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 3)
Photo Finish (Episode 1)
Air date: 1966-09-21
Runtime: 75 min
A Hero of our Time (Episode 2)
Air date: 1966-09-28
Runtime: 75 min
The Frighteners (Episode 3)
Air date: 1966-10-12
Runtime: 75 min
A Piece of Resistance (Episode 4)
Air date: 1966-10-19
Runtime: 75 min
Where the Buffalo Roam (Episode 5)
Air date: 1966-10-26
Runtime: 75 min
Overview: A mentally disturbed Welsh teenager is obsessed with Westerns. His volatile temperament loses him the few people who might have been sympathetic, and helped him. Instead, he spirals down to inevitable destruction.
The Head Waiter (Episode 6)
Air date: 1966-11-09
Runtime: 75 min
Cathy Come Home (Episode 7)
Air date: 1966-11-16
Runtime: 75 min
The Private Tutor (Episode 8)
Air date: 1966-11-23
Runtime: 75 min
A Pyre for Private James (Episode 9)
Air date: 1966-11-30
Runtime: 75 min
A Tale of Two Wives (Episode 10)
Air date: 1966-12-07
Runtime: 75 min
Little Master Mind (Episode 11)
Air date: 1966-12-14
Runtime: 75 min
The Mayfly and the Frog (Episode 12)
Air date: 1966-12-21
Person To Person (Episode 13)
Air date: 1967-01-04
The Order (Episode 14)
Air date: 1967-01-11
Everybody's Rich Except Us (Episode 15)
Air date: 1967-01-18
The Lump (Episode 16)
Air date: 1967-01-25
Who's Going to Take Me On? (Episode 17)
Air date: 1967-02-01
Death of a Teddy Bear (Episode 18)
Air date: 1967-02-08
Days in the Trees (Episode 19)
Air date: 1967-02-15
In Two Minds (Episode 20)
Air date: 1967-02-22
Another Day, Another Dollar (Episode 21)
Air date: 1967-03-01
Public Inquiry (Episode 22)
Air date: 1967-03-08
A Crucial Week in the Life of a Grocer's Assistant (Episode 23)
Air date: 1967-03-15
A Breach in the Wall (Episode 24)
Air date: 1967-03-22
The Voices in the Park (Episode 25)
Air date: 1967-03-29
Dismissal Leading to Lustfulness (Episode 26)
Air date: 1967-04-05
A Brilliant Future Behind Him (Episode 27)
Air date: 1967-04-12
Message for Posterity (Episode 28)
Air date: 1967-04-19
A Way with the Ladies (Episode 29)
Air date: 1967-04-26
The Playground (Episode 30)
Air date: 1967-05-03
Drums Along the Avon (Episode 31)
Air date: 1967-05-10
Seasons
Episodes 34
Episodes 37
Episodes 31
Episodes 25
Episodes 26
Episodes 34