James MacTaggart
Director
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
Season 3
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
S3E1 - Girls in Uniform
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Oct. 15, 1967, midnight
S3E2 - The Moon and Sixpence
Loosely inspired from Gauguin's life, Charles Strickland is a middle-aged stockbroker who abandons his middle-classed life, his family, his duties to start painting, what he has always wanted to do. He is from now on a awful human being, wholly devoted to his ideal: beauty.
Nov. 12, 1967, midnight
S3E3 - Romeo and Juliet
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.
Dec. 3, 1967, midnight
S3E4 - The Parachute
As the Nazis grow ever more powerful, Werner Roger grows up in an aristocratic household, hating his domineering father and making enemies in high places.
Jan. 21, 1968, midnight
S3E5 - Cyrano de Bergerac
Long-nosed Cyrano de Bergerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves.
Feb. 11, 1968, midnight
S3E6 - Ghosts
A young student idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish Stockholm apartment building, only to find that it a nest of betrayal and sickness.
March 17, 1968, midnight
S3E7 - The Corn Is Green
A schoolteacher mentors a talented young miner and seeks to get him into a university.
April 14, 1968, midnight
S3E8 - The Tempest
The magician Prospero, once Duke of Milan, now rules a small, enchanted island – but a storm brings visitors from the past.
May 12, 1968, midnight
S3E9 - The Old Ladies
A trio of middle-aged women set up housekeeping together.
June 9, 1968, midnight
S3E10 - Man and Superman
John Tanner is determined not to lose his independence - which comes under threat when he falls in love with an ardent feminist.
July 7, 1968, midnight
S3E11 - Hay Fever
Weekend guests of the Bliss family finds their hosts distinctly eccentric.
Aug. 4, 1968, 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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