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The Best Seasons of BBC Play of the Month

Every season of BBC Play of the Month ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of BBC Play of the Month!

Top season
Season 15
8.2avg
Best episode
S15E2 On Approval
8.986 votes
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#1

Season 15

5 Episodes

First Aired: May 1982

8.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE2 · On Approval 8.9
#2

Season 10

9 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1974

8.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE7 · King Lear 7.8
#3

Season 2

5 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1966

8.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · Corridors of Power 9.7

Other Seasons

#4

Season 5

8 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1969

8.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE7 · Howards End 9.5
#5

Season 1

9 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1965

8.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE2 · A Passage to India 7.6
#6

Season 7

11 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1971

8.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · The Cherry Orchard 8.8
#7

Season 9

8 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1973

7.8/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE6 · The Importance of Being Earnest 8.8
#8

Season 4

9 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1968

7.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE6 · Maigret at Bay 7.9
#9

Season 12

7 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1976

7.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · The Winslow Boy 8.0
#10

Season 3

11 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1967

7.7/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE4 · The Parachute 7.2
#11

Season 6

9 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1970

7.6/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE2 · Ross 7.8
#12

Season 11

8 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1975

7.6/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · Love's Labour's Lost 8.5
#13

Season 14

7 Episodes

First Aired: Nov 1978

7.5/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE3 · The Voysey Inheritance 8.3
#14

Season 8

10 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 1972

7.4/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE2 · Hedda Gabler 8.2
#15

Season 13

7 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 1977

7.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · You Never Can Tell 7.7
#16

Season 16

4 Episodes

First Aired: May 1983

6.9/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · Dangerous Corner 6.8

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Top-rated BBC Play of the Month episodes

  1. #1On Approval S15E28.9
  2. #2Howards End S5E79.5
  3. #3The School for Scandal S10E69.5
  4. #4Gordon of Khartoum S1E49.7
  5. #5Corridors of Power S2E39.7

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