James MacTaggart
Director
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
Season 10
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
S10E1 - The Linden Tree
In 1947 England, in the home of Professor Robert Linden, chair of modern history at the provincial University of Burmanley, rationing and austerity seem to have fostered opportunism, escapism and confrontation within the Linden family, gathered to celebrate Robert's 65th birthday and each of whom is struggling with their own crises.
Sept. 8, 1974, midnight
S10E2 - Electra
In the city of Mycenae, a few years after the Trojan War, a bitter struggle for justice is undertaken by Electra and her brother Orestes for the murder of their father Agamemnon by Clytemnestra and their stepfather Aegisthus.
Oct. 24, 1974, midnight
S10E3 - The Wood Demon
A luncheon party gathers to celebrate a wealthy unmarried man's birthday; his sister hopes he'll marry Sonya, the daughter of a selfish gout-ridden old professor who makes life Hell for his son George and his young wife, Helen.
Oct. 17, 1974, midnight
S10E4 - Robinson Crusoe
An English slave trader is marooned on a remote tropical island, forced to fend for himself and deal with crushing loneliness.
Nov. 29, 1974, midnight
S10E5 - The Apple Cart
King Magnus's position as monarch is in danger – can he 'upset the apple cart' and preserve his throne?
Jan. 19, 1975, midnight
S10E6 - The School for Scandal
Scandalmonger Lady Sneerwell controls a nest of gossipy vipers, and young Lady Teazle, bored by her elderly husband Sir Peter, has been lured into the circle too.
Feb. 16, 1975, midnight
S10E7 - King Lear
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
March 23, 1975, midnight
S10E8 - Strife
A personal dispute between a union leader and a management leader causes chaos for workers at a troublesome tin mining company.
May 18, 1975, midnight
S10E10 - The Shadow of a Gunman
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April 20, 1975, 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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