James MacTaggart
Director
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
Season 4
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
None+
Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.based-on-play-or-musical, tmdb.anthology, imdb.anthology
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S4E1 - St. Joan
In 15th century France, a teenage peasant leads the army to victories against the English after claiming she has heard the voices of saints.
Sept. 1, 1968, midnight
S4E2 - The Male Animal
The Midwestern University trustees have forced three teachers out for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild-mannered English professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Tommy is upset that his wife Ellen also suggested he not read the passage. Meanwhile, Ellen's old boyfriend, football player Joe Ferguson, comes to visit for the Homecoming.
Oct. 13, 1968, midnight
S4E3 - The Seagull
Aging actress Arkidana pays summer visits to her brother Sorin and son Konstantin on a country estate. On one occasion, she brings with her Trigorin, a successful novelist. Meanwhile, Nina, a free and innocent girl on a neighboring estate, falls for Trigorin.
Nov. 17, 1968, midnight
S4E4 - Waters of the Moon
Lonely people in a quiet hotel find their lives shaken up by the arrival of the glamorous, assertive Helen Lancaster.
Dec. 24, 1968, midnight
S4E5 - Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary Stuart, named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She's imprisoned at 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years later, Mary's life is to end on the scaffold and with her execution, the last threat to Elizabeth's throne has been removed. The two Queens with their contrasting personalities make a dramatic counterpoint to history.
Jan. 12, 1969, midnight
S4E6 - Maigret at Bay
Maigret responds to a call from a young woman in the middle of the night, but he then finds himself accused of raping her. He is forced to clear his name, and search for what had really taken place that night.
Feb. 9, 1969, midnight
S4E7 - Relatively Speaking
Ginny plots to keep her affair with the much older (and married) Philip from her regular boyfriend Greg.
March 2, 1969, midnight
S4E8 - Julius Caesar
Highly-placed Romans plot the murder of Julius Caesar.
April 13, 1969, midnight
S4E9 - An Ideal Husband
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously
May 11, 1969, 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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