An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.
Seasons & Episodes9 seasons · 207 episodes
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E1
E1The Parachute
Aug 6, 196975m
E2
E2Pitchi Poi
Sep 24, 196975m
E3
E3The Last Train through Harecastle Tunnel
Oct 1, 196975m
A shy clerk suffers from his colleagues petty office politics and contemptuous treatment of him, but this weekend, as a deeply involved train spotter, the closing of an old tunnel is his big adventure. On the way up, he encounters a well off couple with a daughter that hates them, and an Army Sergeant whose men hate him. The hotel he stays at is run by a fellow railway enthusiast, with a gay son that hates him, and he meets a famous signal designer with a daughter that hates him.
E4
E4Patterson O.K.
Oct 8, 196975m
A story about growing up, falling in love and settling old scores in the unfriendly environment of a big city.
E5
E5The Mark II Wife
Oct 15, 196975m
A woman who suspects her husband of having an affair reveals her suspicions at a party.
E6
E6Close the Coalhouse Door
Oct 23, 196975m
The history of the mining industry in the northeast of England is told through family drama, comedy sketches and song.
E7
E7The Sad Decline of Arthur Maybury
Oct 30, 196975m
A schoolmaster takes to drink.
E8
E8All Out for Kangaroo Valley
Nov 5, 196975m
Two young Australians on holiday in London find that the "old country" has its problems.
E9
E9Happy
Nov 12, 196975m
The story of an up-and-coming businessman.
E10
E10There Is Also Tomorrow
Nov 19, 196975m
The commanding officer of a regiment handling nuclear missiles is shocked to see his daughter Sally on television taking part in a student demonstration.
E11
E11The Compartment/Playmates
Nov 26, 196975m
In the first part, an insane man boards a quiet railway coach and starts to annoy a patient man trying to read a paper with incessant small talk in an increasingly menacing manner until he finally pulls out a gun and screaming class hatred bile, humiliates the man until his stop is reached. In part two he breaks into a lonely house and proceeds to terrorise a spinster woman who lives ther
E12
E12Blood of the Lamb
Dec 3, 196975m
A student architect and his black girlfriend set out from South Africa to Britain. On the voyage, the student shares a cabin with an enigmatic Austrian.
E13
E13The Vortex
Dec 10, 196975m
Young Nicky Lancaster must cope with the discovery that his socialite mother is a drug addict.
E14
E14It Wasn't Me
Dec 17, 196975m
A couple seek a desperate remedy to the problem of a burdensome parent.
E15
E15The Season of the Witch
Jan 7, 197075m
A young woman quits her dull job in the typing pool, and goes off on a search for personal freedom.
E16
E16Mille Miglia
Jan 14, 197075m
E17
E17The Hunting of Lionel Crane
Jan 21, 197075m
An army deserter hides out on a country estate but falls foul of the gamekeeper.
E18
E18Rest in Peace, Uncle Fred
Jan 28, 197075m
A tragi-comic study of a Northern funeral.
E19
E19Mad Jack
Feb 4, 197075m
Second Lieutenant Siegfried Sassoon of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers protests the appalling and unnecessary sacrifice of men's lives in the First World War
E20
E20Nathan and Tabileth
Feb 11, 197075m
A young man befriends an elderly couple, claiming to be their grandson.
E21
E21The Italian Table
Feb 18, 197075m
A junk dealer is caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between a woman, her husband and his mistress when they sell a piece of their furniture.
E22
E22The Boy Who Wanted Peace
Feb 25, 197075m
Two Glaswegian youngsters are caught up in sectarian gang warfare.
E23
E23The Cellar and the Almond Tree
Mar 4, 197075m
A former poet, now a Communist Party official in the German Democratic Republic, becomes entangled in the political machinery of a state about to plunge into a succession of Stalinist purges.
E24
E24The Year of the Sex Olympics
Mar 11, 197075m
E25
E25No Trams to Lime Street
Mar 18, 197075m
Three young merchant seamen from Liverpool take shore leave in their home city after three years away.
E26
E26To See How Far It Is 1: Murphy's Law
Mar 25, 197075m
E27
E27To See How Far It Is 2: The Curse of the Donkins
Apr 1, 197075m
E28
E28To See How Far It Is 3: To See How Far It Is
Apr 8, 197075m
E29
E29Wine of India
Apr 15, 1970
In the year 2050, advances in medicine have resulted in a need for population control. People reaching the age of 100 must submit to a government controlled euthanasia program. The story centres around a 100-year old couple who must now make plans for their funeral.
E30
E30Sovereign's Company
Apr 22, 1970
A young man from an army family with a long tradition of honour and distinction goes to a military academy as an officer cadet and finds himself temperamentally unsuited to the life.
E31
E31Party Games
Apr 29, 1970
E32
E32Emma's Time
May 6, 1970
Emma, who lived with an author for the last two years of his life, is involved in a television film about him.
E33
E33Chariot of Fire
May 13, 1970
A prison visitor becomes involved with a convicted sex offender.
E34
E34Wind Vs. Polygamy
May 27, 1970
About The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play is a drama series on BBC One. The show first aired on Sep 30, 1964 and currently has 9 seasons and 186 episodes. The Wednesday Play has ended. It has a rating of 5.2/10 based on 5 votes. Created by Sydney Newman.
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How many seasons does The Wednesday Play have?
The Wednesday Play has 9 seasons and 186 episodes.