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BBC2 Play of the Week

19772 Seasons100m episodes7.0

Drama, Comedy

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Runtime: 100m episodes
Genre: Drama
Origin: GB

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An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.

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Not available to stream in United States yet.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Sep 21, 1977
Network: BBC Two
Studio: BBC

Time to finish

63 hrs

38 episodes. About 10 weeks at an hour a night.

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SERIES

BBC2 Play of the Week

19772 Seasons100m episodes7.0

Drama, Comedy

TMDB7.0

Votes1

Your rating

Runtime: 100m episodes
Genre: Drama
Origin: GB

About

An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet.

Episodes

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E1 · Airs Sep 21, 1977 · 1h 25m
Professional Foul
Professor Anderson attends a conference in Prague, but what he really wants to do is attend a football match. Then he meets a former student unexpectedly, and must consider putting his philosophical ideas into practice.
E2 · Airs Sep 28, 1977 · 1h 30m
Exiles
In the 1920s, Michael Arlen was one of the most popular and acclaimed writers in the world, but he mysteriously stopped writing altogether. His son tries to work out why.
E3 · Airs Oct 5, 1977
Abie's Will
A once-celebrated writer who has written nothing since the war, lies paralysed and dying as his family gathers at the family home.
E4 · Airs Oct 12, 1977
The Sinking of HMS Victoria
A dramatisation of events surrounding the loss of the turret ship HMS Victoria during fleet exercises off Tripoli on 22 June 1893.
E5 · Airs Oct 19, 1977 · 1h 0m
True Patriot
A biopic of German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, whose opposition to Adolf Hitler led to his involvement in an assassination plot.
E6 · Airs Oct 26, 1977
Shooting the Chandelier
Czechoslovakia, April 1945. A chance meeting between a professor and his former student turns into a violent trial of strength.
E7 · Airs Nov 2, 1977
The Kitchen
A busy day in the kitchen of a great hotel.
E8 · Airs Nov 16, 1977
Arnhem: The Story of an Escape
Graeme Warrack was Divisional Chief Doctor of the 1st Airborne Division at the Battle of Arnhem in September 1944. With other doctors, medical personnel and padres, he stayed behind with the wounded.
E9 · Airs Jan 4, 1978 · 55m
Forgotten Love Songs
A man seeks the perfect relationship.
E10 · Airs Jan 11, 1978 · 37m
A Visit from Miss Prothero
Arthur Dodsworth has recently retired. He lives alone except for his budgie and memories of his late wife Winnie. One afternoon his nap is interrupted by the doorbell; his former secretary, Peggy Prothero, has come to visit.
E11 · Airs Jan 18, 1978
Mr. & Mrs. Bureaucrat
Satire set at the Department of Something or Other, where mistakes in form-filling can bring careers to a sudden end.
E12 · Airs Jan 25, 1978
Foreign Affairs
Moscow is the setting for a reunion between Viktor and Susan which brings about unforeseen complications.
E13 · Airs Feb 1, 1978
The Dissolution of Marcus Fleischman
Marcus Fleischman's reincarnation proves a frustrating one. His widow, in his absence, leads the simple life of a shopkeeper, and brings up their son as best she can.
E14 · Airs Feb 8, 1978
The O'Hooligan File
A former teacher takes on the system armed only with pen, paper and stamps.
E15 · Airs Feb 15, 1978
The Turkey Who Lives on the Hill
Married life starts off full of bright hopes for Alex and Lynda, but soon they are trapped in a nightmare with their friend Bill.
E16 · Airs Feb 22, 1978
Flayed
A disparate group of guests find themselves locked into a largely empty television studio controlled by an anonymous man.
E17 · Airs Mar 1, 1978 · 1h 18m
She Fell Among Thieves
France, 1924. Two English gentlemen join forces to investigate notorious villainess Vanity Fair in her fortified chateau. Tongue-in-cheek 1978 TV film based on the novel by Dornford Yates.
E18 · Airs Mar 15, 1978 · 1h 20m
Stargazy on Zummerdown
In the 23rd century, Albion (formerly Britain) is made up of two distinct communities — the Aggros (farm workers) and the Toonies (industrial workers). They meet at Zummerdown for the annual midsummer festival of Stargazy.
E19 · Airs Mar 22, 1978 · 1h 20m
Liza
Lavretsky returns to Russia from Europe and joins the group of admirers of his beautiful young cousin Liza.
E20 · Airs Mar 29, 1978
For Tea on Sunday
Some young women, sharing accommodation, invite their boyfriends for tea on Sunday. But one of them proves to be alarmingly disturbed.
E21 · Airs May 3, 1978
When the Actors Come
In 19th-century Eastern Europe, a group of actors, led by Janos, arrive at a castle to give the Count and his friends a private performance. But the actors are also revolutionaries, and they have another agenda.
E22 · Airs May 17, 1978
Ice Age
An unexpected stranger arrives at the old peoples home in Norway where a famous writer is kept in confinement after the war. A young partisan plots his assassination, while others advocate handing him over for trial for collaboration.
E23 · Airs May 24, 1978
The Copyist
A fateful day in the life of a celebrated composer.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Sep 21, 1977
Network: BBC Two
Studio: BBC

Time to finish

63 hrs

38 episodes. About 10 weeks at an hour a night.

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