The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured. The series gained a reputation for presenting contemporary social dramas, and for bringing issues to the attention of a mass audience that would not otherwise have been discussed on screen.
The Wednesday Play (シーズン 1)
Catch As Catch Can (エピソード 1)
放送日: 1964-09-30
上映時間: 75 min
概要: Based on the play "La foire d'empoigne" by Jean Anouilh.
A Crack in the Ice (エピソード 2)
放送日: 1964-10-28
上映時間: 75 min
概要: A soldier named Postnikov rescues a drowning man.
In Camera (エピソード 3)
放送日: 1964-11-04
上映時間: 85 min
概要: Three people find themselves sharing a room with no way out. As they talk, the nature of the room and how they came to be there is gradually revealed.
Pale Horse, Pale Rider (エピソード 4)
放送日: 1964-11-11
上映時間: 85 min
概要: A young woman's dreams of death but The Pale Rider fills her dreams along with her lover.
The Big Breaker (エピソード 5)
脚本家: Alun Richards
放送日: 1964-11-18
上映時間: 90 min
概要: A lodger, recuperating from a heart attack, sets his sights on his landlady.
Mr. Douglas (エピソード 6)
脚本家: John Prebble
放送日: 1964-11-25
上映時間: 70 min
概要: Coronation Day, 1761: A merchant entertains a guest with an extraordinary secret.
Malatesta (エピソード 7)
放送日: 1964-12-02
上映時間: 95 min
概要: Sigismondo Malatesta is a condottiere, a mercenary for hire and patron of the arts.
The July Plot (エピソード 8)
脚本家: Roger Manvell
放送日: 1964-12-09
上映時間: 95 min
概要: Dramatisation of the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in July 1944 by a conspiracy of high-ranking German Army officers.
First Love (エピソード 9)
放送日: 1964-12-16
上映時間: 85 min
概要: A study of a boy's passion for an older girl as he discovers the difference between infatuation and true love.
Tap on the Shoulder (エピソード 10)
脚本家: Jimmy O'Connor
放送日: 1965-01-06
上映時間: 75 min
概要: Archibald Cooper is a London gangster who is living the life of a country squire while running a criminal empire. He learns that he's getting a knighthood so invites some old associates to country house unaware they are planning a robbery.
Sir Jocelyn, the Minister Would Like a Word... (エピソード 11)
脚本家: Simon Raven
放送日: 1965-01-13
上映時間: 75 min
概要: A group of politicians and university dons argue over whether a new university should have a chapel or a state-of-the-art lecture hall.
The Navigators (エピソード 12)
脚本家: Julia Jones
放送日: 1965-01-20
上映時間: 75 min
概要: A tale of romance between two working class navvies.
Fable (エピソード 13)
脚本家: John Hopkins
放送日: 1965-01-27
上映時間: 75 min
概要: In a parallel totalitarian Great Britain, those in authority are Black people, and white people are their social underdogs — a reversal of the situation in then-contemporary apartheid South Africa.
Dan, Dan the Charity Man (エピソード 14)
脚本家: Hugh Whitemore
放送日: 1965-02-03
上映時間: 75 min
概要: Dan Sankey, the charity knocker, has become a national celebrity but who is the man behind the image?
Ashes to Ashes (エピソード 15)
脚本家: Marc Brandel
放送日: 1965-02-10
上映時間: 75 min
概要: Barbara is an assertive, clever, liberated woman, her own boss. Who'd think she could be swept off her feet by a handsome stranger for whom she'd give up her career, London, everything? Especially as her new husband maybe wants to kill her.
Wear a Very Big Hat (エピソード 16)
脚本家: Eric Coltart
放送日: 1965-02-17
上映時間: 75 min
概要: A young couple celebrate their wedding anniversary with a night on the town.
The Confidence Course (エピソード 17)
脚本家: Dennis Potter
放送日: 1965-02-24
上映時間: 61 min
概要: A trio of swindlers advertise a self-assertiveness seminar, lure a dozen victims to a hotel and attempt to persuade them to enroll in their course. However, a man claiming to be 18th century critic-essayist William Hazlitt attacks the consumerist values outlined by the motivational speaker.
Campaign for One (エピソード 18)
脚本家: Anthony Church
放送日: 1965-03-03
上映時間: 75 min
概要: Astronaut Osborne is stuck in a malfunctioning capsule. As he goes round and round the Earth, he starts telling jokes and secrets. When the time comes to bring him down to Earth, he can't face it as he feels like a sexual failure.
Horror of Darkness (エピソード 19)
放送日: 1965-03-10
上映時間: 70 min
概要: Peter and Cathy are initially delighted to see their charismatic, subtly domineering friend Robin. But he outstays his welcome, and that's to say the least of it.
A Little Temptation (エピソード 20)
放送日: 1965-03-17
上映時間: 75 min
Moving On (エピソード 21)
放送日: 1965-03-24
上映時間: 75 min
Cat's Cradle (エピソード 22)
放送日: 1965-03-31
上映時間: 75 min
Three Clear Sundays (エピソード 23)
脚本家: Jimmy O'Connor
放送日: 1965-04-07
上映時間: 75 min
The Interior Decorator (エピソード 24)
放送日: 1965-04-14
上映時間: 75 min
Auto-Stop (エピソード 25)
放送日: 1965-04-21
上映時間: 75 min
The Good Shoe Maker and the Poor Fish Peddler (エピソード 26)
放送日: 1965-04-28
上映時間: 75 min
Cemented with Love (エピソード 27)
放送日: 1965-05-05
上映時間: 75 min
A Knight in Tarnished Armour (エピソード 28)
放送日: 1965-05-12
上映時間: 75 min
For the West (エピソード 29)
放送日: 1965-05-26
上映時間: 75 min
And Did Those Feet? (エピソード 30)
脚本家: David Mercer
放送日: 1965-06-02
上映時間: 75 min
The Man Without Papers (エピソード 31)
放送日: 1965-06-09
上映時間: 75 min
The Pistol (エピソード 32)
放送日: 1965-06-16
上映時間: 75 min
Women in Crisis: With Love and Tears (エピソード 33)
放送日: 1965-06-23
上映時間: 75 min
The Seven O'Clock Crunch (エピソード 34)
放送日: 1965-06-30
上映時間: 75 min
シーズン
エピソード 34
エピソード 37
エピソード 31
エピソード 25
エピソード 26
エピソード 34