The Wednesday Play (Season 4)

Sleeping Dog (Episode 1)

Writer: Simon Gray

Air date: 1967-10-11

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 2)

Writer: James Broom Lynne

Air date: 1967-10-18

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: The world of two simple-minded men living with a woman is disrupted by a new lodger.

A Black Candle for Mrs. Gogarty (Episode 3)

Writer: Edward Boyd

Air date: 1967-10-25

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 4)

Writer: Peter Luke

Air date: 1967-11-08

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 5)

Writer: Fay Weldon

Air date: 1967-11-15

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: A husband decides to impose a novel and outrageous arrangement on his wife.

The Profile of a Gentleman (Episode 6)

Writer: Jimmy O'Connor

Air date: 1967-11-22

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: A gentleman thief puts together a gang to commit a perfectly executed robbery.

Dial Rudolph Valentino One One (Episode 7)

Writer: Ewart Alexander

Air date: 1967-11-29

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 8)

Writer: Vickery Turner

Air date: 1967-12-06

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: The Honourable Audrey is the latest arrival at a boarding-house in a working-class area of London.

Death of a Private (Episode 9)

Writer: Robert Muller

Air date: 1967-12-13

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: An army private is driven to murder when his wife falls in love with another man.

An Officer of the Court (Episode 10)

Writer: Nemone Lethbridge

Air date: 1967-12-20

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: Incompetent and corrupt defence barrister Plantagenet King dreams of a grand venture into commercial law.

The Fat of the Land (Episode 11)

Writer: Jack Russell

Air date: 1967-12-27

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: Five distinguished guests spend Christmas at a health farm.

Toggle (Episode 12)

Air date: 1968-01-03

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: An adopted child's world falls apart when his mother decides to walk out on her marriage.

House of Character (Episode 13)

Writer: David Rudkin

Air date: 1968-01-10

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 14)

Writer: Michael Frayn

Air date: 1968-01-17

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 15)

Writer: Jean Anouilh

Air date: 1968-01-24

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: An ageing millionaire reflects on his life while being pampered at a Parisian hairdressing salon.

The Drummer and the Bloke (Episode 16)

Writer: Rhys Adrian

Air date: 1968-01-31

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: An industrial dispute takes place in an isolated quarry while the Drummer and the Bloke look on.

Rebel in the Grave (Episode 17)

Writer: Marc Brandel

Air date: 1968-02-07

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: A country squire and his late friend's nephew argue over the dead man's artistic legacy.

Coincidence (Episode 18)

Writer: Piers Paul Read

Air date: 1968-02-21

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: Three men who have avoided one another since violent events five years before meet unexpectedly one evening.

Light Blue (Episode 19)

Writer: Gerald Vaughan-Hughes

Air date: 1968-04-03

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 20)

Writer: David Mercer

Air date: 1968-04-10

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 21)

Writer: Gordon Honeycombe

Air date: 1968-04-17

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 22)

Writer: Jeremy Scott

Air date: 1968-05-01

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: The quiet head of a film company's dispatch department reacts violently to a practical joke.

Infidelity Took Place (Episode 23)

Writer: John Mortimer

Air date: 1968-05-08

Runtime: 75 min

Overview: 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 (Episode 24)

Episode 99 (Episode 25)