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The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 for six seasons from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually original works written for television, although dramatic adaptations of fiction (and occasionally stage plays) also featured.
- English
- BBC 1
- 28 October 1964 –, 27 May 1970
The Wednesday Play: Created by Sydney Newman. With Edwin Brown, Neville Smith, Tony Selby, Ken Jones. Series of one-off plays made by BBC television, which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 1960s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, and John Hopkins.
- (131)
- 3 min
- Edwin Brown, Neville Smith, Tony Selby
- 1
All. Available now(1) Next on (0) A Tap on the Shoulder. A group of criminals plan a robbery with the aid of a wealthy society acquaintance. The Vortex. A mother and son face the truth about one...
The Vortex: Directed by Philip Dudley. With Margaret Leighton, Richard Warwick, Patrick Barr, Alan Melville. Young Nicky Lancaster must cope with the discovery that his socialite mother is a drug addict.
- (59)
- Drama
- Philip Dudley
- 1969-12-10
The Wednesday Play. Seasons Years Top-rated. 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971. S2.E1 ∙ Tap on the Shoulder. Wed, Jan 6, 1965. Archibald Cooper is a London gangster who is living the life of a country squire while running a criminal empire.
The Wednesday Play, first broadcast on 28 October 1964, started a run of single dramas that developed a reputation for controversial and ground-breaking material. It included Cathy Come Home,...
