The Wednesday Play (Staffel 4)

An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.

  • Poster for Sleeping Dog

    Sleeping Dog (Folge 1)

    Autor: Simon Gray

    Sendedatum: 1967-10-11

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: A black barman upsets a colonial Governor who has just retired and returned to England. He locks the barman in the cellar and treats him like an animal.

  • Poster for Wanted: Single Gentleman

    Wanted: Single Gentleman (Folge 2)

    Autor: James Broom Lynne

    Sendedatum: 1967-10-18

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: The world of two simple-minded men living with a woman is disrupted by a new lodger.

  • Poster for A Black Candle for Mrs. Gogarty

    A Black Candle for Mrs. Gogarty (Folge 3)

    Autor: Edward Boyd

    Sendedatum: 1967-10-25

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: Mrs. Gogarty agrees to pay off a stranger's debt to a loan-shark, on condition that he marry her.

  • Poster for The Devil a Monk Would Be

    The Devil a Monk Would Be (Folge 4)

    Autor: Peter Luke

    Sendedatum: 1967-11-08

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: A community of monks decides to solve its financial predicament through the sale of a potent cure for rheumatism made from rare herbs and one hundred per cent proof alcohol.

  • Poster for Fall of the Goat

    Fall of the Goat (Folge 5)

    Autor: Fay Weldon

    Sendedatum: 1967-11-15

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: A husband decides to impose a novel and outrageous arrangement on his wife.

  • Poster for The Profile of a Gentleman

    The Profile of a Gentleman (Folge 6)

    Autor: Jimmy O'Connor

    Sendedatum: 1967-11-22

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: A gentleman thief puts together a gang to commit a perfectly executed robbery.

  • Poster for Dial Rudolph Valentino One One

    Dial Rudolph Valentino One One (Folge 7)

    Autor: Ewart Alexander

    Sendedatum: 1967-11-29

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: It is the morning of a notorious bachelor's wedding in this tale of marriage, friendship and non-communication between parents and children.

  • Poster for Kippers and Curtains

    Kippers and Curtains (Folge 8)

    Autor: Vickery Turner

    Sendedatum: 1967-12-06

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: The Honourable Audrey is the latest arrival at a boarding-house in a working-class area of London.

  • Poster for Death of a Private

    Death of a Private (Folge 9)

    Autor: Robert Muller

    Sendedatum: 1967-12-13

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: An army private is driven to murder when his wife falls in love with another man.

  • Poster for An Officer of the Court

    An Officer of the Court (Folge 10)

    Autor: Nemone Lethbridge

    Sendedatum: 1967-12-20

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: Incompetent and corrupt defence barrister Plantagenet King dreams of a grand venture into commercial law.

  • Poster for The Fat of the Land

    The Fat of the Land (Folge 11)

    Autor: Jack Russell

    Sendedatum: 1967-12-27

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: Five distinguished guests spend Christmas at a health farm.

  • Poster for Toggle

    Toggle (Folge 12)

    Sendedatum: 1968-01-03

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: An adopted child's world falls apart when his mother decides to walk out on her marriage.

  • Poster for House of Character

    House of Character (Folge 13)

    Autor: David Rudkin

    Sendedatum: 1968-01-10

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: Bisthorpe moves into a flat where a host of bizarre events occur: hands come through walls, light bulbs explode, furniture talks, he turns into a table-top model in an advertising agency, etc. Finally, it's revealed that the new flat is, in fact, a room in a psychiatric asylum.

  • Poster for Jamie, On a Flying Visit

    Jamie, On a Flying Visit (Folge 14)

    Autor: Michael Frayn

    Sendedatum: 1968-01-17

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: Jamie's flying visit is a somewhat sentimental one. Because Jamie is calling to see Lois, an old and dear flame he hasn't met since they left Oxford ten years ago. He is still the same old Jamie, but Lois has changed quite a bit.

  • Poster for Monsieur Barnett

    Monsieur Barnett (Folge 15)

    Autor: Jean Anouilh

    Sendedatum: 1968-01-24

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: An ageing millionaire reflects on his life while being pampered at a Parisian hairdressing salon.

  • Poster for The Drummer and the Bloke

    The Drummer and the Bloke (Folge 16)

    Autor: Rhys Adrian

    Sendedatum: 1968-01-31

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: An industrial dispute takes place in an isolated quarry while the Drummer and the Bloke look on.

  • Poster for Rebel in the Grave

    Rebel in the Grave (Folge 17)

    Autor: Marc Brandel

    Sendedatum: 1968-02-07

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: A country squire and his late friend's nephew argue over the dead man's artistic legacy.

  • Poster for Coincidence

    Coincidence (Folge 18)

    Autor: Piers Paul Read

    Sendedatum: 1968-02-21

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: Three men who have avoided one another since violent events five years before meet unexpectedly one evening.

  • Poster for Light Blue

    Light Blue (Folge 19)

    Autor: Gerald Vaughan-Hughes

    Sendedatum: 1968-04-03

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: An African-American trumpet player spends a few hours in an English provincial town, with a girl who happens to be white. As a result, each learns to care for the other, not as a "cipher of a divided society" but as a vulnerable human being.

  • Poster for Let's Murder Vivaldi

    Let's Murder Vivaldi (Folge 20)

    Autor: David Mercer

    Sendedatum: 1968-04-10

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: Two couples, one fights all the time and the others let tensions in their relationship build until one stabs the other, the ones that fight end up saying oh well let's murder Vivaldi they pick up their violins and play together.

  • Poster for The Golden Vision

    The Golden Vision (Folge 21)

    Autor: Gordon Honeycombe

    Sendedatum: 1968-04-17

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: Story of a group of manual workers who live and breath watching Everton FC. The gang travel to London, to watch the team play Arsenal, at Highbury. Vince discovers his wife has gone into labour and has to consider returning home early.

  • Poster for The Man Behind You

    The Man Behind You (Folge 22)

    Autor: Jeremy Scott

    Sendedatum: 1968-05-01

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: The quiet head of a film company's dispatch department reacts violently to a practical joke.

  • Poster for Infidelity Took Place

    Infidelity Took Place (Folge 23)

    Autor: John Mortimer

    Sendedatum: 1968-05-08

    Laufzeit: 75 min

    Übersicht: A happily married couple divorce for tax purposes, but their lawyer, not knowing the real reason for their divorce, falls in love with the wife.

  • Poster for Episode 98

    Episode 98 (Folge 24)

  • Poster for Episode 99

    Episode 99 (Folge 25)

The Wednesday Play - Movie poster from The Movie Database (TMDB)

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