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BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

S1 · E1

IMDB:

5.0
BBC Play of the Month

Released

10/19/1965

Duration

1h 30m

Genre

Drama

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

N/A

Overview

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.

Episodes

LutherEP 1Available

Luther

0m0.0

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.

A Passage to IndiaEP 2Available

A Passage to India

110m0.0

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.

The Joel Brand StoryEP 3Available

The Joel Brand Story

90m0.0

No description available.

Gordon of KhartoumEP 4Available

Gordon of Khartoum

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

Where Angels Fear to TreadEP 5Available

Where Angels Fear to Tread

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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.

Lee Oswald: AssassinEP 6Available

Lee Oswald: Assassin

90m0.0

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.

Make Me an OfferEP 7Available

Make Me an Offer

0m0.0

Antique dealer Charlie yearns to own a beautiful Portland vase.

Death of a SalesmanEP 8Available

Death of a Salesman

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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.

The Devil's EggshellEP 9Available

The Devil's Eggshell

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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...

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