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BBC Play of the Month (1965)

5.2 16 seasons 128 episodes Ended

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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.

Watch S1 E1 Latest: S16 E4

Seasons & episodes

LutherOct 19, 1965

During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that w…

A Passage to IndiaNov 16, 1965 · 1h 50m

Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to ma…

The Joel Brand StoryDec 14, 1965 · 1h 30m

Gordon of KhartoumJan 18, 1966

The story of Charles 'Chinese' Gordon, a brilliant but eccentric military commander, and his death defending Khartoum in 1885.

Where Angels Fear to TreadFeb 15, 1966

After a rich Edwardian widow impulsively marries a handsome but poor Tuscan dentist and dies in childbirth, her English in-laws try to gain…

Lee Oswald: AssassinMar 15, 1966 · 1h 30m

The life of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who shot President John F. Kennedy, as reported to the Warren Commission enquiry into the circumstan…

Make Me an OfferApr 12, 1966

Antique dealer Charlie yearns to own a beautiful Portland vase.

Death of a SalesmanMay 24, 1966

Willy 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 famil…

The Devil's EggshellJun 28, 1966

The discovery of mysterious egg-shaped objects at the sites of a series of disasters lead people to believe that we are being attacked by a…