Play of the Month

Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles.

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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 71835
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired October 19, 1965
  • Recent January 31, 2024
  • Network BBC Four BBC One
  • Average Runtime 91 minutes
  • Genres Drama
  • Original Country Great Britain
  • Original Language English
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Specials January 2024 1
Season 1 October 1965 September 1983 121
Unassigned Episodes 0
Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Season 1 October 1965 June 1966 9
Season 2 October 1966 March 1967 5
Season 3 October 1967 August 1968 11
Season 4 September 1968 May 1969 9
Season 5 October 1969 May 1970 8
Season 6 September 1970 May 1971 9
Season 7 September 1971 August 1972 9
Season 8 September 1972 May 1973 8
Season 9 October 1972 May 1974 9
Season 10 September 1974 May 1975 8
Season 11 September 1975 May 1976 8
Season 12 September 1976 May 1977 7
Season 13 October 1977 April 1978 7
Season 14 November 1978 May 1979 6
Season 15 May 1982 September 1982 5
Season 16 May 1983 September 1983 3
Unassigned Episodes 1

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Name Number of Episodes Dates
Rudolph Cartier 8 12/04/1965 - 02/29/1976
John Gorrie 7 08/04/1968 - 04/08/1979
Cedric Messina 5 01/18/1970 - 01/19/1975
Waris Hussein 4 11/16/1965 - 10/20/1972
Alan Cooke 4 10/19/1965 - 10/24/1971
James MacTaggart 4 02/16/1973 - 12/29/1974
Terence Rattigan 3 10/18/1970 - 05/16/1976
Oscar Wilde 3 05/11/1969 - 09/19/1976
David Giles 3 11/18/1973 - 06/21/1982
Herbert Wise 3 03/02/1969 - 10/03/1972
James Cellan Jones 3 09/26/1971 - 11/26/1978
William Slater 3 02/09/1969 - 09/25/1972
Basil Coleman 3 05/12/1968 - 11/28/1971
Donald McWhinnie 2 04/15/1973 - 11/17/1974
Michael Darlow 2 05/18/1975 - 07/19/1982
E.M. Forster 2 11/16/1965 - 04/15/1973
Bill Hays 2 04/12/1966 - 12/20/1972
John McGrath 2 05/16/1973
Michael Lindsay-Hogg 2 10/24/1974 - 02/05/1978
Claude Whatham 2 03/04/1979 - 06/13/1983
Alan Clarke 2 09/16/1973 - 04/23/1978
Henry James 2 03/13/1977 - 04/08/1979
Alan Bridges 2 10/25/1966 - 03/21/1971
Michael Elliott 1 03/17/1968
Anthony Page 1 01/21/1968
Georg Buchner 1 04/23/1978
Georges Simenon 1 02/09/1969
Stuart Burge 1 02/16/1975
Piers Haggard 1 04/18/1976
Felix Lutzkendorf 1 03/10/1966
Peter Wood 1 01/15/1978
Alvin Rakoff 1 01/07/1973
Robert Knights 1 02/04/1979
Christopher Morahan 1 11/08/1970
William Wycherley 1 02/13/1977
Robin Maugham 1 01/18/1966
Don Taylor 1 09/20/1982
Jonathan Miller 1 03/23/1975
Voltaire 1 02/16/1973
Bertolt Brecht 1 05/16/1973
Daniel Defoe 1 12/29/1974
Moira Armstrong 1 09/08/1974
Misha Williams 1 02/13/1977
Gareth Davies 1 06/28/1966
Name Number of Episodes Dates
William Shakespeare 6 12/03/1967 - 03/23/1975
Anton Chekhov 5 01/18/1970 - 02/05/1978
George Bernard Shaw 4 09/01/1968 - 01/19/1975
Henrik Ibsen 4 03/17/1968 - 07/19/1982
Arthur Wing Pinero 3 08/13/1972 - 06/13/1983
Richard B. Sheridan 2 05/17/1970 - 02/16/1975
Hugh Whitemore 2 01/03/1971 - 01/07/1973
David Mercer 2 01/21/1968 - 01/15/1978
J.B. Priestley 2 09/08/1974 - 12/29/1975
John Galsworthy 2 05/18/1975 - 02/29/1976
Michael Meyer (II) 2 10/20/1972 - 07/19/1982
John Osborne 2 10/19/1965 - 09/19/1976
Alexander Solzhenitsyn 1 09/16/1973
George Farquhar 1 11/18/1973
H.G. Wells 1 10/25/1966
Kenneth Taylor 1 10/25/1966
Santha Rama Rau 1 11/16/1965
E.F. Watling 1 10/24/1974
Alan Ayckbourn 1 03/02/1969
Mikhail Bulgakov 1 09/20/1982
Wolf Mankowitz 1 04/12/1966
Frank Hauser 1 11/26/1978
Stuart Griffiths 1 04/23/1978
Reed De Rouen 1 03/10/1966
Ronald Eyre 1 10/24/1971
Harley Granville-Barker 1 02/04/1979
Athol Fugard 1 03/04/1979
Rolf Fjelde 1 03/21/1971
Peter Shaffer 1 12/24/1970
Pauline MacCaulay 1 04/15/1973
Molière 1 11/28/1971
Heinar Kipphardt 1 12/04/1965
Donald Bull 1 02/09/1969
David Benedictus 1 01/18/1966
Jean-Paul Sartre 1 11/26/1978
William Emms 1 10/18/1970
John Maynard 1 11/16/1965
Moura Budberg 1 01/18/1970
Maurice Hussey 1 04/18/1976
David Weir 1 06/28/1966
Sophocles 1 10/24/1974
Noël Coward 1 08/04/1968
Arthur Miller 1 05/24/1966
Frederick Lonsdale 1 06/21/1982
Alexandre Dumas 1 11/26/1978
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Alan Shallcross 1 01/19/1975

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