The Best Episodes of BBC Play of the Month Season 1

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.7/10(15 votes)

   #1 - Gordon of Khartoum

   S1:E41/18/1966

   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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   Director:Rudolph Cartier

   Writer:Robin Maugham
2. 

   9.2/10(13 votes)

   #2 - Where Angels Fear to Tread

   S1:E52/15/1966

   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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   Director:Don Taylor

   Writer:Unknown
3. 

   8.7/10(14 votes)

   #3 - The Devil's Eggshell

   S1:E96/28/1966

   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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   Director:Gareth Davies

   Writer:David Weir
4. 

   8.0/10(12 votes)

   #4 - The Joel Brand Story

   S1:E312/14/1965

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   Director:Rudolph Cartier

   Writer:Heinar Kipphardt

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   Director:Rudolph Cartier

   Writer:Heinar Kipphardt
5. 

   7.9/10(12 votes)

   #5 - Luther

   S1:E110/19/1965

   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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   Director:Alan Cooke

   Writer:John Osborne
6. 

   7.8/10(18 votes)

   #6 - Lee Oswald: Assassin

   S1:E63/15/1966

   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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   Director:Rudolph Cartier

   Writer:Unknown
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7. 

   7.6/10(57 votes)

   #7 - A Passage to India

   S1:E211/16/1965

   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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   Director:Waris Hussein

   Writer:Unknown
8. 

   7.3/10(12 votes)

   #8 - Make Me an Offer

   S1:E74/12/1966

   Antique dealer Charlie yearns to own a beautiful Portland vase.

   Directors:John Gorrie, Bill Hays

   Writer:Wolf Mankowitz

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   Directors:John Gorrie, Bill Hays

   Writer:Wolf Mankowitz
9. 

   7.3/10(17 votes)

   #9 - Death of a Salesman

   S1:E85/24/1966

   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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   Director:Alan Clarke

   Writer:Arthur Miller