BBC2 Play of the Week (Staffel 1)

Professional Foul (Folge 1)

Autor: Tom Stoppard

Sendedatum: 1977-09-21

Laufzeit: 85 min

Übersicht: Professor Anderson attends a conference in Prague, but what he really wants to do is attend a football match. Then he meets a former student unexpectedly, and must consider putting his philosophical ideas into practice.

Exiles (Folge 2)

Autor: Hugh Whitemore

Sendedatum: 1977-09-28

Laufzeit: 90 min

Übersicht: In the 1920s, Michael Arlen was one of the most popular and acclaimed writers in the world, but he mysteriously stopped writing altogether. His son tries to work out why.

Abie's Will (Folge 3)

Autor: Christopher Hampton

Sendedatum: 1977-10-05

Übersicht: A once-celebrated writer who has written nothing since the war, lies paralysed and dying as his family gathers at the family home.

The Sinking of HMS Victoria (Folge 4)

Autor: Donald MacIntyre

Sendedatum: 1977-10-12

Übersicht: A dramatisation of events surrounding the loss of the turret ship HMS Victoria during fleet exercises off Tripoli on 22 June 1893.

True Patriot (Folge 5)

Autor: Don Shaw

Sendedatum: 1977-10-19

Laufzeit: 60 min

Übersicht: A biopic of German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, whose opposition to Adolf Hitler led to his involvement in an assassination plot.

Shooting the Chandelier (Folge 6)

Autor: David Mercer

Sendedatum: 1977-10-26

Übersicht: Czechoslovakia, April 1945. A chance meeting between a professor and his former student turns into a violent trial of strength.

The Kitchen (Folge 7)

Autor: Arnold Wesker

Sendedatum: 1977-11-02

Übersicht: A busy day in the kitchen of a great hotel.

Arnhem: The Story of an Escape (Folge 8)

Autor: Graeme Warrack

Sendedatum: 1977-11-16

Übersicht: Graeme Warrack was Divisional Chief Doctor of the 1st Airborne Division at the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944. With other doctors, medical personnel and padres, he stayed behind with the wounded.

Forgotten Love Songs (Folge 9)

Autor: Maggie Wadey

Sendedatum: 1978-01-04

Laufzeit: 55 min

Übersicht: A man seeks the perfect relationship.

A Visit from Miss Prothero (Folge 10)

Autor: Alan Bennett

Sendedatum: 1978-01-11

Laufzeit: 37 min

Übersicht: Arthur Dodsworth has recently retired. He lives alone except for his budgie and memories of his late wife Winnie. One afternoon his nap is interrupted by the doorbell; his former secretary, Peggy Prothero, has come to visit.

Mr. & Mrs. Bureaucrat (Folge 11)

Autor: Willis Hall

Sendedatum: 1978-01-18

Übersicht: Satire set at the Department of Something or Other, where mistakes in form-filling can bring careers to a sudden end.

Foreign Affairs (Folge 12)

Autor: Don Shaw

Sendedatum: 1978-01-25

Übersicht: Moscow is the setting for a reunion between Viktor and Susan which brings about unforeseen complications.

The Dissolution of Marcus Fleischman (Folge 13)

Autor: Stephen Davis

Sendedatum: 1978-02-01

Übersicht: Marcus Fleischman's reincarnation proves a frustrating one. His widow, in his absence, leads the simple life of a shopkeeper, and brings up their son as best she can.

The O'Hooligan File (Folge 14)

Autor: Janey Preger

Sendedatum: 1978-02-08

Übersicht: A former teacher takes on the system armed only with pen, paper and stamps.

The Turkey Who Lives on the Hill (Folge 15)

Autor: Sean McCarthy

Sendedatum: 1978-02-15

Übersicht: Married life starts off full of bright hopes for Alex and Lynda, but soon they are trapped in a nightmare with their friend Bill.

Flayed (Folge 16)

Autor: Don Taylor

Sendedatum: 1978-02-22

Übersicht: A disparate group of guests find themselves locked into a largely empty television studio controlled by an anonymous man.

She Fell Among Thieves (Folge 17)

Autor: Dornford Yates

Sendedatum: 1978-03-01

Laufzeit: 78 min

Übersicht: France, 1924. Two English gentlemen join forces to investigate notorious villainess Vanity Fair in her fortified chateau. Tongue-in-cheek 1978 TV film based on the novel by Dornford Yates.

Stargazy on Zummerdown (Folge 18)

Autor: John Fletcher

Sendedatum: 1978-03-15

Laufzeit: 80 min

Übersicht: In the 23rd century, Albion (formerly Britain) is made up of two distinct communities — the Aggros (farm workers) and the Toonies (industrial workers). They meet at Zummerdown for the annual midsummer festival of Stargazy.

Liza (Folge 19)

Autor: Leo Lehmann

Sendedatum: 1978-03-22

Laufzeit: 80 min

Übersicht: Lavretsky returns to Russia from Europe and joins the group of admirers of his beautiful young cousin Liza.

For Tea on Sunday (Folge 20)

Autor: David Mercer

Sendedatum: 1978-03-29

Übersicht: Some young women, sharing accommodation, invite their boyfriends for tea on Sunday. But one of them proves to be alarmingly disturbed.

When the Actors Come (Folge 21)

Autor: Don Taylor

Sendedatum: 1978-05-03

Übersicht: In 19th-century Eastern Europe, a group of actors, led by Janos, arrive at a castle to give the Count and his friends a private performance. But the actors are also revolutionaries, and they have another agenda.

Ice Age (Folge 22)

Autor: Tankred Dorst

Sendedatum: 1978-05-17

Übersicht: An unexpected stranger arrives at the old peoples home in Norway where a famous writer is kept in confinement after the war. A young partisan plots his assassination, while others advocate handing him over for trial for collaboration.

The Copyist (Folge 23)

Autor: Stephen Deutsch

Sendedatum: 1978-05-24

Übersicht: A fateful day in the life of a celebrated composer.