BBC Play of the Month - Season 8

BBC Play of the Month - Season 8

Season 8

Network
Episodes8
DatesSep 15, 1972 - May 16, 1973
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Episodes

The Millionairess
Season 8Episode 190 min

The Millionairess

Play by Bernard Shaw. An Indian doctor meets Epifania, a willful and arrogant heiress who is stuck in a dull marriage in order to satisfy the conditions of her father's will.
Sep 15, 1972
Hedda Gabler
Season 8Episode 290 min

Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler is a beautiful woman married to the solid and respectable academic George Tesman. Then an old flame, the dreamer Eilert Lovborg, turns up on the scene with tragic results.
Oct 20, 1972
King Oedipus
Season 8Episode 390 min

King Oedipus

Resolving the riddle of the Sphinx makes Oedipus the king of Thebes, but he also resolves another mystery — and it destroys him.
Nov 24, 1972
The Magistrate
Season 8Episode 490 min

The Magistrate

A widow weds a magistrate and makes her 19-year-old son act as a boy.
Dec 20, 1972
The Adventures of Don Quixote
Season 8Episode 590 min

The Adventures of Don Quixote

A self-proclaimed 'knight' and his hapless squire travel the Spanish countryside, attacking 'giants' that are really windmills in his attempt to win the love of the fair Dulcinea.
Jan 7, 1973
Candide
Season 8Episode 690 min

Candide

Candide falls in love with the beautiful but materialistic Cunegonde. Her barron father doesn't approve of the affair so Candide wanders, meeting all the misfortunes along the way.
Feb 16, 1973
A Room with a View
Season 8Episode 790 min

A Room with a View

When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?
Apr 15, 1973
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Season 8Episode 890 min

The Caucasian Chalk Circle

Grusha sacrifices her happiness and dignity for the sake of an abandoned child she takes as her own.
May 16, 1973

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