The Wednesday Play

Season 4

25 episodes · Oct 11, 1967

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  • S4E1

    Sleeping Dog

    Oct 11, 196775m

    A black barman upsets a colonial Governor who has just retired and returned to England. He locks the barman in the cellar and treats him like an animal.

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  • S4E2

    Wanted: Single Gentleman

    Oct 18, 196775m

    The world of two simple-minded men living with a woman is disrupted by a new lodger.

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  • S4E3

    A Black Candle for Mrs. Gogarty

    Oct 25, 196775m

    Mrs. Gogarty agrees to pay off a stranger's debt to a loan-shark, on condition that he marry her.

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  • S4E4

    The Devil a Monk Would Be

    Nov 8, 196775m

    A community of monks decides to solve its financial predicament through the sale of a potent cure for rheumatism made from rare herbs and one hundred per cent proof alcohol.

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  • S4E5

    Fall of the Goat

    Nov 15, 196775m

    A husband decides to impose a novel and outrageous arrangement on his wife.

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  • S4E6

    The Profile of a Gentleman

    Nov 22, 196775m

    A gentleman thief puts together a gang to commit a perfectly executed robbery.

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  • S4E7

    Dial Rudolph Valentino One One

    Nov 29, 196775m

    It is the morning of a notorious bachelor's wedding in this tale of marriage, friendship and non-communication between parents and children.

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  • S4E8

    Kippers and Curtains

    Dec 6, 196775m

    The Honourable Audrey is the latest arrival at a boarding-house in a working-class area of London.

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  • S4E9

    Death of a Private

    Dec 13, 196775m

    An army private is driven to murder when his wife falls in love with another man.

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  • S4E10

    An Officer of the Court

    Dec 20, 196775m

    Incompetent and corrupt defence barrister Plantagenet King dreams of a grand venture into commercial law.

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  • S4E11

    The Fat of the Land

    Dec 27, 196775m

    Five distinguished guests spend Christmas at a health farm.

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  • S4E12

    Toggle

    Jan 3, 196875m

    An adopted child's world falls apart when his mother decides to walk out on her marriage.

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  • S4E13

    House of Character

    Jan 10, 196875m

    Bisthorpe moves into a flat where a host of bizarre events occur: hands come through walls, light bulbs explode, furniture talks, he turns into a table-top model in an advertising agency, etc. Finally, it's revealed that the new flat is, in fact, a room in a psychiatric asylum.

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  • S4E14

    Jamie, On a Flying Visit

    Jan 17, 196875m

    Jamie's flying visit is a somewhat sentimental one. Because Jamie is calling to see Lois, an old and dear flame he hasn't met since they left Oxford ten years ago. He is still the same old Jamie, but Lois has changed quite a bit.

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  • S4E15

    Monsieur Barnett

    Jan 24, 196875m

    An ageing millionaire reflects on his life while being pampered at a Parisian hairdressing salon.

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  • S4E16

    The Drummer and the Bloke

    Jan 31, 196875m

    An industrial dispute takes place in an isolated quarry while the Drummer and the Bloke look on.

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  • S4E17

    Rebel in the Grave

    Feb 7, 196875m

    A country squire and his late friend's nephew argue over the dead man's artistic legacy.

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  • S4E18

    Coincidence

    Feb 21, 196875m

    Three men who have avoided one another since violent events five years before meet unexpectedly one evening.

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  • S4E19

    Light Blue

    Apr 3, 196875m

    An African-American trumpet player spends a few hours in an English provincial town, with a girl who happens to be white. As a result, each learns to care for the other, not as a "cipher of a divided society" but as a vulnerable human being.

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  • S4E20

    Let's Murder Vivaldi

    Apr 10, 196875m

    Two couples, one fights all the time and the others let tensions in their relationship build until one stabs the other, the ones that fight end up saying oh well let's murder Vivaldi they pick up their violins and play together.

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  • S4E21

    The Golden Vision

    Apr 17, 196875m

    Story of a group of manual workers who live and breath watching Everton FC. The gang travel to London, to watch the team play Arsenal, at Highbury. Vince discovers his wife has gone into labour and has to consider returning home early.

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  • S4E22

    The Man Behind You

    May 1, 196875m

    The quiet head of a film company's dispatch department reacts violently to a practical joke.

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  • S4E23

    Infidelity Took Place

    May 8, 196875m

    A happily married couple divorce for tax purposes, but their lawyer, not knowing the real reason for their divorce, falls in love with the wife.

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  • S4E98

    Episode 98

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  • S4E99

    Episode 99

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