The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

1964
4.5
6 Seasons
Drama

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.

Season

Episodes

Ep 1

Catch as Catch Can

Ep 2

A Crack in the Ice

Ep 3

In Camera

Ep 4

Pale Horse, Pale Rider

Ep 5

The Big Breaker

Ep 6

Mr. Douglas

Ep 7

Malatesta

Ep 8

The July Plot

Ep 9

First Love

Ep 10

A Tap on the Shoulder

Ep 11

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

Ep 12

The Navigators

Ep 13

Fable

Fable is a British television play, shown on 27 January 1965 as an episode of The Wednesday Play series on BBC 1. Written by John Hopkins, the play is set in a parallel totalitarian Britain where those in authority are black people, and white people are their social underdogs - a reversal of the situation in contemporary apartheid South Africa. It was directed by Christopher Morahan and produced by James MacTaggart.

Ep 14

Dan, Dan The Charity Man

Ep 15

Ashes to Ashes

Ep 16

Wear a Very Big Hat

Ep 17

The Confidence Course

Ep 18

Campaign for One

Ep 19

Horror of Darkness

"The liberal middle-class mask well and truly slips in John Hopkins' intense, slow-burning love triangle drama, broadcast in the BBC's groundbreaking Wednesday Play slot. An affluent, cosmopolitan London couple (Jackson and Lynch) find their outwardly charmed lives turned upside down by the appearance of a troubled homosexual friend (Williamson), who quickly touches a raw nerve. In a virtuoso performance, Jackson's spirited, cerebral Cathy finds herself unable to penetrate either man's psyche. Stylishly shot and built to a shocking crescendo by director Page, this gripping chamber piece simmers with suppressed desire, creativity – and rage." Quoting the description from the 2011 London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival site.

Ep 20

A Little Temptation

Ep 21

Moving On

Ep 22

Cat's Cradle

Ep 23

Three Clear Sundays

Ep 24

The Interior Decorator

Ep 25

Auto-Stop

Ep 26

The Good Shoe Maker and the Poor Fish Peddler

Ep 27

Cemented with Love

Ep 28

A Knight in Tarnished Armour

Ep 29

For the West

Ep 30

And Did Those Feet?

Ep 31

The Man Without Papers

Ep 32

The Pistol

Ep 33

Women in Crisis: With Love and Tears

Ep 34

The Seven O'Clock Crunch

Cast

George Webb

George Webb

Jim Ritchie