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Season 1

The Wednesday Play Season 1

September. 30,1964

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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. The series gained a reputation for presenting contemporary social dramas, and for bringing issues to the attention of a mass audience that would not otherwise have been discussed on screen.

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The Wednesday Play Season 1 Full Episode Guide

Episode 34 - The Seven O'Clock Crunch

First Aired: June. 30,1965

Episode 33 - Women in Crisis: With Love and Tears

First Aired: June. 23,1965

Episode 32 - The Pistol

First Aired: June. 16,1965

Episode 31 - The Man Without Papers

First Aired: June. 09,1965

Episode 30 - And Did Those Feet?

First Aired: June. 02,1965

Episode 29 - For the West

First Aired: May. 26,1965

Episode 28 - A Knight in Tarnished Armour

First Aired: May. 12,1965

Episode 27 - Cemented with Love

First Aired: May. 05,1965

Episode 26 - The Good Shoe Maker and the Poor Fish Peddler

First Aired: April. 28,1965

Episode 25 - Auto-Stop

First Aired: April. 21,1965

Episode 24 - The Interior Decorator

First Aired: April. 14,1965

Episode 23 - Three Clear Sundays

First Aired: April. 07,1965

Episode 22 - Cat's Cradle

First Aired: March. 31,1965

Episode 21 - Moving On

First Aired: March. 24,1965

Episode 20 - A Little Temptation

First Aired: March. 17,1965

Episode 19 - Horror of Darkness

First Aired: March. 10,1965

"The liberal middle-class mask well and truly slips in John Hopkins' intense, slow-burning love triangle drama, broadcast in the BBC's groundbreaking Wednesday Play slot. An affluent, cosmopolitan London couple (Jackson and Lynch) find their outwardly charmed lives turned upside down by the appearance of a troubled homosexual friend (Williamson), who quickly touches a raw nerve. In a virtuoso performance, Jackson's spirited, cerebral Cathy finds herself unable to penetrate either man's psyche. Stylishly shot and built to a shocking crescendo by director Page, this gripping chamber piece simmers with suppressed desire, creativity – and rage." Quoting the description from the 2011 London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival site.

Episode 18 - Campaign for One

First Aired: March. 03,1965

Episode 17 - The Confidence Course

First Aired: February. 24,1965

Episode 16 - Wear a Very Big Hat

First Aired: February. 17,1965

Episode 15 - Ashes to Ashes

First Aired: February. 10,1965

Episode 14 - Dan, Dan The Charity Man

First Aired: February. 03,1965

Episode 13 - Fable

First Aired: January. 27,1965

Fable is a British television play, shown on 27 January 1965 as an episode of The Wednesday Play series on BBC 1. Written by John Hopkins, the play is set in a parallel totalitarian Britain where those in authority are black people, and white people are their social underdogs - a reversal of the situation in contemporary apartheid South Africa. It was directed by Christopher Morahan and produced by James MacTaggart.

Episode 12 - The Navigators

First Aired: January. 20,1965

Episode 11 - Sir Jocelyn, the Minister Would Like a Word ...

First Aired: January. 13,1965

Episode 10 - A Tap on the Shoulder

First Aired: January. 06,1965

Episode 9 - First Love

First Aired: December. 16,1964

Episode 8 - The July Plot

First Aired: December. 09,1964

Episode 7 - Malatesta

First Aired: December. 02,1964