BBC Play of the Month

Season 13

7 episodes · Oct 30, 1977

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  • You Never Can Tell
    S13E1

    You Never Can Tell

    Oct 30, 1977120m

    A dentist falls in love and a family accidentally meet the father they have never known.

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  • S13E2

    Waste

    Dec 4, 1977120m

    Centres around ambitious independent politician Henry Trebell, his plans for a bill to disestablish the Church of England, and his fall from grace and suicide after his affair with a married woman who dies following a botched abortion.

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  • S13E3

    Flint

    Jan 15, 1978120m

    Ossian Flint is an elderly Anglican vicar whose way of life has long been the cause of scandal. He has had as little respect for the seventh commandment during nearly half a century of married life as he has had faith since his ordination. The winter of his life is transformed by his encounter with Dixie, a simple young Irish hirl, unmarried and pregnant, late of Holloway prison.

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  • S13E4

    The Seagull

    Feb 5, 1978125m

    A group of friends and relations gather at a country estate to see the first performance of an experimental play written and staged by the young man of the house, Konstantin, an aspiring writer who dreams of bringing new forms to the theatre.

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  • S13E5

    The Sea

    Mar 5, 197890m

    In 1907, after a tempestuous storm claims the life of a well-known and loved member of the community, the reactions of the villagers are explored, as well as the attempts by two young lovers to break away from the constraints of the hierarchical, and sometimes irrational, society.

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  • S13E6

    The Beaux Stratagem

    Apr 2, 197890m

    Two gentlemen have fallen on hard times, so they plan to travel through small towns, entrap young heiresses, steal their money and move on, but romance gets in the way.

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  • S13E7

    Danton's Death

    Apr 23, 197895m

    Georges Danton, a leader of the French Revolution, created the office of the Revolutionary Tribunal as a strong arm for the Revolutionary Government. Within months, he knew this power was a terrible mistake and fought to have it ended with tragic consequences.

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