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 (Season 2)
The War Game (Episode 1)
Air date: 1965-10-06
Runtime: 75 min
Alice (Episode 2)
Air date: 1965-10-13
Runtime: 75 min
The Girl Who Loved Robots (Episode 3)
Air date: 1965-10-20
Runtime: 75 min
A Designing Woman (Episode 4)
Air date: 1965-10-27
Runtime: 75 min
Up The Junction (Episode 5)
Air date: 1965-11-03
Runtime: 75 min
The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne (Episode 6)
Air date: 1965-11-10
Runtime: 75 min
The End of Arthur's Marriage (Episode 7)
Air date: 1965-11-17
Runtime: 75 min
Tomorrow, Just You Wait (Episode 8)
Air date: 1965-11-24
Runtime: 75 min
The Bond (Episode 9)
Air date: 1965-12-01
Runtime: 75 min
Stand Up, Nigel Barton (Episode 10)
Air date: 1965-12-08
Runtime: 75 min
Vote, Vote, Vote For Nigel Barton (Episode 11)
Air date: 1965-12-15
Runtime: 75 min
The Coming Out Party (Episode 12)
Air date: 1965-12-22
Runtime: 75 min
The Bone Yard (Episode 13)
Air date: 1966-01-05
Runtime: 75 min
A Man On Her Back (Episode 14)
Air date: 1966-01-12
Runtime: 75 min
Rodney, Our Intrepid Hero (Episode 15)
Air date: 1966-01-19
Runtime: 75 min
Calf Love (Episode 16)
Air date: 1966-01-26
Runtime: 75 min
Silent Song (Episode 17)
Air date: 1966-02-02
Runtime: 75 min
Who's A Good Boy Then? (Episode 18)
Air date: 1966-02-09
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: Billy Oates meets a lady in a market and, taken by his kindness, she invites him to lodge with her and her husband. A rivalry soon develops between the young man and his landlord.
A Game - Like - Only A Game (Episode 19)
Air date: 1966-02-16
Runtime: 75 min
Why Aren't You Famous? (Episode 20)
Air date: 1966-02-23
Runtime: 75 min
Macready's Gala (Episode 21)
Air date: 1966-03-02
Runtime: 75 min
A Walk In The Sea (Episode 22)
Air date: 1966-03-09
Runtime: 75 min
Boy In The Smoke (Episode 23)
Air date: 1966-03-16
Runtime: 75 min
Barlowe of the Car Park (Episode 24)
Air date: 1966-03-23
Runtime: 75 min
The Portsmouth Defence (Episode 25)
Air date: 1966-03-30
Pity About The Abbey (Episode 26)
Air date: 1966-04-06
The Big Man Coughed and Died (Episode 27)
Air date: 1966-04-13
The Snow Ball (Episode 28)
Air date: 1966-04-20
A Cheery Soul (Episode 29)
Air date: 1966-04-27
The Connoiseur (Episode 30)
Air date: 1966-05-04
The Retreat (Episode 31)
Air date: 1966-05-11
Ape and Essence (Episode 32)
Air date: 1966-05-18
Toddler on the Run (Episode 33)
Air date: 1966-05-25
The Executioner (Episode 34)
Air date: 1966-06-01
Way Off Beat (Episode 35)
Air date: 1966-06-08
A Soiree at Blossom's Hotel (Episode 36)
Air date: 1966-06-15
Cock, Hen and Counting Pit (Episode 37)
Air date: 1966-06-22
Seasons
Episodes 34
Episodes 37
Episodes 31
Episodes 25
Episodes 26
Episodes 34