Episode 2The Male Animal90 min
Season 4Episode 3The Seagull90 min
Season 4Episode 4Waters of the Moon90 min
Season 4Episode 5Mary, Queen of Scots90 min
Season 4Episode 6Maigret at Bay90 min
Season 4Episode 7Relatively Speaking90 min
Season 4Episode 8Julius Caesar90 min
Season 4Episode 9An Ideal Husband90 min
Season 5Episode 1The Heiress90 min
Season 5Episode 2Charley's Aunt90 min
Season 5Episode 3The Marquise90 min
Season 5Episode 4The Three Sisters90 min
Season 5Episode 5In Good King Charles's Golden Days90 min
Season 5Episode 6Separate Tables90 min
Season 5Episode 7Howards End90 min
Season 5Episode 8The Rivals90 min
Season 6Episode 1Macbeth90 min
Season 6Episode 2Ross90 min
Season 6Episode 3Uncle Vanya90 min
Season 6Episode 4Five Finger Exercise90 min
Season 6Episode 5Act of Betrayal90 min
Season 6Episode 6Candida90 min
Season 6Episode 7The Wild Duck90 min
Season 6Episode 8Don Juan in Hell90 min
Season 6Episode 9Platonov90 min
Season 7Episode 1A Midsummer Night's Dream90 min
Season 7Episode 2Rasputin90 min
Season 7Episode 3Tartuffe90 min
Season 7Episode 4The Cherry Orchard90 min
Season 7Episode 5Summer and Smoke90 min
Season 7Episode 6Stephen D90 min
Season 7Episode 7The Merchant of Venice90 min
Season 7Episode 8Lady Windermere's Fan90 min
Season 8Episode 1The Millionairess90 min
Season 8Episode 2Hedda Gabler90 min
Season 8Episode 3King Oedipus90 min
Season 8Episode 4The Magistrate90 min
Season 8Episode 5The Adventures of Don Quixote90 min
Season 8Episode 6Candide90 min
Season 8Episode 7A Room with a View90 min
Season 8Episode 8The Caucasian Chalk Circle90 min
Season 9Episode 1The Love-Girl and the Innocent90 min
Season 9Episode 2The Common90 min
Season 9Episode 3The Recruiting Officer90 min
Season 9Episode 4Pygmalion90 min
Season 9Episode 5The Changeling90 min
Season 9Episode 6The Importance of Being Earnest90 min
Season 9Episode 7The Deep Blue Sea90 min
Season 9Episode 8Mrs. Warren's Profession90 min
Season 9Episode 9The Skin Game90 min
Season 10Episode 1The Linden Tree90 min
Season 10Episode 2Electra90 min
Season 10Episode 3The Wood Demon90 min
Season 10Episode 4Robinson Crusoe90 min
Season 10Episode 5The Apple Cart90 min
Season 10Episode 6The School for Scandal90 min
Season 10Episode 7King Lear90 min
Season 10Episode 8Strife90 min
Season 11Episode 1Chips with Everything90 min
Season 11Episode 2The Little Minister90 min
Season 11Episode 3Love's Labour's Lost90 min
Season 11Episode 4When We Are Married90 min
Season 11Episode 5Trilby90 min
Season 11Episode 6Loyalties90 min
Season 11Episode 7Chester Mystery Cycle90 min
Season 11Episode 8French Without Tears90 min
Season 12Episode 1The Picture of Dorian Gray90 min
Season 12Episode 2London Assurance90 min
Season 12Episode 3Look Back in Anger90 min
Season 12Episode 4The Winslow Boy90 min
Season 12Episode 5The Country Wife90 min
Season 12Episode 6The Ambassadors90 min
Season 12Episode 7Heartbreak House90 min
Season 13Episode 1You Never Can Tell90 min
Season 13Episode 2Waste90 min
Season 13Episode 3Flint90 min
Season 13Episode 4The Seagull90 min
Season 13Episode 5The Sea90 min
Season 13Episode 6The Beaux' Stratagem90 min
Season 13Episode 7Danton's Death90 min
Season 14Episode 1Kean90 min
Season 14Episode 2Marya90 min
Season 14Episode 3The Voysey Inheritance90 min
Season 14Episode 4Hello and Goodbye90 min
Season 14Episode 5The Wings of the Dove90 min
Season 14Episode 6Design for Living90 min
Season 15Episode 1I Have Been Here Before90 min
Season 15Episode 2On Approval90 min
Season 15Episode 3Little Eyolf90 min
Season 15Episode 4The Critic90 min
Season 15Episode 5The White Guard90 min
Season 16Episode 1Dangerous Corner90 min
Season 16Episode 2The Gay Lord Quex90 min
Season 16Episode 3Infidelities90 min
Production Cedric Messina Producer