

Seasons and episodes
16
Season 16 May 22, 1983
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16 - 1Dangerous Corner May 22, 1983
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16 - 2The Gay Lord Quex June 13, 1983
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16 - 3The Misanthrope July 11, 1983
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16 - 4Infidelities September 12, 1983
15
Season 15 May 24, 1982
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15 - 1I Have Been Here Before May 24, 1982
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15 - 2On Approval June 21, 1982
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15 - 3Little Eyolf July 19, 1982
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15 - 4The Critic August 23, 1982
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15 - 5The White Guard September 20, 1982
14
Season 14 November 26, 1978
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14 - 1Kean November 26, 1978
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14 - 2Marya January 14, 1979
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14 - 3The Voysey Inheritance February 04, 1979
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14 - 4Hello and Goodbye March 04, 1979
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14 - 5The Wings of the Dove April 08, 1979
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14 - 6Design for Living June 05, 1979
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14 - 7The Kitchen July 01, 1979
13
Season 13 October 30, 1977
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13 - 1You Never Can Tell October 30, 1977
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13 - 2Waste December 04, 1977
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13 - 3Flint January 15, 1978
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13 - 4The Seagull February 05, 1978
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13 - 5The Sea March 05, 1978
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13 - 6The Beaux Stratagem April 02, 1978
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13 - 7Danton's Death April 23, 1978
12
Season 12 September 19, 1976
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12 - 1The Picture of Dorian Gray September 19, 1976
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12 - 2London Assurance October 10, 1976
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12 - 3Look Back in Anger November 21, 1976
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12 - 4The Winslow Boy January 16, 1977
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12 - 5The Country Wife February 13, 1977
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12 - 6The Ambassadors March 13, 1977
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12 - 7Heartbreak House May 19, 1977
11
Season 11 September 28, 1975
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11 - 1Chips with Everything September 28, 1975
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11 - 2The Little Minister November 02, 1975
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11 - 3Love's Labour's Lost December 14, 1975
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11 - 4When We Are Married December 29, 1975
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11 - 5Trilby January 24, 1976
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11 - 6Loyalties February 28, 1976
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11 - 7The Chester Mystery Cycle April 18, 1976
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11 - 8French Without Tears May 16, 1976
10
Season 10 September 08, 1974
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10 - 1The Linden Tree September 08, 1974
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10 - 2Electra October 24, 1974
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10 - 3The Wood Demon October 17, 1974
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10 - 4Robinson Crusoe November 29, 1974
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10 - 5The Apple Cart January 19, 1975
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10 - 6The School for Scandal February 16, 1975
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10 - 7King Lear March 23, 1975
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10 - 8The Shadow of a Gunman April 20, 1975
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10 - 9Strife May 18, 1975
9
Season 9 September 16, 1973
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9 - 1The Love Girl and the Innocent September 16, 1973
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9 - 2The Common October 27, 1973
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9 - 3The Recruiting Officer October 18, 1973
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9 - 4Pygmalion December 16, 1973
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9 - 5The Importance of Being Earnest February 17, 1974
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9 - 6The Changeling January 20, 1974
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9 - 7The Deep Blue Sea March 17, 1974
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9 - 8Mrs. Warren's Profession April 21, 1974
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9 - 9The Skin Game May 19, 1974
8
Season 8 September 25, 1972
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8 - 1The Millionairess September 25, 1972
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8 - 2Hedda Gabler October 20, 1972
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8 - 3King Oedipus November 24, 1972
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8 - 4The Magistrate December 20, 1972
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8 - 5The Adventures of Don Quixote January 07, 1973
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8 - 6Candide February 16, 1973
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8 - 7A Room with a View April 15, 1973
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8 - 8The Caucasian Chalk Circle May 16, 1973
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8 - 9The Duchess of Malfi July 18, 1973
