The Wednesday Play

1964    75mDrama
7.3
Groundbreaking one-off plays in late 1960s, launching careers of Potter, Loach, Mercer and Hopkins. Notable works like "Cathy Come Home" and "Up the Junction" tackled social issues like homelessness and abortion.

Where to Watch The Wednesday Play

9 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
  • Season 7
    Season 7
  • Season 8
    Season 82 Episodes
  • Season 9
    Season 9

Cast of The Wednesday Play

  • John BaileyBartolomeo Vanzetti
  • Rosemary LeachJess
  • Cleo SylvestreMarge, in the Factory
  • John SavidentMr. Brummitt
  • Barry JacksonCossack
  • John PhillipsForbes-Wainwright
  • Richard DaviesRegistrar
  • Basil HensonInspector
  • Robert HardyPontius Pilate
  • Tony SelbyTim
  • Keith BarronNarrator (voice)
  • George BakerVera
  • Julian GloverJames
  • Hal GaliliPrivate First Class O'Brien
  • Joss AcklandTom Gorbet
  • Barrie InghamCharlie
  • Noel HowlettLord Chief Justice
  • Steven BerkoffCouncillor
  • Nigel StockElvet
  • Patrick BarrDavid Lancaster / Producer
  • Daphne HeardMrs. Edgell
  • David KellyFinbar
  • Mona BruceMatron
  • Marius GoringSir Hubert
  • Clive GrahamDavid Lewis
  • William MooreHammond
  • William GauntPeter
  • Neville SmithJohnny Johnson
  • Bernard HeptonCaiaphas
  • Brian BlessedPeter
  • Edward HardwickeJudas
  • Michael HordernGen. Kokoshkin, Chief of Police
  • Robert ArdenMaj. Max Baker
  • James MaxwellDonald Prior
  • Eileen AtkinsThe Girl
  • Ronald LaceyBilly Oates
  • Barry FosterDan Sankey
  • Geoffrey MatthewsRadio Announcer
  • Godfrey Quigley
  • Peter CopleyGen. Friedrich Olbright
  • 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
  • Joseph FürstGen. Fritz Fromm
  • Jack Watson
  • John Castle
  • Patrick Troughton
  • Glyn Houston
  • Jack Gwillim
  • Victor Maddern
  • Tommy Godfrey
  • Philip Latham
  • John LeeFirst Lt. Werner von Haeften
  • Royston Tickner
  • Eric Thompson
  • Jo Rowbottom
  • Walter Sparrow
  • Hannah Gordon
  • Aubrey Richards
  • George Sewell
  • Richard Caldicot
  • Edwin Richfield
  • John AbineriColonel
  • Peter Jeffrey
  • John BrandonSergeant Musso
  • William Marlowe
  • Barry Humphries
  • John CarsonCol. Claus Schenk Count von Stauffenberg
  • Peter Forbes-Robertson
  • Cyril LuckhamGeneral-Colonel Ludwig Beck
  • Gordon Gostelow
  • Charles Lloyd PackGen. Erich Hoepner
  • Freddie Jones
  • Declan Mulholland
  • Jonathan AdamsFirst Policeman
  • Mary HolderMrs. Watmuff
  • Lionel StanderGeneral Burroughs
  • Trisha NobleFrancoise Clouet
  • Robert RaglanTom-Tom
  • Alfred LynchPeter Young
  • Glenda JacksonCathy
  • Judy ParfittDorothy Gorbet
  • Sheila BurrellLiz
  • Diane KeenJudy
  • David EllisonPhotographer
  • Ann MorrishMary
  • Caroline BlakistonMatilda Boff
  • Donald DouglasAdrian Brinton
  • Kenneth ColleyBethold Florenberg
  • Arthur LoweColonel Harrup
  • 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
  • Michael BatesJoe
  • Warren ClarkeAlec
  • George LaytonPete
  • 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
  • Erik ChittyOld Bailey Judge
  • Norman RossingtonDanny Fowler
  • Kenneth GriffithMr. Jones
  • Michael StaintonPoliceman
  • Robert AyresJudge Webster Thayer
  • Hal HamiltonJeremiah McAnarney
  • Deborah WatlingAlice Liddell
  • Tessa WyattLorina Liddell
  • John MoffattMr. Stotman
  • 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
  • Jimmy GardnerStanley Wood
  • Frank MillsPrison Gate Officer
  • Paul AngelisTristram
  • Michael ElwynGareth Pownall
  • Roy DotriceDad
  • Colin FarrellEric
  • Mary WebsterVal Selwyn
  • Angela PleasenceLiz
  • Tariq YunusStudent
  • Rupert DaviesCouncillor Wally Cross
  • Gemma JonesClarice
  • Antony CarrickPlunkett
  • Michael BrennanPatient
  • Anneke WillsLeda
  • Jerome WillisDaniel
  • Stanley LeborManny
  • Alec McCowenPrivate Secretary
  • Colin JeavonsBarry Raines
  • Christopher BenjaminDan Royston
  • Gawn GraingerAndrew
  • Denys GrahamGreatorix
  • Peter GravesSir Geoffrey
  • Sheila SteafelElla Macy
  • Donald ChurchillHarold
  • Patsy RowlandsTrixie
  • Philip AnthonyDoctor
  • Thora HirdBlanche Hoskins
  • Ron MoodyWalter Hoskins
  • Robert HelpmannFouche
  • Kenneth WilliamsNapoleon
  • David HorneLouis XVIII
  • Richard HurndallNarrator (voice)
  • Derek NewarkPvt. Postnikov
  • Bill FraserLt. Col. Svinin
  • Donald WebsterSgt. Platov
  • Jack MayLt. Krov
  • Trevor PeacockHospital Orderly
  • Harold PinterGarcin
  • Jane ArdenInez
  • Katherine WoodvilleEstelle
  • Jonathan HansenThe Valet
  • André BoulayGomez
  • David de KeyserThe Man
  • Alison SeebohmFlorence
  • Rodney GoodallPeter
  • Joan HackettMiranda
  • Keir DulleaAdam
  • John DrainieDr. Hildesheim
  • Ruth SpringfordMiss Tanner
  • Deborah TurnbullTowney
  • Arch McDonnellChuck
  • Daphne SlaterSybil
  • Edward EvansWillie Willis
  • Meg Wynn OwenJosie
  • Leonard CracknellNigel
  • Michael GoodliffeMr. Douglas
  • Jean AndersonMrs. Grant
  • Ken LoachDirector
  • James FermanDirector
  • Gilchrist CalderDirector
  • Christopher MorahanDirector
  • Don TaylorDirector / Producer
  • Henric HirschDirector
  • Mario PrizekDirector / Producer
  • Vivian MatalonDirector
  • Ronald EyreDirector
  • Philip DudleyDirector
  • Stuart BurgeDirector
  • Charles JarrottDirector
  • Alan CookeDirector
  • Rudolph CartierDirector
  • John GorrieDirector
  • Moira ArmstrongDirector
  • Claude WhathamDirector
  • David BenedictusDirector
  • Sydney NewmanWriter
  • James MacTaggartProducer
  • Peter LukeProducer
  • Eric TillProducer

 

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