The Wednesday Play es una serie de antología de obras de televisión británicas que se transmitió por BBC1 desde octubre de 1964 hasta mayo de 1970. Las obras generalmente se escribían para televisión, aunque también aparecían adaptaciones de otras fuentes. La serie se ganó la reputación de presentar dramas sociales contemporáneos y de llamar la atención de una audiencia masiva sobre temas que de otro modo no se habrían discutido en la pantalla.
The Wednesday Play (Temporada 4)
Sleeping Dog (Episodio 1)
Guionista: Simon Gray
Fecha de emisión: 1967-10-11
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: 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.
Wanted: Single Gentleman (Episodio 2)
Guionista: James Broom Lynne
Fecha de emisión: 1967-10-18
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: The world of two simple-minded men living with a woman is disrupted by a new lodger.
A Black Candle for Mrs. Gogarty (Episodio 3)
Guionista: Edward Boyd
Fecha de emisión: 1967-10-25
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: Mrs. Gogarty agrees to pay off a stranger's debt to a loan-shark, on condition that he marry her.
The Devil a Monk Would Be (Episodio 4)
Guionista: Peter Luke
Fecha de emisión: 1967-11-08
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: 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.
Fall of the Goat (Episodio 5)
Guionista: Fay Weldon
Fecha de emisión: 1967-11-15
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: A husband decides to impose a novel and outrageous arrangement on his wife.
The Profile of a Gentleman (Episodio 6)
Guionista: Jimmy O'Connor
Fecha de emisión: 1967-11-22
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: A gentleman thief puts together a gang to commit a perfectly executed robbery.
Dial Rudolph Valentino One One (Episodio 7)
Guionista: Ewart Alexander
Fecha de emisión: 1967-11-29
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: It is the morning of a notorious bachelor's wedding in this tale of marriage, friendship and non-communication between parents and children.
Kippers and Curtains (Episodio 8)
Guionista: Vickery Turner
Fecha de emisión: 1967-12-06
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: The Honourable Audrey is the latest arrival at a boarding-house in a working-class area of London.
Death of a Private (Episodio 9)
Guionista: Robert Muller
Fecha de emisión: 1967-12-13
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: An army private is driven to murder when his wife falls in love with another man.
An Officer of the Court (Episodio 10)
Guionista: Nemone Lethbridge
Fecha de emisión: 1967-12-20
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: Incompetent and corrupt defence barrister Plantagenet King dreams of a grand venture into commercial law.
The Fat of the Land (Episodio 11)
Guionista: Jack Russell
Fecha de emisión: 1967-12-27
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: Five distinguished guests spend Christmas at a health farm.
Toggle (Episodio 12)
Fecha de emisión: 1968-01-03
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: An adopted child's world falls apart when his mother decides to walk out on her marriage.
House of Character (Episodio 13)
Guionista: David Rudkin
Fecha de emisión: 1968-01-10
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: 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.
Jamie, On a Flying Visit (Episodio 14)
Guionista: Michael Frayn
Fecha de emisión: 1968-01-17
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: 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.
Monsieur Barnett (Episodio 15)
Guionista: Jean Anouilh
Fecha de emisión: 1968-01-24
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: An ageing millionaire reflects on his life while being pampered at a Parisian hairdressing salon.
The Drummer and the Bloke (Episodio 16)
Guionista: Rhys Adrian
Fecha de emisión: 1968-01-31
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: An industrial dispute takes place in an isolated quarry while the Drummer and the Bloke look on.
Rebel in the Grave (Episodio 17)
Guionista: Marc Brandel
Fecha de emisión: 1968-02-07
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: A country squire and his late friend's nephew argue over the dead man's artistic legacy.
Coincidence (Episodio 18)
Guionista: Piers Paul Read
Fecha de emisión: 1968-02-21
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: Three men who have avoided one another since violent events five years before meet unexpectedly one evening.
Light Blue (Episodio 19)
Guionista: Gerald Vaughan-Hughes
Fecha de emisión: 1968-04-03
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: 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.
Let's Murder Vivaldi (Episodio 20)
Guionista: David Mercer
Fecha de emisión: 1968-04-10
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: 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.
The Golden Vision (Episodio 21)
Guionista: Gordon Honeycombe
Fecha de emisión: 1968-04-17
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: 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.
The Man Behind You (Episodio 22)
Guionista: Jeremy Scott
Fecha de emisión: 1968-05-01
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: The quiet head of a film company's dispatch department reacts violently to a practical joke.
Infidelity Took Place (Episodio 23)
Guionista: John Mortimer
Fecha de emisión: 1968-05-08
Duración: 75 min
Sinopsis: 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.
Episode 98 (Episodio 24)
Episode 99 (Episodio 25)

Temporadas
Episodios 34
Episodios 37
Episodios 31
Episodios 25
Episodios 27
Episodios 34
Episodios 1
Episodios 16
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