The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured. The series gained a reputation for presenting contemporary social dramas, and for bringing issues to the attention of a mass audience that would not otherwise have been discussed on screen.
Seasons
1. Catch as Catch Can
Air Date: 1964-09-30
2. A Crack in the Ice
Air Date: 1964-10-28
3. In Camera
Air Date: 1964-11-04
4. Pale Horse, Pale Rider
Air Date: 1964-11-11
5. The Big Breaker
Air Date: 1964-11-18
6. Mr. Douglas
Air Date: 1964-11-25
7. Malatesta
Air Date: 1964-12-02
8. The July Plot
Air Date: 1964-12-09
9. First Love
Air Date: 1964-12-16
10. A Tap on the Shoulder
Air Date: 1965-01-06
11. Sir Jocelyn, the Minister Would Like a Word ...
Air Date: 1965-01-13
12. The Navigators
Air Date: 1965-01-20
13. Fable
Air Date: 1965-01-27
Fable is a British television play, shown on 27 January 1965 as an episode of The Wednesday Play series on BBC 1. Written by John Hopkins, the play is set in a parallel totalitarian Britain where those in authority are black people, and white people are their social underdogs - a reversal of the situation in contemporary apartheid South Africa. It was directed by Christopher Morahan and produced by James MacTaggart.
14. Dan, Dan The Charity Man
Air Date: 1965-02-03
15. Ashes to Ashes
Air Date: 1965-02-10
16. Wear a Very Big Hat
Air Date: 1965-02-17
17. The Confidence Course
Air Date: 1965-02-24
18. Campaign for One
Air Date: 1965-03-03
19. Horror of Darkness
Air Date: 1965-03-10
"The liberal middle-class mask well and truly slips in John Hopkins' intense, slow-burning love triangle drama, broadcast in the BBC's groundbreaking Wednesday Play slot. An affluent, cosmopolitan London couple (Jackson and Lynch) find their outwardly charmed lives turned upside down by the appearance of a troubled homosexual friend (Williamson), who quickly touches a raw nerve. In a virtuoso performance, Jackson's spirited, cerebral Cathy finds herself unable to penetrate either man's psyche. Stylishly shot and built to a shocking crescendo by director Page, this gripping chamber piece simmers with suppressed desire, creativity – and rage." Quoting the description from the 2011 London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival site.
