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The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

1964 - 1970

Catch As Catch Can

30th September 1964
Episode 1
Based on the play "La foire d'empoigne" by Jean Anouilh.

A Crack in the Ice

28th October 1964
Episode 2
A soldier named Postnikov rescues a drowning man.

In Camera

4th November 1964
Episode 3
Three people find themselves sharing a room with no way out. As they talk, the nature of the room and how they came to be there is gradually revealed.

Pale Horse, Pale Rider

11th November 1964
Episode 4
A young woman's dreams of death but The Pale Rider fills her dreams along with her lover.

The Big Breaker

18th November 1964
Episode 5
A lodger, recuperating from a heart attack, sets his sights on his landlady.

Mr. Douglas

25th November 1964
Episode 6
Coronation Day, 1761: A merchant entertains a guest with an extraordinary secret.

Malatesta

2nd December 1964
Episode 7
Sigismondo Malatesta is a condottiere, a mercenary for hire and patron of the arts.

The July Plot

9th December 1964
Episode 8
Dramatisation of the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in July 1944 by a conspiracy of high-ranking German Army officers.

First Love

16th December 1964
Episode 9
A study of a boy's passion for an older girl as he discovers the difference between infatuation and true love.

Tap on the Shoulder

6th January 1965
Episode 10
Archibald Cooper is a London gangster who is living the life of a country squire while running a criminal empire. He learns that he's getting a knighthood so invites some old associates to country house unaware they are planning a robbery.

Sir Jocelyn, the Minister Would Like a Word...

13th January 1965
Episode 11
A group of politicians and university dons argue over whether a new university should have a chapel or a state-of-the-art lecture hall.

The Navigators

20th January 1965
Episode 12
A tale of romance between two working class navvies.

Fable

27th January 1965
Episode 13
In a parallel totalitarian Great Britain, those in authority are Black people, and white people are their social underdogs — a reversal of the situation in then-contemporary apartheid South Africa.

Dan, Dan the Charity Man

3rd February 1965
Episode 14
Dan Sankey, the charity knocker, has become a national celebrity but who is the man behind the image?

Ashes to Ashes

10th February 1965
Episode 15
Barbara is an assertive, clever, liberated woman, her own boss. Who'd think she could be swept off her feet by a handsome stranger for whom she'd give up her career, London, everything? Especially as her new husband maybe wants to kill her.

Wear a Very Big Hat

17th February 1965
Episode 16
A young couple celebrate their wedding anniversary with a night on the town.

The Confidence Course

24th February 1965
Episode 17
A trio of swindlers advertise a self-assertiveness seminar, lure a dozen victims to a hotel and attempt to persuade them to enroll in their course. However, a man claiming to be 18th century critic-essayist William Hazlitt attacks the consumerist values outlined by the motivational speaker.

Campaign for One

3rd March 1965
Episode 18
Astronaut Osborne is stuck in a malfunctioning capsule. As he goes round and round the Earth, he starts telling jokes and secrets. When the time comes to bring him down to Earth, he can't face it as he feels like a sexual failure.

Horror of Darkness

10th March 1965
Episode 19
Peter and Cathy are initially delighted to see their charismatic, subtly domineering friend Robin. But he outstays his welcome, and that's to say the least of it.

A Little Temptation

17th March 1965
Episode 20
No overview available.

Moving On

24th March 1965
Episode 21
No overview available.

Cat's Cradle

31st March 1965
Episode 22
No overview available.

Three Clear Sundays

7th April 1965
Episode 23
No overview available.

The Interior Decorator

14th April 1965
Episode 24
No overview available.

Auto-Stop

21st April 1965
Episode 25
No overview available.

The Good Shoe Maker and the Poor Fish Peddler

28th April 1965
Episode 26
No overview available.

Cemented with Love

5th May 1965
Episode 27
No overview available.

A Knight in Tarnished Armour

12th May 1965
Episode 28
No overview available.

For the West

26th May 1965
Episode 29
No overview available.

And Did Those Feet?

2nd June 1965
Episode 30
No overview available.

The Man Without Papers

9th June 1965
Episode 31
No overview available.

The Pistol

16th June 1965
Episode 32
No overview available.

Women in Crisis: With Love and Tears

23rd June 1965
Episode 33
No overview available.

The Seven O'Clock Crunch

30th June 1965
Episode 34
No overview available.
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An anthology series of television plays which aired on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured.

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