BBC Play of the Month (1965)

A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays 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.

16 seasons
128 episodes
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Seasons

Season 1
9 episodes
Season 2
5 episodes
Season 3
11 episodes
Season 4
9 episodes
Season 5
8 episodes
Season 6
9 episodes
Season 7
11 episodes
Season 8
10 episodes
Season 9
9 episodes
Season 10
9 episodes
Season 11
8 episodes
Season 12
7 episodes
Season 13
7 episodes
Season 14
7 episodes
Season 15
5 episodes
Season 16
4 episodes

Cast and crew

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Charles Gray Charles Strickland / Lord Augustus / Richard Greatham / Mr. Beebe / Field-Marshall Allenby / Adrian Blenderbland / Antonio / Sir Harcourt Courtly / Gayev 9 episodes
Eric Porter Maj. Pollock / John Malcolm / Cyrano de Bergerac / Macbeth / Arthur Winslow / Jack Tanner / Councillor Albert Parker 6 episodes
Donald Pickering Soliony / George Farrant / Monty Cave / Hotel Manager / Ronald Utterword / Préfet de Police 6 episodes
Jeremy Brett George, Duke of Bristol / Lord Berowne / Basil Hallward / Joseph Surface / Vicount Goring / Captain Jack Absolute 6 episodes
John Gielgud The Inquisitor / Chorus / Lord Henry 'Harry' Wotton / Charles II / Lord Burleigh / Capt. Shotover 6 episodes
Lally Bowers Miss Prism / Mrs. Telfer / Mrs. Higgins / Lavinia Penniman / The Dowager Empress / Miss Lavish 6 episodes
Stephanie Bidmead Maudie / Aunt / Mrs. Sorby / Lady Capulet / Miss Ronberry 5 episodes
Michael Hordern Mr. Posket / God / Lear / Tartuffe / The Devil 5 episodes
Celia Johnson Sheila / Eloise / Madame Ranyevskaya / Mrs. Alving / Judith Bliss 5 episodes
Derek Godfrey Orestes' Tutor / Sir Isaac Newton / Lord Darlington / Gregers Werle / Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester 5 episodes
Robert Stephens Grigory Rasputin / Trigorin / Prince of Wales / Oberon / Mark Antony 5 episodes
Alan Badel Father / General Charles 'Chinese' Gordon / Sir Robert Morton / Svengali / Sir Fretful Plagiary 5 episodes
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