20. A Little Temptation
Air Date: 1965-03-17
21. Moving On
Air Date: 1965-03-24
22. Cat's Cradle
Air Date: 1965-03-31
23. Three Clear Sundays
Air Date: 1965-04-07
24. The Interior Decorator
Air Date: 1965-04-14
25. Auto-Stop
Air Date: 1965-04-21
26. The Good Shoe Maker and the Poor Fish Peddler
Air Date: 1965-04-28
27. Cemented with Love
Air Date: 1965-05-05
28. A Knight in Tarnished Armour
Air Date: 1965-05-12
29. For the West
Air Date: 1965-05-26
30. And Did Those Feet?
Air Date: 1965-06-02
31. The Man Without Papers
Air Date: 1965-06-09
32. The Pistol
Air Date: 1965-06-16
33. Women in Crisis: With Love and Tears
Air Date: 1965-06-23
34. The Seven O'Clock Crunch
Air Date: 1965-06-30
1. The War Game
Air Date: 1965-10-06
2. Alice
Air Date: 1965-10-13
3. The Girl Who Loved Robots
Air Date: 1965-10-20
4. A Designing Woman
Air Date: 1965-10-27
5. Up The Junction
Air Date: 1965-11-03
6. The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne
Air Date: 1965-11-10
7. The End of Arthur's Marriage
Air Date: 1965-11-17
8. Tomorrow, Just You Wait
Air Date: 1965-11-24
9. The Bond
Air Date: 1965-12-01
10. Stand Up, Nigel Barton
Air Date: 1965-12-08
11. Vote, Vote, Vote For Nigel Barton
Air Date: 1965-12-15
12. The Coming Out Party
Air Date: 1965-12-22
13. The Bone Yard
Air Date: 1966-01-05
14. A Man On Her Back
Air Date: 1966-01-12
15. Rodney, Our Intrepid Hero
Air Date: 1966-01-19
16. Calf Love
Air Date: 1966-01-26
17. Silent Song
Air Date: 1966-02-02
18. Who's A Good Boy Then?
Air Date: 1966-02-09
19. A Game - Like - Only A Game
Air Date: 1966-02-16
20. Why Aren't You Famous?
Air Date: 1966-02-23
21. Macready's Gala
Air Date: 1966-03-02
22. A Walk In The Sea
Air Date: 1966-03-09
23. Boy In The Smoke
Air Date: 1966-03-16
24. Barlowe of the Car Park
Air Date: 1966-03-23
25. The Portsmouth Defence
Air Date: 1966-03-30
26. Pity About The Abbey
Air Date: 1966-04-06
27. The Big Man Coughed and Died
Air Date: 1966-04-13
28. The Snow Ball
Air Date: 1966-04-20
29. A Cheery Soul
Air Date: 1966-04-27
30. The Connoiseur
Air Date: 1966-05-04
31. The Retreat
Air Date: 1966-05-11
32. Ape and Essence
Air Date: 1966-05-18
33. Toddler on the Run
Air Date: 1966-05-25
34. The Executioner
Air Date: 1966-06-01
35. Way Off Beat
Air Date: 1966-06-08
36. A Soiree at Blossom's Hotel
Air Date: 1966-06-15
37. Cock, Hen and Counting Pit
Air Date: 1966-06-22
1. Photo Finish
Air Date: 1966-09-21
2. A Hero of our Time
Air Date: 1966-09-28
3. The Frighteners
Air Date: 1966-10-12
4. A Piece of Resistance
Air Date: 1966-10-19
5. Where the Buffalo Roam
Air Date: 1966-10-26
A mentally disturbed Welsh teenager is obsessed with Westerns. His volatile temperament loses him the few people who might have been sympathetic, and helped him. Instead, he spirals down to inevitable destruction.
6. The Head Waiter
Air Date: 1966-11-09
7. Cathy Come Home
Air Date: 1966-11-16
8. The Private Tutor
Air Date: 1966-11-23
9. A Pyre for Private James
Air Date: 1966-11-30
10. A Tale of Two Wives
Air Date: 1966-12-07
11. Little Master Mind
Air Date: 1966-12-14
12. The Mayfly and the Frog
Air Date: 1966-12-21
13. Person To Person
Air Date: 1967-01-04
14. The Order
Air Date: 1967-01-11
15. Everybody's Rich Except Us
Air Date: 1967-01-18
16. The Lump
Air Date: 1967-01-25
17. Who's Going to Take Me On?
Air Date: 1967-02-01
18. Death of a Teddy Bear
Air Date: 1967-02-08
19. Days in the Trees
Air Date: 1967-02-15
20. In Two Minds
Air Date: 1967-02-22
21. Another Day, Another Dollar
Air Date: 1967-03-01
22. Public Inquiry
Air Date: 1967-03-08
23. A Crucial Week in the Life of a Grocer's Assistant
Air Date: 1967-03-15
24. A Breach in the Wall
Air Date: 1967-03-22
25. The Voices in the Park
Air Date: 1967-03-29
26. Dismissal Leading to Lustfulness
Air Date: 1967-04-05
27. A Brilliant Future Behind Him
Air Date: 1967-04-12
28. Message for Posterity
Air Date: 1967-04-19
29. A Way with the Ladies
Air Date: 1967-04-26
30. The Playground
Air Date: 1967-05-03
31. Drums Along the Avon
Air Date: 1967-05-10
1. Sleeping Dog
Air Date: 1967-10-11
2. Wanted: Single Gentleman
Air Date: 1967-10-18
3. A Black Candle for Mrs. Gogarty
Air Date: 1967-10-25
4. The Devil a Monk Would Be
Air Date: 1967-11-08
5. Fall of the Goat
Air Date: 1967-11-15
6. The Profile of a Gentleman
Air Date: 1967-11-22
7. Dial Rudolph Valentino One One
Air Date: 1967-11-29
It is the morning of a notorious bachelor's wedding in this tale of marriage, friendship and non-communication between parents and children.
8. Kippers and Curtains
Air Date: 1967-12-06
The Honourable Audrey is the latest arrival at a boarding-house in a working-class area of London.
