The Wednesday Play

1964    75m
Drama
7.5
"The Wednesday Play" was a groundbreaking BBC anthology that spotlighted bold storytelling and fresh talent in the late 1960s. Iconic works like "Cathy Come Home" and "Up the Junction" tackled pressing social issues—homelessness, abortion—with raw honesty, redefining television drama.
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6 Seasons
  • Season 1
    Season 134 Episodes
  • Season 2
    Season 237 Episodes
  • Season 3
    Season 331 Episodes
  • Season 4
    Season 425 Episodes
  • Season 5
    Season 526 Episodes
  • Season 6
    Season 634 Episodes
Cast of The Wednesday Play
  • George WebbJim Ritchie
  • John BaileyHumphrey Wiles, Counsel for Defence
  • John SavidentHans Von Dorring
  • Barry JacksonJohn Black
  • Julian GloverJames
  • Hal GaliliWendell
  • Joss AcklandCornelius
  • Barrie InghamCharlie
  • Noel HowlettDr. Evans
  • Patrick BarrDavid Lancaster
  • Basil HensonInspector
  • David KellyFinbar
  • Godfrey Quigley
  • John Hollis
  • Peter Copley
  • David Jackson
  • John Stratton
  • Willoughby Goddard
  • Annette Crosbie
  • Emrys James
  • Patrick Allen
  • Hywel Bennett
  • Ian McShane
  • Angelo Muscat
  • George Coulouris
  • Nicholas Smith
  • Wendy Richard
  • Guy Middleton
  • Alan Lake
  • Judy Geeson
  • Joseph Fürst
  • Jack Watson
  • John Castle
  • Patrick Troughton
  • Steven Berkoff
  • William Moore
  • Glyn Houston
  • Jack Gwillim
  • Victor Maddern
  • Tommy Godfrey
  • Philip Latham
  • Cyril Shaps
  • John Lee
  • Royston Tickner
  • Eric Thompson
  • Jo Rowbottom
  • Walter Sparrow
  • Hannah Gordon
  • Aubrey Richards
  • George Sewell
  • Richard Caldicot
  • Edwin Richfield
  • John Abineri
  • William Gaunt
  • Peter Jeffrey
  • John BrandonSergeant Musso
  • William Marlowe
  • Richard Davies
  • Barry Humphries
  • John Carson
  • Neville Smith
  • Peter Forbes-Robertson
  • Cyril Luckham
  • Gordon Gostelow
  • Charles Lloyd Pack
  • Nigel Stock
  • Freddie Jones
  • Declan Mulholland
  • Robert ArdenCaptain Danziger
  • Jonathan Adams
  • Mary HolderMrs. Watmuff
  • Lionel StanderGeneral Burroughs
  • Trisha NobleFrancoise Clouet
  • Robert RaglanTom-Tom
  • Alfred LynchPeter Young
  • Glenda JacksonCathy
  • Tony SelbyHarry
  • Judy ParfittDorothy Gorbet
  • Sheila BurrellLiz
  • Diane KeenJudy
  • David EllisonPhotographer
  • Ann MorrishMary
  • Caroline BlakistonMatilda Boff
  • Donald DouglasAdrian Brinton
  • Kenneth ColleyBethold Florenberg
  • Arthur LoweColonel Harrup
  • Daphne HeardMrs. Edgell
  • Roland CulverArthur Maybury
  • Jeffrey SegalMr. Dumpton
  • Jeremy Child2nd Man
  • Leo McKernRobert Kelvin
  • Thorley WaltersHolland
  • Rosalind KnightBarbara
  • Ray BrooksReg
  • Geoffrey PalmerProperty Agent
  • Tim Brooke-Taylor(uncredited)
  • Pauline CollinsJoan Percival
  • Barbara LottMiss Hepworth
  • John PhillipsCouncillor Percival
  • Michael BatesJoe
  • Warren ClarkeAlec
  • George LaytonPete
  • Robert HardyNick Prockter
  • Michael Graham CoxBernard Davis
  • David McKailBruce Fairlight
  • John GielgudGabriel Quantara
  • Felicity KendalThe Girl
  • Timothy BatesonBarnet
  • Michael JaystonSiegfried Sassoon
  • Ann BeachMusic Hall Artiste
  • Glynn EdwardsBernie the Tweedler
  • Mona Bruce3rd Investor
  • Erik ChittyOld Bailey Judge
  • Norman RossingtonDanny Fowler
  • Kenneth GriffithMr. Jones
  • Marius GoringReverend Harrup
  • Michael StaintonPoliceman
  • Robert AyresJudge Webster Thayer
  • Hal HamiltonJeremiah McAnarney
  • George BakerRev Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
  • Deborah WatlingAlice Liddell
  • Tessa WyattLorina Liddell
  • John MoffattMr. Stotman
  • Keith BarronNigel Barton
  • Michael Segal1st Questioner
  • Aimée DelamainMrs. Morris
  • Percy HerbertColour Sergeant David Mackison
  • Dudley SuttonCorporal Tom Oates
  • Nick TatePrivate Trevor James
  • Brenda BruceMollie
  • Christian RodskaRufus
  • T. P. McKennaJohn Joe Moran
  • Fionnula FlanaganMona
  • Geoffrey ChaterRichard Browning
  • Ballard BerkeleyFirst Committee Member
  • Rosemary LeachShelley Mitchell
  • Jimmy GardnerStanley Wood
  • Frank MillsPrison Gate Officer
  • Paul AngelisTristram
 
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