The Wednesday Play

1964    75mDrama
7.2
Series of one-off plays made by BBC television, which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 1960s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, and John Hopkins. Famous plays include "Up the Junction", "Cathy Come Home" , "Stand Up Nigel Barton", "Vote, Vote, Vote For Nigel Barton", "On the Eve of Publication", and "Son of Man". The series often addressed controversial issues, such as homelessness and abortion.

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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 8
  • Season 9
    Season 9

Cast of The Wednesday Play

  • John BaileyMad Hatter
  • Rosemary LeachJean Marfield
  • Cleo SylvestreInmate: at Holm Lea
  • John SavidentMr. Miller
  • Barry JacksonCossack
  • John PhillipsCardinal Runan
  • Richard DaviesRegistrar
  • Basil HensonMarshal
  • Tony SelbyDave
  • Keith BarronNarrator (voice)
  • George BakerVera
  • Julian GloverJames
  • Hal GaliliWendell
  • Joss AcklandCornelius
  • Barrie InghamColin
  • Noel HowlettLord Chief Justice
  • Steven BerkoffCouncillor
  • Nigel StockElvet
  • Patrick BarrJoe / Producer
  • Daphne HeardNan
  • David KellyMiko
  • Robert HardyPontius Pilate
  • Mona Bruce3rd Investor
  • Marius GoringSir Hubert
  • Clive GrahamRoman Centurion
  • William MooreHammond
  • William GauntPeter
  • Neville SmithJohnny Johnson
  • Michael HordernSir Jocelyn Symonds
  • Robert ArdenMaj. Max Baker
  • James MaxwellDonald Prior
  • Eileen AtkinsThe Girl
  • Ronald LaceyBilly Oates
  • Barry FosterSquadron-Leader Phil Osborne
  • 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
  • Bernard HeptonCaiaphas
  • Brian BlessedPeter
  • Edward HardwickeJudas
  • 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
  • Christopher MorahanDirector
  • Gilchrist CalderDirector
  • Don TaylorDirector / Producer
  • Vivian MatalonDirector
  • Moira ArmstrongDirector
  • Alan CookeDirector
  • Rudolph CartierDirector
  • Claude WhathamDirector
  • John GorrieDirector
  • Mario PrizekDirector / Producer
  • Ronald EyreDirector
  • Charles JarrottDirector
  • David BenedictusDirector
  • Stuart BurgeDirector
  • Henric HirschDirector
  • Sydney NewmanWriter
  • James MacTaggartProducer
  • Peter LukeProducer
  • Eric TillProducer

 

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