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A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    BBC Play of the Month Season 6 Episode 1 - Macbeth
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Macbeth

    S6:E1

    Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but also weak and hesitant, betrays his good king and his brothers in arms and sinks into the bloody mud of a path with no return, sown with crime and suspicion.

    Director:John Gorrie
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. BBC Play of the Month Season 1 Episode 1 - Luther
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #2 - Luther

    S1:E1

    During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.

    Director:Alan Cooke
    Writer:John Osborne

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  3. BBC Play of the Month Season 1 Episode 2 - A Passage to India
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    #3 - A Passage to India

    S1:E2

    Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an Indian doctor, an Englishwoman engaged to marry a city magistrate, and an English educator.

    Director:Waris Hussein
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. BBC Play of the Month Season 1 Episode 3 - The Joel Brand Story
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    #4 - The Joel Brand Story

    S1:E3

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    Director:Rudolph Cartier
    Writer:Heinar Kipphardt

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  5. BBC Play of the Month Season 1 Episode 4 - Gordon of Khartoum
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    #5 - Gordon of Khartoum

    S1:E4

    The story of Charles 'Chinese' Gordon, a brilliant but eccentric military commander, and his death defending Khartoum in 1885.

    Director:Rudolph Cartier
    Writer:Robin Maugham

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  6. BBC Play of the Month Season 1 Episode 5 - Where Angels Fear to Tread
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    #6 - Where Angels Fear to Tread

    S1:E5

    After a rich Edwardian widow impulsively marries a handsome but poor Tuscan dentist and dies in childbirth, her English in-laws try to gain custody of the baby.

    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. BBC Play of the Month Season 1 Episode 6 - Lee Oswald: Assassin
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    #7 - Lee Oswald: Assassin

    S1:E6

    The life of Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who shot President John F. Kennedy, as reported to the Warren Commission enquiry into the circumstances of the assassination.

    Director:Rudolph Cartier
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. BBC Play of the Month Season 1 Episode 7 - Make Me an Offer
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    #8 - Make Me an Offer

    S1:E7

    Antique dealer Charlie yearns to own a beautiful Portland vase.

    Director:John Gorrie
    Writer:Wolf Mankowitz

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  9. BBC Play of the Month Season 1 Episode 8 - Death of a Salesman
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    #9 - Death of a Salesman

    S1:E8

    Willy Loman is an over-the-hill salesman who faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family: Willy's long-suffering wife Linda, and Biff and Happy, his troubled sons and his life.

    Director:Alan Clarke
    Writer:Arthur Miller

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  10. BBC Play of the Month Season 1 Episode 9 - The Devil's Eggshell
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    #10 - The Devil's Eggshell

    S1:E9

    The discovery of mysterious egg-shaped objects at the sites of a series of disasters lead people to believe that we are being attacked by alien beings, but it is revealed to be a conspiracy hatched by a team of scientists intent on using an alien menace to unite the world. But their scheme backfires with fatal consequences...

    Director:Gareth Davies
    Writer:David Weir

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  11. BBC Play of the Month Season 2 Episode 1 - Defection! The Case of Colonel Petrov
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    #11 - Defection! The Case of Colonel Petrov

    S2:E1

    A dramatisation of the defection of Soviet intelligence officer Vladimir Petrov, who, fueled by disillusionment with the Soviet system and his fear of returning, led to a Royal Commission investigating Soviet espionage in Australia, marking a significant impact on Australian politics.

    Director:Bill Hays
    Writer:Donald Bull

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  12. BBC Play of the Month Season 2 Episode 2 - Days to Come
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    #12 - Days to Come

    S2:E2

    Set in a future where people peacefully coexist in a sealed bubble, they are divided into four levels — Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and deviants unable to conform. Elizabeth hails from a Beta family and her father seeks to pair her off with Bindon, a civil servant with prospects. Elizabeth, however, is in love with Jon, a modest rocket pad official. When Elizabeth's father decides to have her mind altered to remove feelings for Jon, the lovers flee, discovering fresh air and the beauty and cruelness of nature for the first time.

    Director:Alan Bridges
    Writer:Ken Taylor

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  13. BBC Play of the Month Season 2 Episode 3 - Corridors of Power
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    #13 - Corridors of Power

    S2:E3

    Concerns the attempts of an English MP to influence the country's policy on nuclear weapons in the 1950s.

    Director:Raymond Menmuir
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. BBC Play of the Month Season 2 Episode 4 - The Making of Jericho
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    #14 - The Making of Jericho

    S2:E4

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    Director:Bill Hays
    Writer:Alun Owen

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  15. BBC Play of the Month Season 2 Episode 5 - The Cabinet Makers
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    #15 - The Cabinet Makers

    S2:E5

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    Director:Waris Hussein
    Writer:Anthony Steven

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  16. BBC Play of the Month Season 3 Episode 1 - Girls in Uniform
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    #16 - Girls in Uniform

    S3:E1

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    Director:Waris Hussein
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. BBC Play of the Month Season 3 Episode 2 - The Moon and Sixpence
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    #17 - The Moon and Sixpence

    S3:E2

    Loosely inspired from Gauguin's life, Charles Strickland is a middle-aged stockbroker who abandons his middle-classed life, his family, his duties to start painting, what he has always wanted to do. He is from now on a awful human being, wholly devoted to his ideal: beauty.

    Director:Donald McWhinnie
    Writer:Clive Exton

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  18. BBC Play of the Month Season 3 Episode 3 - Romeo and Juliet
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    #18 - Romeo and Juliet

    S3:E3

    Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.

    Director:Alan Cooke
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. BBC Play of the Month Season 3 Episode 4 - The Parachute
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    #19 - The Parachute

    S3:E4

    As the Nazis grow ever more powerful, Werner Roger grows up in an aristocratic household, hating his domineering father and making enemies in high places.

    Director:Anthony Page
    Writer:David Mercer

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  20. BBC Play of the Month Season 3 Episode 5 - Cyrano de Bergerac
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    #20 - Cyrano de Bergerac

    S3:E5

    Long-nosed Cyrano de Bergerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves.

    Director:James MacTaggart
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. BBC Play of the Month Season 3 Episode 6 - Ghosts
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    #21 - Ghosts

    S3:E6

    A young student idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish Stockholm apartment building, only to find that it a nest of betrayal and sickness.

    Director:Michael Elliott
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. BBC Play of the Month Season 3 Episode 7 - The Corn Is Green
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    #22 - The Corn Is Green

    S3:E7

    A schoolteacher mentors a talented young miner and seeks to get him into a university.

    Director:Philip Dudley
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. BBC Play of the Month Season 3 Episode 8 - The Tempest
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    #23 - The Tempest

    S3:E8

    The magician Prospero, once Duke of Milan, now rules a small, enchanted island – but a storm brings visitors from the past.

    Director:Basil Coleman
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. BBC Play of the Month Season 3 Episode 9 - The Old Ladies
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    #24 - The Old Ladies

    S3:E9

    A trio of middle-aged women set up housekeeping together.

    Director:William Slater
    Writer:Rodney Ackland

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  25. BBC Play of the Month Season 3 Episode 10 - Man and Superman
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    #25 - Man and Superman

    S3:E10

    John Tanner is determined not to lose his independence - which comes under threat when he falls in love with an ardent feminist.

    Director:James MacTaggart
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Macbeth" is the best rated episode of "BBC Play of the Month". It scored 7/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by John Gorrie and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/20/1970. This episode scored 7.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Luther".