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BBC2 Play of the Week

BBC2 Play of the Week

★ 7.0/10•1977•1h 40m•Drama•Comedy
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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.

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 40m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 21, 1977

Episodes

E185m

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.

Sep 21, 1977

E290m

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.

Sep 28, 1977

E3

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.

Oct 5, 1977

E4

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.

Oct 12, 1977

E560m

True Patriot

A biopic of German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, whose opposition to Adolf Hitler led to his involvement in an assassination plot.

Oct 19, 1977

E6

Shooting the Chandelier

Czechoslovakia, April 1945. A chance meeting between a professor and his former student turns into a violent trial of strength.

Oct 26, 1977

E7

The Kitchen

A busy day in the kitchen of a great hotel.

Nov 2, 1977

E8

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.

Nov 16, 1977

E955m

Forgotten Love Songs

A man seeks the perfect relationship.

Jan 4, 1978

E1037m

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.

Jan 11, 1978

E11

Mr. & Mrs. Bureaucrat

Satire set at the Department of Something or Other, where mistakes in form-filling can bring careers to a sudden end.

Jan 18, 1978

E12

Foreign Affairs

Moscow is the setting for a reunion between Viktor and Susan which brings about unforeseen complications.

Jan 25, 1978

E13

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.

Feb 1, 1978

E14

The O'Hooligan File

A former teacher takes on the system armed only with pen, paper and stamps.

Feb 8, 1978

E15

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.

Feb 15, 1978

E16

Flayed

A disparate group of guests find themselves locked into a largely empty television studio controlled by an anonymous man.

Feb 22, 1978

Episode 17 - She Fell Among ThievesE1778m

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.

Mar 1, 1978

E1880m

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.

Mar 15, 1978

E1980m

Liza

Lavretsky returns to Russia from Europe and joins the group of admirers of his beautiful young cousin Liza.

Mar 22, 1978

E20

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.

Mar 29, 1978

E21

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.

May 3, 1978

E22

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.

May 17, 1978

E23

The Copyist

A fateful day in the life of a celebrated composer.

May 24, 1978

Recommendations

The Other Bennet Sister
Just Beyond
Love Story
Miracle Workers
Tales of the Unexpected
The Rainmaker
R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
The Hitchhiker
Love Life
Kill Jackie
The Romanoffs
Sirens
American Horror Stories
Sanditon
Small Axe
The Emperor of Ocean Park
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Faerie Tale Theatre
Night Gallery
Lisey's Story

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