BBC Play of the Month - Season 1

BBC Play of the Month - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes9
DatesOct 19, 1965 - Jun 28, 1966
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Episodes

Luther
Season 1Episode 190 min

Luther

During 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.
Oct 19, 1965
A Passage to India
Season 1Episode 290 min

A Passage to India

Cultural 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.
Nov 16, 1965
The Joel Brand Story
Season 1Episode 390 min

The Joel Brand Story

Dec 14, 1965
Gordon of Khartoum
Season 1Episode 490 min

Gordon of Khartoum

The story of Charles 'Chinese' Gordon, a brilliant but eccentric military commander, and his death defending Khartoum in 1885.
Jan 18, 1966
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Season 1Episode 590 min

Where Angels Fear to Tread

After 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.
Feb 15, 1966
Lee Oswald Assassin
Season 1Episode 690 min

Lee Oswald Assassin

'The 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.' (BFI Screenonline)
Mar 15, 1966
Make Me an Offer
Season 1Episode 790 min

Make Me an Offer

Antique dealer Charlie yearns to own a beautiful Portland vase.
Apr 12, 1966
Death of a Salesman
Season 1Episode 890 min

Death of a Salesman

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 family: Willy's long-suffering wife Linda, and Biff and Happy, his troubled sons and his life.
May 24, 1966
The Devil's Eggshell
Season 1Episode 990 min

The Devil's Eggshell

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 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...
Jun 28, 1966

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