BBC Play of the Month - Season 13

BBC Play of the Month - Season 13

Season 13

Network
Episodes7
DatesOct 30, 1977 - Apr 23, 1978
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Episodes

You Never Can Tell
Season 13Episode 190 min

You Never Can Tell

A dentist falls in love and a family accidentally meet the father they have never known.
Oct 30, 1977
Waste
Season 13Episode 290 min

Waste

Centres around ambitious independent politician Henry Trebell, his plans for a bill to disestablish the Church of England, and his fall from grace and suicide after his affair with a married woman who dies following a botched abortion.
Dec 4, 1977
Flint
Season 13Episode 390 min

Flint

Ossian Flint is an elderly Anglican vicar whose way of life has long been the cause of scandal. He has had as little respect for the seventh commandment during nearly half a century of married life as he has had faith since his ordination. The winter of his life is transformed by his encounter with Dixie, a simple young Irish hirl, unmarried and pregnant, late of Holloway prison.
Jan 15, 1978
The Seagull
Season 13Episode 490 min

The Seagull

A group of friends and relations gather at a country estate to see the first performance of an experimental play written and staged by the young man of the house, Konstantin, an aspiring writer who dreams of bringing new forms to the theatre.
Feb 5, 1978
The Sea
Season 13Episode 590 min

The Sea

In 1907, after a tempestuous storm claims the life of a well-known and loved member of the community, the reactions of the villagers are explored, as well as the attempts by two young lovers to break away from the constraints of the hierarchical, and sometimes irrational, society.
Mar 5, 1978
The Beaux' Stratagem
Season 13Episode 690 min

The Beaux' Stratagem

Two gentlemen have fallen on hard times, so they plan to travel through small towns, entrap young heiresses, steal their money and move on, but romance gets in the way.
Apr 2, 1978
Danton's Death
Season 13Episode 790 min

Danton's Death

Georges Danton, a leader of the French Revolution, created the office of the Revolutionary Tribunal as a strong arm for the Revolutionary Government. Within months, he knew this power was a terrible mistake and fought to have it ended with tragic consequences.
Apr 23, 1978

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