The Wednesday Play

Total Seasons :9Total Episodes : 189

An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.

Episodes(34)

Catch As Catch Can

1. Catch As Catch Can

Based on the play "La foire d'empoigne" by Jean Anouilh.

Air Date : 1964-09-30

A Crack in the Ice

2. A Crack in the Ice

A soldier named Postnikov rescues a drowning man.

Air Date : 1964-10-28

In Camera

3. In Camera

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.

Air Date : 1964-11-04

Pale Horse, Pale Rider

4. Pale Horse, Pale Rider

A young woman's dreams of death but The Pale Rider fills her dreams along with her lover.

Air Date : 1964-11-11

The Big Breaker

5. The Big Breaker

A lodger, recuperating from a heart attack, sets his sights on his landlady.

Air Date : 1964-11-18

Mr. Douglas

6. Mr. Douglas

Coronation Day, 1761: A merchant entertains a guest with an extraordinary secret.

Air Date : 1964-11-25

Malatesta

7. Malatesta

Sigismondo Malatesta is a condottiere, a mercenary for hire and patron of the arts.

Air Date : 1964-12-02

The July Plot

8. The July Plot

Dramatisation of the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in July 1944 by a conspiracy of high-ranking German Army officers.

Air Date : 1964-12-09

First Love

9. First Love

A study of a boy's passion for an older girl as he discovers the difference between infatuation and true love.

Air Date : 1964-12-16

Tap on the Shoulder

10. Tap on the Shoulder

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.

Air Date : 1965-01-06

Sir Jocelyn, the Minister Would Like a Word...

11. Sir Jocelyn, the Minister Would Like a Word...

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.

Air Date : 1965-01-13

The Navigators

12. The Navigators

A tale of romance between two working class navvies.

Air Date : 1965-01-20

Fable

13. Fable

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.

Air Date : 1965-01-27

Dan, Dan the Charity Man

14. Dan, Dan the Charity Man

Dan Sankey, the charity knocker, has become a national celebrity but who is the man behind the image?

Air Date : 1965-02-03

Ashes to Ashes

15. Ashes to Ashes

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.

Air Date : 1965-02-10

Wear a Very Big Hat

16. Wear a Very Big Hat

A young couple celebrate their wedding anniversary with a night on the town.

Air Date : 1965-02-17

The Confidence Course

17. The Confidence Course

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.

Air Date : 1965-02-24

Campaign for One

18. Campaign for One

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.

Air Date : 1965-03-03

Horror of Darkness

19. Horror of Darkness

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.

Air Date : 1965-03-10

A Little Temptation

20. A Little Temptation

Air Date : 1965-03-17

Moving On

21. Moving On

Air Date : 1965-03-24

Cat's Cradle

22. Cat's Cradle

Air Date : 1965-03-31

Three Clear Sundays

23. Three Clear Sundays

Air Date : 1965-04-07

The Interior Decorator

24. The Interior Decorator

Air Date : 1965-04-14

Auto-Stop

25. Auto-Stop

Air Date : 1965-04-21

The Good Shoe Maker and the Poor Fish Peddler

26. The Good Shoe Maker and the Poor Fish Peddler

Air Date : 1965-04-28

Cemented with Love

27. Cemented with Love

Air Date : 1965-05-05

A Knight in Tarnished Armour

28. A Knight in Tarnished Armour

Air Date : 1965-05-12

For the West

29. For the West

Air Date : 1965-05-26

And Did Those Feet?

30. And Did Those Feet?

Air Date : 1965-06-02

The Man Without Papers

31. The Man Without Papers

Air Date : 1965-06-09

The Pistol

32. The Pistol

Air Date : 1965-06-16

Women in Crisis: With Love and Tears

33. Women in Crisis: With Love and Tears

Air Date : 1965-06-23

The Seven O'Clock Crunch

34. The Seven O'Clock Crunch

Air Date : 1965-06-30

Cast

Michael Hordern
Michael Hordern

(Gen. Kokoshkin, Chief of Police)

James Maxwell
James Maxwell

(Capt. Miller)

Barry Foster
Barry Foster

(Squadron-Leader Phil Osborne)

Geoffrey Matthews

(Narrator (voice))

Peter Copley
Peter Copley

(Gen. Friedrich Olbright)

Joseph Fürst
Joseph Fürst

(Gen. Fritz Fromm)

John Lee

(First Lt. Werner von Haeften)

John Abineri
John Abineri

(Colonel)

John Brandon
John Brandon

(Sergeant Musso)

John Carson
John Carson

(Col. Claus Schenk Count von Stauffenberg)

