A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.
BBC Play of the Month (Season 15)
I Have Been Here Before (Episode 1)
Writer: J. B. Priestley
Air date: 1982-05-24
Runtime: 90 min
Overview: Guests at a small hotel are disquieted by the insistence of a mysterious doctor that he has been there before.
On Approval (Episode 2)
Writer: Frederick Lonsdale
Air date: 1982-06-21
Runtime: 120 min
Overview: Wealthy widow Maria invites long-time dinner companion Richard to spend a month at her house in Scotland. If she still likes him after a month together, they will marry. Mutual friends George, Duke of Bristol and his companion Helen decide to make it a foursome.
Little Eyolf (Episode 3)
Writer: Henrik Ibsen
Air date: 1982-07-19
Runtime: 100 min
Overview: Writer Alfred is trapped in a loveless, unfulfilled marriage to wealthy Rita. The death of their disabled son wreaks havoc on their relationship as they struggle to find redemption for their personal failures.
The Critic (Episode 4)
Writer: Richard B. Sheridan
Air date: 1982-08-23
Runtime: 120 min
Overview: Foppish, would-be playwright-critic Mr Puff invites his literary-minded associates to a production of his horrendous and nonsensical spectacular, The Spanish Armada, confident that he's written a hit.
The White Guard (Episode 5)
Writer: Mikhail Bulgakov
Air date: 1982-09-20
Runtime: 120 min
Overview: In late 1918 Ukraine, the various armies of the Ukrainian War of Independence (the White Army, the Red Army, the Imperial German Army and Ukrainian nationalists) fight over the city of Kiev, leaving the fate of the Turbin family in ambiguity.
Seasons
Episodes 9
Episodes 5
Episodes 11
Episodes 9
Episodes 8
Episodes 9
Episodes 11
Episodes 10
Episodes 9
Episodes 9
Episodes 8
Episodes 7
Episodes 7
Episodes 7
Episodes 5
Episodes 4