9. Death of a Private
Air Date: 1967-12-13
10. An Officer of the Court
Air Date: 1967-12-20
11. The Fat of the Land
Air Date: 1967-12-27
12. Toggle
Air Date: 1968-01-03
13. House of Character
Air Date: 1968-01-10
14. Jamie, On a Flying Visit
Air Date: 1968-01-17
15. Monsieur Barnett
Air Date: 1968-01-24
16. The Drummer and the Bloke
Air Date: 1968-01-31
17. Rebel in the Grave
Air Date: 1968-02-07
18. Coincidence
Air Date: 1968-02-21
19. Light Blue
Air Date: 1968-04-03
20. Let's Murder Vivaldi
Air Date: 1968-04-10
21. The Golden Vision
Air Date: 1968-04-17
22. The Man Behind You
Air Date: 1968-05-01
23. Infidelity Took Place
Air Date: 1968-05-08
98. Episode 98
Air Date:
99. Episode 99
Air Date:
1. Mrs Lawrence Will Look After It
Air Date: 1968-08-21
2. Spoiled
Air Date: 1968-08-28
3. The Gorge
Air Date: 1968-09-04
4. A Night with Mrs. Da Tanka
Air Date: 1968-09-11
5. Charlie
Air Date: 1968-09-18
6. Anyone For Tennis?
Air Date: 1968-09-25
7. Mooney and his Caravans
Air Date: 1968-10-02
8. The Lower Largo Sequence
Air Date: 1968-10-09
9. Hello, Good Evening and Welcome
Air Date: 1968-10-16
10. A Bit of Crucifixion, Father
Air Date: 1968-10-23
11. Nothing Will be The Same
Air Date: 1968-10-30
12. A Beast With Two Backs
Air Date: 1968-11-06
An isolated New Forest community in 19th Century Britain. A young local girl is murdered by a mentally disturbed youth, but the villagers blame a stranger, an Italian traveling showman and his bear, rather than see the rot in their own camp.
13. On the Eve of Publication
Air Date: 1968-11-27
14. The Fabulous Frump
Air Date: 1969-01-08
15. Smoke Screen
Air Date: 1969-01-15
16. Dr. Aitkinson's Daughter
Air Date: 1969-01-21
17. The Apprentices
Air Date: 1969-01-29
18. Birthday
Air Date: 1969-02-05
19. The Big Flame
Air Date: 1969-02-12
20. A Serpent in Putney
Air Date: 1969-02-19
21. Bami Powl Zapl
Air Date: 1969-03-05
22. Sling Your Hook
Air Date: 1969-04-02
23. A Child and a Half
Air Date: 1969-04-09
24. Son of Man
Air Date: 1969-04-16
25. The Exiles
Air Date: 1969-04-23
26. Blodwen, Home from Rachel's Marriage
Air Date: 1969-04-30
1. The Parachute
Air Date: 1969-08-06
2. Pitchi Poi
Air Date: 1969-09-24
3. The Last Train through Harecastle Tunnel
Air Date: 1969-10-01
4. Patterson O.K.
Air Date: 1969-10-08
5. The Mark II Wife
Air Date: 1969-10-15
6. Close the Coalhouse Door
Air Date: 1969-10-23
7. The Sad Decline of Arthur Maybury
Air Date: 1969-10-30
8. All Out for Kangaroo Valley
Air Date: 1969-11-05
9. Happy
Air Date: 1969-11-12
10. There Is Also Tomorrow
Air Date: 1969-11-19
11. The Compartment/Playmates
Air Date: 1969-11-26
12. Blood of the Lamb
Air Date: 1969-12-03
13. The Vortex
Air Date: 1969-12-10
14. It Wasn't Me
Air Date: 1969-12-17
15. The Season of the Witch
Air Date: 1970-01-07
16. Mille Miglia
Air Date: 1970-01-14
17. The Hunting of Lionel Crane
Air Date: 1970-01-21
18. Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred
Air Date: 1970-01-28
19. Mad Jack
Air Date: 1970-02-04
20. Nathan and Tabileth
Air Date: 1970-02-11
21. The Italian Table
Air Date: 1970-02-18
22. The Boy Who Wanted Peace
Air Date: 1970-02-25
23. The Cellar and the Almond Tree
Air Date: 1970-03-04
24. The Year of the Sex Olympics
Air Date: 1970-03-11
25. No Trams to Lime Street
Air Date: 1970-03-18
26. To See How Far It Is 1: Murphy's Law
Air Date: 1970-03-25
27. To See How Far It Is 2: The Curse of the Donkins
Air Date: 1970-04-01
28. To See How Far It Is 3: To See How Far It Is
Air Date: 1970-04-08
29. Wine of India
Air Date: 1970-04-15
30. Sovereign's Company
Air Date: 1970-04-22
31. Party Games
Air Date: 1970-04-29
32. Emma's Time
Air Date: 1970-05-06
33. Chariot of Fire
Air Date: 1970-05-13
A prison visitor becomes involved with a convicted sex offender.
34. Wind Vs. Polygamy
Air Date: 1970-05-27
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Rating
4.5/10
Release Date
1964-09-30
Episodes
187 (6 seasons)
Status
Ended