Cyril Luckham
Cyril Luckham

(General-Colonel Ludwig Beck)

Charles Lloyd Pack
Charles Lloyd Pack

(Gen. Erich Hoepner)

Hal Galili

(Private First Class O'Brien)

Lionel Stander
Lionel Stander

(General Burroughs)

Alfred Lynch
Alfred Lynch

(Peter Young)

Glenda Jackson
Glenda Jackson

(Cathy)

Robert Ayres
Robert Ayres

(Judge Webster Thayer)

Hal Hamilton

(Jeremiah McAnarney)

John Bailey
John Bailey

(Bartolomeo Vanzetti)

Rupert Davies
Rupert Davies

(Councillor Wally Cross)

Nigel Stock
Nigel Stock

(Elvet)

Antony Carrick
Antony Carrick

(Plunkett)

Michael Brennan
Michael Brennan

(Patient)

Alec McCowen
Alec McCowen

(Private Secretary)

John Phillips
John Phillips

(Forbes-Wainwright)

Colin Jeavons
Colin Jeavons

(Barry Raines)

Christopher Benjamin
Christopher Benjamin

(Dan Royston)

Steven Berkoff
Steven Berkoff

(Councillor)

Robert Helpmann
Robert Helpmann

(Fouche)

Kenneth Williams
Kenneth Williams

(Napoleon)

David Horne
David Horne

(Louis XVIII)

Basil Henson
Basil Henson

(Marshal)

Richard Hurndall
Richard Hurndall

(Narrator (voice))

Derek Newark
Derek Newark

(Pvt. Postnikov)

Bill Fraser
Bill Fraser

(Lt. Col. Svinin)

Donald Webster
Donald Webster

(Sgt. Platov)

Jack May
Jack May

(Lt. Krov)

Trevor Peacock
Trevor Peacock

(Hospital Orderly)

Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter

(Garcin)

Jane Arden
Jane Arden

(Inez)

Katherine Woodville
Katherine Woodville

(Estelle)

Jonathan Hansen

(The Valet)

André Boulay

(Gomez)

David de Keyser
David de Keyser

(The Man)

Alison Seebohm
Alison Seebohm

(Florence)

Rodney Goodall

(Peter)

Joan Hackett
Joan Hackett

(Miranda)

Keir Dullea
Keir Dullea

(Adam)

John Drainie
John Drainie

(Dr. Hildesheim)

Ruth Springford
Ruth Springford

(Miss Tanner)

Deborah Turnbull

(Towney)

Arch McDonnell

(Chuck)

Daphne Slater

(Sybil)

Edward Evans

(Willie Willis)

Meg Wynn Owen
Meg Wynn Owen

(Josie)

Leonard Cracknell

(Nigel)

Michael Goodliffe
Michael Goodliffe

(Mr. Douglas)

Jean Anderson
Jean Anderson

(Mrs. Grant)

Laurence Hardy
Laurence Hardy

(Mr. Grant)

Claire Nielson
Claire Nielson

(Alison Grant)

Gary Bond
Gary Bond

(James Nash)

Margo Croan

(Elspet)

Patrick Wymark
Patrick Wymark

(Sigismonda Pandolfo Malatesta)

Jessica Dunning

(Isotta da Rimini)

Cyril Shaps
Cyril Shaps

(Porcellio)

John Glyn-Jones
John Glyn-Jones

(Pope Paul)

John Hollis
John Hollis

(Sacramoro)

Edward Burnham
Edward Burnham

(Basinio)

Michael Warren
Michael Warren

(Cinquedenti)

Roger Croucher

(Venieri, Lord of Camerino)

Norman Scace

(Papal Chamberlain)

Brown Derby

(Cardinal Marcanova)

Blake Butler

(The Cardinal of Pavia)

Dallas Cavell

(Scarampa)

Neil Robinson

(Narni)

Jack Melford
Jack Melford

(Platina)

Reginald Jessup

(Cardinal Borgia)

David Grey

(Monsignor Perugia)

Judy Geeson
Judy Geeson

(Vanella)

Lala Lloyd

(Aloysia)

David March

(Narrator (voice))

Patricia Denys
Patricia Denys

(Delia Ziegler)

Laurie Leigh

(Anni Schmidt)

Michael Anthony

(Col. Albrecht Sir Mertz von Quirnheim)

Mark Peterson

(Lt. Ewald von Kleist)

Clive Russell

(Lt. Ludwig von Hammerstein)

Graeme Brock

(Capt. Hans Fritzsche)

John Paul
John Paul

(Dr. Bernd Gisevius)

