The Wednesday Play

Sep 30, 1964 (en) Drama [75] Min
  • First Air Date
    Sep 30, 1964
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    45%
  • Original title
    The Wednesday Play
  • Release
    Sep 30, 1964
  • en
    -

Overview

The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured. The series gained a reputation for presenting contemporary social dramas, and for bringing issues to the attention of a mass audience that would not otherwise have been discussed on screen.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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  1. George Webb

    Jim Ritchie

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 1 / Crews : 0

Season 1 ( 1964-09-30)

Catch as Catch Can

Episode: 1

A Crack in the Ice

Episode: 2

In Camera

Episode: 3

Pale Horse, Pale Rider

Episode: 4

The Big Breaker

Episode: 5

Mr. Douglas

Episode: 6

Malatesta

Episode: 7

The July Plot

Episode: 8

First Love

Episode: 9

A Tap on the Shoulder

Episode: 10

Sir Jocelyn, the Minister Would Like a Word ...

Episode: 11

The Navigators

Episode: 12

Fable

Episode: 13

Dan, Dan The Charity Man

Episode: 14

Ashes to Ashes

Episode: 15

Wear a Very Big Hat

Episode: 16

The Confidence Course

Episode: 17

Campaign for One

Episode: 18

Horror of Darkness

Episode: 19

A Little Temptation

Episode: 20

Moving On

Episode: 21

Cat's Cradle

Episode: 22

Three Clear Sundays

Episode: 23

The Interior Decorator

Episode: 24

Auto-Stop

Episode: 25

The Good Shoe Maker and the Poor Fish Peddler

Episode: 26

Cemented with Love

Episode: 27

A Knight in Tarnished Armour

Episode: 28

For the West

Episode: 29

And Did Those Feet?

Episode: 30

The Man Without Papers

Episode: 31

The Pistol

Episode: 32

Women in Crisis: With Love and Tears

Episode: 33

The Seven O'Clock Crunch

Episode: 34

Season 2 ( 1965-10-06)

The War Game

Episode: 1

Alice

Episode: 2

The Girl Who Loved Robots

Episode: 3

A Designing Woman

Episode: 4

Up The Junction

Episode: 5

The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne

Episode: 6

The End of Arthur's Marriage

Episode: 7

Tomorrow, Just You Wait

Episode: 8

The Bond

Episode: 9

Stand Up, Nigel Barton

Episode: 10

Vote, Vote, Vote For Nigel Barton

Episode: 11

The Coming Out Party

Episode: 12

The Bone Yard

Episode: 13

A Man On Her Back

Episode: 14

Rodney, Our Intrepid Hero

Episode: 15

Calf Love

Episode: 16

Silent Song

Episode: 17

Who's A Good Boy Then?

Episode: 18

A Game - Like - Only A Game

Episode: 19

Why Aren't You Famous?

Episode: 20

Macready's Gala

Episode: 21

A Walk In The Sea

Episode: 22

Boy In The Smoke

Episode: 23

Barlowe of the Car Park

Episode: 24

The Portsmouth Defence

Episode: 25

Pity About The Abbey

Episode: 26

The Big Man Coughed and Died

Episode: 27

The Snow Ball

Episode: 28

A Cheery Soul

Episode: 29

The Connoiseur

Episode: 30

The Retreat

Episode: 31

Ape and Essence

Episode: 32

Toddler on the Run

Episode: 33

The Executioner

Episode: 34

Way Off Beat

Episode: 35

A Soiree at Blossom's Hotel

Episode: 36

Cock, Hen and Counting Pit

Episode: 37

Season 3 ( 1966-09-21)

Photo Finish

Episode: 1

A Hero of our Time

Episode: 2

The Frighteners

Episode: 3

A Piece of Resistance

Episode: 4

Where the Buffalo Roam

Episode: 5

The Head Waiter

Episode: 6

Cathy Come Home

Episode: 7

The Private Tutor

Episode: 8

A Pyre for Private James

Episode: 9

A Tale of Two Wives

Episode: 10

Little Master Mind

Episode: 11

The Mayfly and the Frog

Episode: 12

Person To Person

Episode: 13

The Order

Episode: 14

Everybody's Rich Except Us

Episode: 15

The Lump

Episode: 16

Who's Going to Take Me On?

