Search results
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.
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.
- (133)
- 1964-09-30
- Drama
- 75
Classic play about three working-class young women who live, work and play in Battersea.
Dec 7, 2023 · Ken’s Loach’s first production for The Wednesday Play is a story of a group of criminals planning a robbery, with the unwitting aid of a wealthy, well-connected society acquaintance.
- 70 min
- 1154
- Play For Forever
Semi-autobiographical TV play by Dennis Potter, from the BBC's 'Wednesday Play' series. It deals with the experiences of Nigel Barton, a young man from a poor mining community who wins a scholarship to Oxford University.
The Wednesday Play. Top-rated. Wed, May 3, 1967. S6.E25. Message for Posterity. An elderly painter, once radical and confrontational, is given a final commission - to paint the portrait of the former Conservative Prime Minister who represented a totally opposing set of values when they were both young.
People also ask
What is a Wednesday Play series?
Who made the Wednesday Play?
When was the Wednesday Play on BBC1?
Who plays Wednesday?
What is the Wednesday wiki?
What makes the Wednesday Play so special?
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.