Barry Keegan

(SS General Count von Helidorf)

Thomas Gallagher

(SS Oberfuhrer Piffraeder)

Graham Leaman

(Receptionist)

Peter Claughton

(Adjutant)

Jeffry Wickham
Jeffry Wickham

(Major)

Gillie Fenwick
Gillie Fenwick

(Nirmatsky)

Heather Sears
Heather Sears

(Zinalda)

Gerard Parkes
Gerard Parkes

(Guvariov)

Richard Monette

(Vladimir)

Paul Harding

(Rostov)

Jane Mallett

(Princess Zasiokina)

Moya Fenwick

(Mme. Rostov)

Claude Bede

(Dr. Lushin)

Ron Hartmann

(Count Malevensky)

Christopher Newton

(Belovzorov)

Timothy Findley
Timothy Findley

(Maidenov)

Jacob Reinglass

(Vonifaty)

George Allan

(Volodya)

Jay Shannon

(Hotel Clerk)

Lee Montague
Lee Montague

(Archibald Cooper)

Griffith Davies

(Terry)

George Tovey
George Tovey

(Patsy)

Tony Selby
Tony Selby

(Tim)

Richard Shaw

(Ronnie)

Tom Bowman
Tom Bowman

(Charlie)

Edwin Brown

(George)

Judith Smith

(Hazel)

Noel Johnson

(Chief Constable)

Rose Hill
Rose Hill

(Emma Cooper)

Derek Francis
Derek Francis

(Minister)

Agnes Lauchlan
Agnes Lauchlan

(Baroness Cleethorpe)

Leonard Maguire
Leonard Maguire

(Burke Farringdon)

Gerald Cross

(Myles Beresford)

Felix Felton

(Philip Clewes)

George Baker
George Baker

(Vera)

Patience Collier
Patience Collier

(Enid)

Kathleen Byron
Kathleen Byron

(Miss Stewart)

Andrée Melly

(Alicia)

Richard Pearson
Richard Pearson

(Fatty)

Terence Woodfield

(George)

Tim Wylton
Tim Wylton

(Stewart)

Keith Barron
Keith Barron

(Narrator (voice))

Eileen Atkins
Eileen Atkins

(Joan)

Ronald Lacey
Ronald Lacey

(Len)

Thomas Baptiste
Thomas Baptiste

(Mark)

Rudolph Walker
Rudolph Walker

(Policeman)

Barbara Assoon

(Francesca)

Frank Singuineau

(Minister)

Ernest Clark
Ernest Clark

(Pritchard)

Philip Locke
Philip Locke

(Pentelow)

Dora Reisser
Dora Reisser

(Siggy)

Carmel McSharry
Carmel McSharry

(Mrs. Hartridge)

Michael Barrington

(Reverend Cobbold)

Toby Robins
Toby Robins

(Barbara Manson)

Scott Forbes
Scott Forbes

(Paris Belmont)

Tony Steedman
Tony Steedman

(George)

Frederick Danner

(Reilly)

Madeleine Burgess

(Olga)

Pamela Conway

(Judy)

Oscar Quitak
Oscar Quitak

(Max)

Neville Smith
Neville Smith

(Johnny Johnson)

Sheila Fearn
Sheila Fearn

(Ann Johnson)

William Holmes

(Snapper Melia)

John Clive
John Clive

(Billy Moffatt)

William Gaunt
William Gaunt

(Peter)

Dennis Price
Dennis Price

(The Director)

Stanley Baxter
Stanley Baxter

(William Hazlitt)

Neil McCarthy
Neil McCarthy

(Black)

Artro Morris
Artro Morris

(Jones)

John Moore

(Thomas)

William Moore
William Moore

(Hammond)

Yootha Joyce
Yootha Joyce

(Rosalind Arnold)

John Quentin
John Quentin

(Bloom)

John Blythe
John Blythe

(Greenway)

Joan Sanderson
Joan Sanderson

(Angela Walker)

Jeremy Kemp
Jeremy Kemp

(Squadron-Leader Jack Cooper)

David Bauer
David Bauer

(Dr. Gelner)

Jerry Stovin
Jerry Stovin

(Col. Douglas Anderson)

Robert Arden
Robert Arden

(Maj. Max Baker)

George Roubicek
George Roubicek

(Dr. Drew Marshall)

David Garth

(Group Capt. Austin)

Peter Jesson

(Flight Lieutenant Turnbull)

Norman Chancer
Norman Chancer

(Herb Jackson)

Anthony Morton
Anthony Morton

(Piggy)

George Roderick

(Laughton)

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