The Wednesday Play

5.2(5)|1964-09-30|9 seasons, 205 episodes

Drama

Overview

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

Season 1(34)Season 2(37)Season 3(31)Season 4(25)Season 5(27)Season 6(34)Season 7(1)Season 8(16)Season 9(2)

S1E1 · 1964-09-30 · 75m

Catch As Catch Can

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

S1E2 · 1964-10-28 · 75m

A Crack in the Ice

A soldier named Postnikov rescues a drowning man.

S1E3 · 1964-11-04 · 85m

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.

S1E4 · 1964-11-11 · 85m

Pale Horse, Pale Rider

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

S1E5 · 1964-11-18 · 90m

The Big Breaker

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

S1E6 · 1964-11-25 · 70m

Mr. Douglas

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

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