BBC Play of the Month
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First Air DateOct 19, 1965
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Original titleBBC Play of the Month
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ReleaseOct 19, 1965
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Overview
Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were 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; the producer most associated with the Play of the Month was Cedric Messina. Some of the 121 episodes are missing from the archives, having been junked in the 1960s and 1970s. Unless stated otherwise, the indication that the play is "lost" is taken from the lostshows.com website page as of 25 May 2013.
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Casts
Season 1 ( 1965-10-19)
Luther
A Passage to India
The Joel Brand Story
Gordon of Khartoum
Where Angels Fear to Tread

Lee Oswald - Assassin
Make Me an Offer
Death of a Salesman
The Devil's Eggshell
Season 2 ( 1966-09-27)
Defection! The Case of Colonel Petrov
Days to Come
Corridors of Power
The Making of Jericho
The Cabinet Makers
Season 3 ( 1967-10-15)
Girls in Uniform
The Moon and Sixpence
Romeo and Juliet
The Parachute
Cyrano de Bergerac
Ghosts
The Corn Is Green
The Tempest
The Old Ladies
Man and Superman
Hay Fever
Season 4 ( 1968-09-01)
St. Joan
The Male Animal
The Seagull
Waters of the Moon
Mary Queen of Scots
Maigret at Bay
Relatively Speaking
Julius Caesar
An Ideal Husband
Season 5 ( 1969-10-12)
The Heiress
Charley's Aunt
The Marquis

Three Sisters
In Good King Charles's Golden Days
Separate Tables
Howards End
The Rivals
Season 6 ( 1970-09-20)
Macbeth
Ross
Uncle Vanya
Five Finger Exercise
Act of Betrayal
Candida
The Wild Duck
Don Juan in Hell
Platonov
Season 7 ( 1971-09-26)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Rasputin
Tartuffe
The Cherry Orchard
Summer and Smoke
Stephen D
The Merchant of Venice
Lady Windermere's Fan
The Playboy of the Western World
She Stoops to Conquer
Trelawny of the "Wells"
Season 8 ( 1972-09-25)
The Millionairess
Hedda Gabler
King Oedipus
The Magistrate
The Adventures of Don Quixote
Candide
A Room with a View
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
The Duchess of Malfi
Peer Gynt
Season 9 ( 1973-09-16)
The Love Girl and the Innocent
The Common
The Recruiting Officer

Pygmalion
The Importance of Being Earnest

The Changeling
The Deep Blue Sea
Mrs. Warren's Profession
The Skin Game
Season 10 ( 1974-09-08)
The Linden Tree
Electra
The Wood Demon
Robinson Crusoe
The Apple Cart
The School for Scandal
King Lear
The Shadow of a Gunman
Strife
Season 11 ( 1975-09-28)
Chips with Everything
