
The Wednesday Play
An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.
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- Ep 1
1.Catch As Catch Can
30-09-196475mBased on the play "La foire d'empoigne" by Jean Anouilh.
- Ep 2
2.A Crack in the Ice
28-10-196475mA soldier named Postnikov rescues a drowning man.
- Ep 3
3.In Camera
04-11-196485mThree people find themselves sharing a room with no way out. As they talk, the nature of the room and how they came to be there is gradually revealed.
- Ep 4
4.Pale Horse, Pale Rider
11-11-196485mA young woman's dreams of death but The Pale Rider fills her dreams along with her lover.
- Ep 5
5.The Big Breaker
18-11-196490mA lodger, recuperating from a heart attack, sets his sights on his landlady.
- Ep 6
6.Mr. Douglas
25-11-196470mCoronation Day, 1761: A merchant entertains a guest with an extraordinary secret.
- Ep 7
7.Malatesta
02-12-196495mSigismondo Malatesta is a condottiere, a mercenary for hire and patron of the arts.
- Ep 8
8.The July Plot
09-12-196495mDramatisation of the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in July 1944 by a conspiracy of high-ranking German Army officers.
- Ep 9
9.First Love
16-12-196485mA study of a boy's passion for an older girl as he discovers the difference between infatuation and true love.
- Ep 10
10.Tap on the Shoulder
06-01-196575mArchibald Cooper is a London gangster who is living the life of a country squire while running a criminal empire. He learns that he's getting a knighthood so invites some old assoc...
- Ep 11
11.Sir Jocelyn, the Minister Would Like a Word...
13-01-196575mA group of politicians and university dons argue over whether a new university should have a chapel or a state-of-the-art lecture hall.
- Ep 12
12.The Navigators
20-01-196575mA tale of romance between two working class navvies.
- Ep 13
13.Fable
27-01-196575mIn a parallel totalitarian Great Britain, those in authority are Black people, and white people are their social underdogs — a reversal of the situation in then-contemporary aparth...
- Ep 14
14.Dan, Dan the Charity Man
03-02-196575mDan Sankey, the charity knocker, has become a national celebrity but who is the man behind the image?
- Ep 15
15.Ashes to Ashes
10-02-196575mBarbara is an assertive, clever, liberated woman, her own boss. Who'd think she could be swept off her feet by a handsome stranger for whom she'd give up her career, London, everyt...
- Ep 16
16.Wear a Very Big Hat
17-02-196575mA young couple celebrate their wedding anniversary with a night on the town.
- Ep 17
17.The Confidence Course
24-02-196561mA trio of swindlers advertise a self-assertiveness seminar, lure a dozen victims to a hotel and attempt to persuade them to enroll in their course. However, a man claiming to be 18...
- Ep 18
18.Campaign for One
03-03-196575mAstronaut Osborne is stuck in a malfunctioning capsule. As he goes round and round the Earth, he starts telling jokes and secrets. When the time comes to bring him down to Earth, h...
- Ep 19
19.Horror of Darkness
10-03-196570mPeter and Cathy are initially delighted to see their charismatic, subtly domineering friend Robin. But he outstays his welcome, and that's to say the least of it.
- Ep 20
20.A Little Temptation
17-03-196575m - Ep 21
21.Moving On
24-03-196575m - Ep 22
22.Cat's Cradle
31-03-196575m - Ep 23
23.Three Clear Sundays
07-04-196575m - Ep 24
24.The Interior Decorator
14-04-196575m - Ep 25
25.Auto-Stop
21-04-196575m - Ep 26
26.The Good Shoe Maker and the Poor Fish Peddler
28-04-196575m - Ep 27
27.Cemented with Love
05-05-196575m - Ep 28
28.A Knight in Tarnished Armour
12-05-196575m - Ep 29
29.For the West
26-05-196575m - Ep 30
30.And Did Those Feet?
02-06-196575m - Ep 31
31.The Man Without Papers
09-06-196575m - Ep 32
32.The Pistol
16-06-196575m - Ep 33
33.Women in Crisis: With Love and Tears
23-06-196575m - Ep 34
34.The Seven O'Clock Crunch
30-06-196575m
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