Play of the Month

Season 1

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.

Where to Watch Season 1

9 Episodes

  • Luther
    E1
    LutherDuring the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
  • A Passage to India
    E2
    A Passage to IndiaCultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.
  • The Joel Brand Story
    E3
    The Joel Brand StoryDuring World War II, a Hungarian Jewish leader proposes to the Soviets a deal from the Gestapo to allow one million Jews to emigrate from Central Europe.
  • Gordon of Khartoum
    E4
    Gordon of KhartoumThe story of Charles 'Chinese' Gordon, a brilliant but eccentric military commander, and his death defending Khartoum in 1885.
  • Where Angels Fear to Tread
    E5
    Where Angels Fear to TreadAfter a rich Edwardian widow impulsively marries a handsome but poor Tuscan dentist and dies in childbirth, her English in-laws try to gain custody of the baby.
  • Lee Oswald: Assassin
    E6
    Lee Oswald: AssassinThe life of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who shot President John F. Kennedy, as reported to the Warren Commission enquiry into the circumstances of the assassination.
  • Make Me an Offer
    E7
    Make Me an OfferAntique dealer Charlie yearns to own a beautiful Portland vase.
  • Death of a Salesman
    E8
    Death of a SalesmanWilly Loman is an over-the-hill salesman who faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family: Willy's long-suffering wife Linda, and Biff and Happy, his troubled sons and his life.
  • The Devil's Eggshell
    E9
    The Devil's EggshellThe discovery of mysterious egg-shaped objects at the sites of a series of disasters lead people to believe that we are being attacked by alien beings, but it is revealed to be a conspiracy hatched by a team of scientists intent on using an alien menace to unite the world. But their scheme backfires with fatal consequences...

 

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