Series · 1965 – 1983 · Drama
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

Episode 01
Luther
During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.

Episode 02
A Passage to India
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

Episode 03
The Joel Brand Story
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Episode 04
Gordon of Khartoum
The story of Charles 'Chinese' Gordon, a brilliant but eccentric military commander, and his death defending Khartoum in 1885.

Episode 05
Where Angels Fear to Tread
After a rich Edwardian widow impulsively marries a handsome but poor Tuscan dentist and dies in childbirth, her English in-laws try to gain custody of the baby.

Episode 06
Lee Oswald: Assassin
The life of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who shot President John F. Kennedy, as reported to the Warren Commission enquiry into the circumstances of the assassination.

Episode 07
Make Me an Offer
Antique dealer Charlie yearns to own a beautiful Portland vase.

Episode 08
Death of a Salesman
Willy Loman is an over-the-hill salesman who faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family: Willy's long-suffering wife Linda, and Biff and Happy, his troubled sons and his life.

Episode 09
The Devil's Eggshell
The discovery of mysterious egg-shaped objects at the sites of a series of disasters lead people to believe that we are being attacked by alien beings, but it is revealed to be a conspiracy hatched by a team of scientists intent on using an alien menace to unite the world. But their scheme backfires with fatal consequences...
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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.
BBC Play of the Month is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The drama from James MacTaggart has 16 seasons and 128 total episodes, rated 5.2/10 by 8 viewers.
BBC Play of the Month has 16 seasons with 128 episodes in total.
BBC Play of the Month has ended and is no longer in production.
BBC Play of the Month airs on BBC One.
BBC Play of the Month first aired on October 19, 1965.
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