BBC Play of the Month
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.
Created by James MacTaggart
Cast
Charles Gray
Adrian Blenderbland
9 episodes
Eric Porter
Jack Tanner
6 episodes
Donald Pickering
Soliony
6 episodes
Jeremy Brett
Lord Berowne
6 episodes
John Gielgud
Lord Henry 'Harry' Wotton
6 episodes
Lally Bowers
Lavinia Penniman
6 episodes
Stephanie Bidmead
Aunt
5 episodes
Michael Hordern
Tartuffe
5 episodes
Celia Johnson
Eloise
5 episodes
Derek Godfrey
Sir Isaac Newton
5 episodes
Robert Stephens
Prince of Wales
5 episodes
Alan Badel
Sir Robert Morton
5 episodes
Helen Mirren
Beatrice-Joanna
4 episodes
Anthony Hopkins
Alfred Allmers
4 episodes
Geoffrey Bayldon
Sergei Voinitsev
4 episodes
Ronald Hines
Ronny Heaslop
4 episodes
Edward Fox
Lysander
4 episodes
Jerome Willis
The Sea Captain
4 episodes
Virginia McKenna
Fraulein von Bernburg
4 episodes
Ian McKellen
Simon Bliss
4 episodes
Janet Suzman
Hedda Gabler
4 episodes
Ian Ogilvy
Rev. Gavin Dishart
4 episodes
Frank Finlay
Marcus Brutus
4 episodes
Bernard Hepton
4 episodes
Seasons
Season 1
1965 · 9 eps
Season 2
1966 · 5 eps
Season 3
1967 · 11 eps
Season 4
1968 · 9 eps
Season 5
1969 · 8 eps
Season 6
1970 · 9 eps
Season 7
1971 · 11 eps
Season 8
1972 · 10 eps
Season 9
1973 · 9 eps
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