Play of the Month

Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays (or adaptations) 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. 121 episodes were produced.

List of episodes

Season	Episode	Title	Screen Date
1	1	Luther	19 October 1965
1	2	A Passage to India	16 November 1965
1	3	The Joel Brand Story	14 December 1965
1	4	Gordon of Khartoum	18 January 1966
1	5	Where Angels Fear to Tread	15 February 1966
1	6	Lee Oswald Assassin	15 March 1966
1	7	Make Me an Offer	12 April 1966
1	8	Death of a Salesman	24 May 1966
1	9	The Devil's Eggshell	28 June 1966
2	1	Defection! The Case of Colonel Petrov	27 September 1966
2	2	Days to Come	25 October 1966
2	3	Corridors of Power	22 November 1966
2	4	The Making of Jericho	20 December 1966
2	5	The Cabinet Papers	14 March 1967
3	1	Girls in Uniform	15 October 1967
3	2	The Moon and Sixpence	12 November 1967
3	3	Romeo and Juliet	3 December 1967
3	4	The Parachute	21 January 1968
3	5	Cyrano de Bergerac	11 February 1968
3	6	Ghosts	17 March 1968
3	7	The Corn Is Green	14 April 1968
3	8	The Tempest	12 May 1968
3	9	The Old Ladies	9 June 1968
3	10	Man and Superman	7 July 1968
3	11	Hay Fever	4 August 1968
4	1	Saint Joan	1 September 1968
4	2	The Male Animal	13 October 1968
4	3	The Seagull	17 November 1968
4	4	Waters of the Moon	24 December 1968
4	5	Mary, Queen of Scots	12 January 1969
4	6	Maigret at Bay	9 February 1969
4	7	Relatively Speaking	2 March 1969
4	8	Julius Caesar	13 April 1969
4	9	An Ideal Husband	11 May 1969
5	1	The Heiress	12 October 1969
5	2	Charley's Aunt	23 November 1969
5	3	The Marquise	14 December 1969
5	4	Three Sisters	18 January 1970
5	5	In Good King Charles's Golden Days	15 February 1970
5	6	Separate Tables	15 March 1970
5	7	Howards End	19 April 1970
5	8	The Rivals	17 May 1970
6	1	Macbeth	20 September 1970
6	2	Ross	18 October 1970
6	3	Uncle Vanya	8 November 1970
6	4	Five Finger Exercise	24 December 1970
6	5	Act of Betrayal	3 January 1971
6	6	Candida	21 February 1971
6	7	The Wild Duck	21 March 1971
6	8	Don Juan in Hell	25 April 1971
6	9	Platonov	23 May 1971
7	1	A Midsummer Night's Dream	26 September 1971
7	2	Rasputin	24 October 1971
7	3	Tartuffe	28 November 1971
7	4	The Cherry Orchard	19 December 1971
7	5	Summer and Smoke	23 January 1972
7	6	Stephen D	20 February 1972
7	7	The Merchant of Venice	16 April 1972
7	8	Lady Windermere's Fan	14 May 1972
7	9	Trelawny of the 'Wells'	13 August 1972
8	1	The Millionairess	15 September 1972
8	2	Hedda Gabler	20 October 1972
8	3	King Oedipus	24 November 1972
8	4	The Magistrate	20 December 1972
8	5	The Adventures of Don Quixote	7 January 1973
8	6	Candide	16 February 1973
8	7	A Room with a View	15 April 1973
8	8	Caucasian Chalk Circle	16 May 1973
9	1	The Love-Girl and the Innocent	16 September 1973
9	2	The Common	21 October 1973
9	3	The Recruiting Officer	18 November 1973
9	4	Pygmalion	16 December 1973
9	5	The Changeling	20 January 1974
9	6	The Importance of Being Earnest	17 February 1974
9	7	The Deep Blue Sea	17 March 1974
9	8	The Skin Game	19 May 1974
10	1	The Linden Tree	8 September 1974
10	2	Electra	24 October 1974
10	3	The Wood Demon	17 November 1974
10	4	Robinson Crusoe	27 November 1974
10	5	The Apple Cart	19 January 1975
10	6	The School for Scandal	16 February 1975
10	7	King Lear	23 March 1975
10	8	Strife	18 May 1975
11	1	Chips with Everything	28 September 1975
11	2	The Little Minister	2 November 1975
11	3	Love's Labour's Lost	14 December 1975
11	4	When We Are Married	29 December 1975
11	5	Trilby	25 January 1976
11	6	Loyalties	29 February 1976
11	7	Chester Mystery Cycle	18 April 1976
11	8	French Without Tears	16 May 1976
12	1	The Picture of Dorian Gray	19 September 1976
12	2	London Assurance	10 October 1976
12	3	Look Back in Anger	21 November 1976
12	4	The Winslow Boy	16 January 1977
12	5	The Country Wife	13 February 1977
12	6	The Ambassadors	13 March 1977
12	7	Heartbreak House	19 May 1977
13	1	You Never Can Tell	30 October 1977
13	2	Waste	4 December 1977
13	3	Flint	15 January 1978
13	4	The Seagull	5 February 1978
13	5	The Sea	5 March 1978
13	6	The Beaux' Stratagem	2 April 1978
13	7	Danton's Death	23 April 1978
14	1	Kean	26 November 1978
14	2	Marya	14 January 1979
14	3	The Voysey Inheritance	4 February 1979
14	4	Hello and Goodbye	4 March 1979
14	5	The Wings of the Dove	8 April 1979
14	6	Design for Living	6 May 1979
15	1	I Have Been Here Before	24 May 1982
15	2	On Approval	21 June 1982
15	3	Little Eyolf	19 July 1982
15	4	The Critic	23 August 1982
15	5	The White Guard	20 September 1982
16	1	Dangerous Corner	22 May 1983
16	2	The Gay Lord Quex	13 June 1983
16	3	Infidelities	12 September 1983

External links

• Play of the Month at BBC Programmes