BBC2 Play of the Week

BBC2 Play of the Week

19771h 40m7.0/10
DramaComedy

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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.

Production

BBC

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

September 21, 1977

Last Aired

May 16, 1979

Networks

BBC Two

Created By

Sarah Pia Anderson

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
E1
Professional Foul
Air date: 1977-09-21
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
Exiles
Air date: 1977-09-28
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
Abie's Will
Air date: 1977-10-05
A once-celebrated writer who has written nothing since the war, lies paralysed and dying as his family gathers at the family home.
E4
The Sinking of HMS Victoria
Air date: 1977-10-12
A dramatisation of events surrounding the loss of the turret ship HMS Victoria during fleet exercises off Tripoli on 22 June 1893.
E5
True Patriot
Air date: 1977-10-19
A biopic of German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, whose opposition to Adolf Hitler led to his involvement in an assassination plot.
E6
Shooting the Chandelier
Air date: 1977-10-26
Czechoslovakia, April 1945. A chance meeting between a professor and his former student turns into a violent trial of strength.
E7
The Kitchen
Air date: 1977-11-02
A busy day in the kitchen of a great hotel.
E8
Arnhem: The Story of an Escape
Air date: 1977-11-16
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
Forgotten Love Songs
Air date: 1978-01-04
A man seeks the perfect relationship.
E10
A Visit from Miss Prothero
Air date: 1978-01-11
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
Mr. & Mrs. Bureaucrat
Air date: 1978-01-18
Satire set at the Department of Something or Other, where mistakes in form-filling can bring careers to a sudden end.
E12
Foreign Affairs
Air date: 1978-01-25
Moscow is the setting for a reunion between Viktor and Susan which brings about unforeseen complications.
E13
The Dissolution of Marcus Fleischman
Air date: 1978-02-01
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
The O'Hooligan File
Air date: 1978-02-08
A former teacher takes on the system armed only with pen, paper and stamps.
E15
The Turkey Who Lives on the Hill
Air date: 1978-02-15
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
Flayed
Air date: 1978-02-22
A disparate group of guests find themselves locked into a largely empty television studio controlled by an anonymous man.
She Fell Among Thieves
E17
She Fell Among Thieves
Air date: 1978-03-01
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
Stargazy on Zummerdown
Air date: 1978-03-15
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
Liza
Air date: 1978-03-22
Lavretsky returns to Russia from Europe and joins the group of admirers of his beautiful young cousin Liza.
E20
For Tea on Sunday
Air date: 1978-03-29
Some young women, sharing accommodation, invite their boyfriends for tea on Sunday. But one of them proves to be alarmingly disturbed.
E21
When the Actors Come
Air date: 1978-05-03
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
Ice Age
Air date: 1978-05-17
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
The Copyist
Air date: 1978-05-24
A fateful day in the life of a celebrated composer.

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