James MacTaggart
Director
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
Season 9
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
S9E1 - The Love Girl and the Innocent
Nemov is an honest man serving a term of 10 years for violations of Article 58. Nemov falls in love with Lyuba, who is having sex with the camp doctor Mereshchun, in exchange for better food and living conditions.
Sept. 16, 1973, midnight
S9E2 - The Common
An exploration of the relationship between two couples from different social classes: one wealthy and Conservative, one poor and socialist.
Oct. 27, 1973, midnight
S9E3 - The Recruiting Officer
Scoundrels are put on notice and women (literally) wear the pants in this uproarious comedy. Recruiting officers travel from port to port wooing men into service at sea, and women into their beds. Two such men, Worthy and Plume, land in Shrewsbury each in love with a woman who lives there.
Oct. 18, 1973, midnight
S9E4 - Pygmalion
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
Dec. 16, 1973, midnight
S9E6 - The Importance of Being Earnest
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.
Feb. 17, 1974, midnight
S9E5 - The Changeling
A woman falls in love with a sea captain, and plots to kill her fiance.
Jan. 20, 1974, midnight
S9E7 - The Deep Blue Sea
A woman unhappy in her passionless marriage leaves her husband for a younger and more ardent lover.
March 17, 1974, midnight
S9E10 - Mrs. Warren's Profession
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S9E8 - The Skin Game
The rivalry between a wealthy businessman and his lower-class, self-made rival gets very personal indeed.
May 19, 1974, 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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