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8 - 10Peer Gynt August 22, 1973
7
Season 7 September 26, 1971
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7 - 1A Midsummer Night's Dream September 26, 1971
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7 - 2Rasputin October 24, 1971
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7 - 3Tartuffe November 28, 1971
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7 - 4The Cherry Orchard December 19, 1971
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7 - 5Summer and Smoke January 23, 1972
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7 - 6Stephen D February 20, 1972
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7 - 7The Merchant of Venice April 16, 1972
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7 - 8Lady Windermere's Fan May 14, 1972
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7 - 9The Playboy of the Western World June 11, 1972
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7 - 10She Stoops to Conquer July 23, 1972
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7 - 11Trelawny of the "Wells" August 13, 1972
6
Season 6 September 20, 1970
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6 - 1Macbeth September 20, 1970
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6 - 2Ross October 18, 1970
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6 - 3Uncle Vanya November 08, 1970
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6 - 4Five Finger Exercise December 24, 1970
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6 - 5Act of Betrayal January 03, 1971
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6 - 6Candida February 21, 1971
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6 - 7The Wild Duck March 21, 1971
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6 - 8Don Juan in Hell April 25, 1971
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6 - 9Platonov May 23, 1971
5
Season 5 October 12, 1969
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5 - 1The Heiress October 12, 1969
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5 - 2Charley's Aunt November 23, 1969
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5 - 3The Marquis December 14, 1969
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5 - 4Three Sisters January 18, 1970
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5 - 5In Good King Charles's Golden Days February 15, 1970
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5 - 6Separate Tables March 15, 1970
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5 - 7Howards End April 19, 1970
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5 - 8The Rivals May 15, 1970
4
Season 4 September 01, 1968
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4 - 1St. Joan September 01, 1968
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4 - 2The Male Animal October 13, 1968
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4 - 3The Seagull November 17, 1968
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4 - 4Waters of the Moon December 24, 1968
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4 - 5Mary Queen of Scots January 12, 1969
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4 - 6Maigret at Bay February 09, 1969
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4 - 7Relatively Speaking March 02, 1969
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4 - 8Julius Caesar April 13, 1969
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4 - 9An Ideal Husband May 11, 1969
3
Season 3 October 15, 1967
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3 - 1Girls in Uniform October 15, 1967
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3 - 2The Moon and Sixpence November 12, 1967
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3 - 3Romeo and Juliet December 03, 1967
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3 - 4The Parachute January 21, 1968
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3 - 5Cyrano de Bergerac February 11, 1968
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3 - 6Ghosts March 17, 1968
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3 - 7The Corn Is Green April 14, 1968
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3 - 8The Tempest May 12, 1968
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3 - 9The Old Ladies June 09, 1968
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3 - 10Man and Superman July 07, 1968
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3 - 11Hay Fever August 04, 1968
2
Season 2 September 27, 1966
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2 - 1Defection! The Case of Colonel Petrov September 27, 1966
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2 - 2Days to Come October 25, 1966
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2 - 3Corridors of Power November 22, 1966
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2 - 4The Making of Jericho December 20, 1966
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2 - 5The Cabinet Makers March 14, 1967
1
Season 1 October 19, 1965
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1 - 1Luther October 19, 1965
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1 - 2A Passage to India November 16, 1965
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1 - 3The Joel Brand Story December 14, 1965
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1 - 4Gordon of Khartoum January 18, 1966
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1 - 5Where Angels Fear to Tread February 15, 1966
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1 - 6Lee Oswald - Assassin March 15, 1966
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1 - 7Make Me an Offer April 12, 1966
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1 - 8Death of a Salesman May 24, 1966
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1 - 9The Devil's Eggshell June 28, 1966
Overview
Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983; the producer most associated with the Play of the Month was Cedric Messina. Some of the 121 episodes are missing from the archives, having been junked in the 1960s and 1970s. Unless stated otherwise, the indication that the play is "lost" is taken from the lostshows.com website page as of 25 May 2013.