James MacTaggart
Director
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
Season 8
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
S8E1 - The Millionairess
An Indian doctor meets a willful and arrogant heiress stuck in a dull marriage in order to satisfy the conditions of her father's will.
Sept. 25, 1972, midnight
S8E2 - Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler is a beautiful woman married to the solid and respectable academic George Tesman. Then an old flame, the dreamer Eilert Lovborg, turns up on the scene with tragic results.
Oct. 20, 1972, midnight
S8E3 - King Oedipus
Resolving the riddle of the Sphinx makes Oedipus the king of Thebes, but he also resolves another mystery — and it destroys him.
Nov. 24, 1972, midnight
S8E4 - The Magistrate
A widow weds a magistrate and makes her 19-year-old son act as a boy.
Dec. 20, 1972, midnight
S8E5 - The Adventures of Don Quixote
A self-proclaimed 'knight' and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking 'giants' that are really windmills in his attempt to win the love of the fair Dulcinea.
Jan. 7, 1973, midnight
S8E6 - Candide
Candide falls in love with the beautiful but materialistic Cunegonde. Her barron father doesn't approve of the affair so Candide wanders, meeting all the misfortunes along the way.
Feb. 16, 1973, midnight
S8E7 - A Room with a View
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?
April 15, 1973, midnight
S8E8 - The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Grusha sacrifices her happiness and dignity for the sake of an abandoned child she takes as her own.
May 16, 1973, midnight
S8E9 - The Duchess of Malfi
None
July 18, 1973, midnight
S8E10 - Peer Gynt
None
Aug. 22, 1973, 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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