Episode: 17

Death of a Teddy Bear

Episode: 18

Days in the Trees

Episode: 19

In Two Minds

Episode: 20

Another Day, Another Dollar

Episode: 21

Public Inquiry

Episode: 22

A Crucial Week in the Life of a Grocer's Assistant

Episode: 23

A Breach in the Wall

Episode: 24

The Voices in the Park

Episode: 25

Dismissal Leading to Lustfulness

Episode: 26

A Brilliant Future Behind Him

Episode: 27

Message for Posterity

Episode: 28

A Way with the Ladies

Episode: 29

The Playground

Episode: 30

Drums Along the Avon

Episode: 31

Season 4 ( 1967-10-11)

Sleeping Dog

Episode: 1

Wanted: Single Gentleman

Episode: 2

A Black Candle for Mrs. Gogarty

Episode: 3

The Devil a Monk Would Be

Episode: 4

Fall of the Goat

Episode: 5

The Profile of a Gentleman

Episode: 6

Dial Rudolph Valentino One One

Episode: 7

Kippers and Curtains

Episode: 8

Death of a Private

Episode: 9

An Officer of the Court

Episode: 10

The Fat of the Land

Episode: 11

Toggle

Episode: 12

House of Character

Episode: 13

Jamie, On a Flying Visit

Episode: 14

Monsieur Barnett

Episode: 15

The Drummer and the Bloke

Episode: 16

Rebel in the Grave

Episode: 17

Coincidence

Episode: 18

Light Blue

Episode: 19

Let's Murder Vivaldi

Episode: 20

The Golden Vision

Episode: 21

The Man Behind You

Episode: 22

Infidelity Took Place

Episode: 23

Episode 98

Episode: 98

Episode 99

Episode: 99

Season 5 ( 1968-08-21)

Mrs Lawrence Will Look After It

Episode: 1

Spoiled

Episode: 2

The Gorge

Episode: 3

A Night with Mrs. Da Tanka

Episode: 4

Charlie

Episode: 5

Anyone For Tennis?

Episode: 6

Mooney and his Caravans

Episode: 7

The Lower Largo Sequence

Episode: 8

Hello, Good Evening and Welcome

Episode: 9

A Bit of Crucifixion, Father

Episode: 10

Nothing Will be The Same

Episode: 11

A Beast With Two Backs

Episode: 12

On the Eve of Publication

Episode: 13

The Fabulous Frump

Episode: 14

Smoke Screen

Episode: 15

Dr. Aitkinson's Daughter

Episode: 16

The Apprentices

Episode: 17

Birthday

Episode: 18

The Big Flame

Episode: 19

A Serpent in Putney

Episode: 20

Bami Powl Zapl

Episode: 21

Sling Your Hook

Episode: 22

A Child and a Half

Episode: 23

Son of Man

Episode: 24

The Exiles

Episode: 25

Blodwen, Home from Rachel's Marriage

Episode: 26

Season 6 ( 1969-08-06)

The Parachute

Episode: 1

Pitchi Poi

Episode: 2

The Last Train through Harecastle Tunnel

Episode: 3

Patterson O.K.

Episode: 4

The Mark II Wife

Episode: 5

Close the Coalhouse Door

Episode: 6

The Sad Decline of Arthur Maybury

Episode: 7

All Out for Kangaroo Valley

Episode: 8

Happy

Episode: 9

There Is Also Tomorrow

Episode: 10

The Compartment/Playmates

Episode: 11

Blood of the Lamb

Episode: 12

The Vortex

Episode: 13

It Wasn't Me

Episode: 14

The Season of the Witch

Episode: 15

Mille Miglia

Episode: 16

The Hunting of Lionel Crane

Episode: 17

Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred

Episode: 18

Mad Jack

Episode: 19

Nathan and Tabileth

Episode: 20

The Italian Table

Episode: 21

The Boy Who Wanted Peace

Episode: 22

The Cellar and the Almond Tree

Episode: 23

The Year of the Sex Olympics

Episode: 24

No Trams to Lime Street

Episode: 25

To See How Far It Is 1: Murphy's Law

Episode: 26

To See How Far It Is 2: The Curse of the Donkins

Episode: 27

To See How Far It Is 3: To See How Far It Is

Episode: 28

Wine of India

Episode: 29

Sovereign's Company

Episode: 30

Party Games

Episode: 31

Emma's Time

Episode: 32

Chariot of Fire

Episode: 33

Wind Vs. Polygamy

Episode: 34
Sep 30, 1964 (en)
Drama
[75] Min
  • First Air Date Sep 30, 1964
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato 45%
Original Title The Wednesday Play
en

Overview

The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured. The series gained a reputation for presenting contemporary social dramas, and for bringing issues to the attention of a mass audience that would not otherwise have been discussed on screen.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer